Preserved sensitivity to outcome value after lesions of the basolateral amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 7702-7709

  Blundell, Pam ^a   Hall, Geoffrey ^a   Killcross, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetitive conditioning; Basolateral amygdala; Devaluation; Instrumental; Pavlovian; Reward; Sensory preconditioning

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 0042922795     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-20-07702.2003     Document Type: Article

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