The rat nucleus accumbens is involved in guiding of instrumental responses by stimuli predicting reward magnitude

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1993-1996

  Giertler, Christian ^a   Bohn, Ines ^a   Hauber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

AMPA; d amphetamine; Dopamine; Glutamate; NMDA; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPECTANCY; INFUSION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REWARD; VALINE;

EID: 0242708664     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02904.x     Document Type: Article

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