Lesions of the amygdala central nucleus alter performance on a selective attention task

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 6701-6706

  Holland, Peter C ^a   Han, Jung Soo ^b   Gallagher, Michela ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Basal forebrain cholinergic system; Central nucleus; Rats; Reaction time; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034279259     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-17-06701.2000     Document Type: Article

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