Inhibitions of nucleus accumbens neurons encode a gating signal for reward-directed behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 217-222

  Taha, Sharif A ^a   Fields, Howard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive behavior; Consummatory behavior; Gating; Motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHANNEL GATING; CRANIAL NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GOALS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD;

EID: 30644475476     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3227-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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