Growth of brain stimulation reward as a function of duration and stimulation strength

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 978-994

  Sonnenschein, Bonnie ^a   Conover, Kent ^a   Shizgal, Peter ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD;

EID: 0141919650     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.117.5.978     Document Type: Article

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