Effects of excitotoxic lesions of the gustatory thalamus on latent inhibition and blocking of conditioned taste aversion in rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-128

  Reilly, Steve ^a   Bornovalova, Marina ^a   Dengler, Christine ^a   Trifunovic, Radmila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional processing; Aversive conditioning; Brain lesions; Gustatory thalamus; Learning; Rat

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; LATENT INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASTE; TASTE AVERSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0345293213     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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