The role of rat medial frontal cortex in effort-based decision making

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 10996-11003

  Walton, Mark E ^a   Bannerman, David M ^a   Rushworth, Matthew F S ^a  

^a Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cingulate; Cost benefit; Decision making; Effort; Medial frontal cortex; Prelimbic cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL CORTEX; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAINING;

EID: 0037114948     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-24-10996.2002     Document Type: Article

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