Glutamatergic activation of anterior cingulate cortex produces an aversive teaching signal

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 398-403

  Johansen, Joshua P ^a,b   Fields, Howard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); GLUTAMIC ACID; GYRUS CINGULI; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 1842455727     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1207     Document Type: Article

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