Control of response selection by reinforcer value requires interaction of amygdala and orbital prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4311-4319

  Baxter, Mark G ^a   Parker, Amanda ^b   Lindner, Caroline C C ^c   Izquierdo, Alicia D ^c,d   Murray, Elisabeth A ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Crossed lesion technique; Decision making; Orbital prefrontal cortex; Reinforcer devaluation; Representation; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RHESUS MONKEY;

EID: 0034214397     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-11-04311.2000     Document Type: Article

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