Lesions of Nucleus Accumbens Disrupt Learning about Aversive Outcomes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 9833-9841

  Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^a,b   Setlow, Barry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Amgydala; Discrimination; Olfactory; Orbitofrontal; Reversal; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0242609169     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-30-09833.2003     Document Type: Article

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