Reinforcement-related neurons in the primate basal forebrain respond to the learned significance of task events rather than to the hedonic attributes of reward

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-81

  Wilson, Fraser A W ^a,b   Ma, Yuan Ye ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amygdala; Basal nucleus of Meynert; Diagonal band of Broca; Learning and memory; Neuron; Reward; Substantia innominata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 1242292439     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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