Operant Reward Learning in Aplysia

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 218-221

  Brembs, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Dopamine; Learning; Memory; Operant conditioning; Reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348157288     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0963-7214.2003.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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