The basolateral complex of the amygdala is necessary for acquisition but not expression of CS motivational value in appetitive Pavlovian second-order conditioning

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1841-1853

  Setlow, Barry ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^a   Holland, Peter C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Motivational value; Rat; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD;

EID: 0036460407     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02010.x     Document Type: Article

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