Neural correlates of the proximity and quantity of anticipated food rewards in the ventral striatum of domestic chicks

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1502-1512

  Izawa, Ei Ichi ^a,b   Aoki, Naoya ^a   Matsushima, Toshiya ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Caudate putamen; Impulsive choice; Lobus parolfactorius; Medial striatum; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COGNITION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD;

EID: 26644463216     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04311.x     Document Type: Article

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