Double dissociation of the effects of lesions of basolateral and central amygdala on conditioned stimulus-potentiated feeding and Pavlovian-instrumental transfer

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1680-1694

  Holland, Peter C ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Central nucleus; CS potentiated feeding; Incentive motivation; Pavlovian instrumental transfer

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0038693801     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02585.x     Document Type: Article

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