Accumbens dopamine and the regulation of effort in food-seeking behavior: Modulation of work output by different ratio or force requirements

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 83-91

  Ishiwari, Keita ^a   Weber, Suzanne M ^a   Mingote, Susana ^a   Correa, Mercè ^a,b   Salamone, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anergia; Behavioral activation; Effort; Motivation; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DOPAMINE; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; WEIGHT;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 12344309926     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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