Selective neurotoxic amygdala lesions in monkeys disrupt reactivity to food and object stimuli and have limited effects on memory

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1029-1043

  Stefanacci, Lisa ^a,b   Clark, Robert E ^a   Zola, Stuart M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FOOD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY; MONKEY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RECOGNITION; REWARD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EMOTIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MEMORY; REWARD;

EID: 0141988741     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.117.5.1029     Document Type: Article

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