Lesions of nucleus accumbens reduce instrumental but not consummatory negative contrast in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-79

  Leszczuk, Mary H ^a   Flaherty, Charles F ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consummatory behavior; Electrolytic lesions; Incentive contrast; Instrumental behavior; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LICKING; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; IBOTENIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034669094     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00265-5     Document Type: Article

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