Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex resolves response conflict in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 5224-5229

  De Wit, Sanne ^a   Kosaki, Yutaka ^a   Balleine, Bernard Walter ^b   Dickinson, Anthony ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; Goal directed behavior; Rat; Response conflict; Response inhibition; Reversible lesion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GOALS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33646936298     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5175-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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