Inactivation of the infralimbic prefrontal cortex reinstates goal-directed responding in overtrained rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Coutureau, Etienne ^a,b   Killcross, Simon ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Infralimbic; Intracerebral; Muscimol

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HABIT; INFUSION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TRAINING;

EID: 0345256645     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.09.025     Document Type: Article

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