Functional specialization within medial frontal cortex of the anterior cingulate for evaluating effort-related decisions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 6475-6479

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Cost benefit; Decision making; Effort; Prelimbic cortex; Reward

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FRONTAL CORTEX; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0042343820     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-16-06475.2003     Document Type: Article

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