Mapping the neural substrate underlying brain stimulation reward with the behavioral adaptation of double-pulse methods

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-74

  Miguelez, Maïa ^a   Bielajew, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation reward; Collision; Double pulse methods; Functional neuroanatomy; Medial forebrain bundle; Pathways; Refractory periods

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVIEW; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SELF STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION;

EID: 2342475153     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2004.15.1.47     Document Type: Review

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