Role of substantia nigra-amygdala connections in surprise-induced enhancement of attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 6077-6081

  Lee, Hongjoo J ^a   Youn, Jina M ^a   O, Mary J ^a   Gallagher, Michela ^a   Holland, Peter C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala central nucleus; Associative learning; Attention; Prediction error; Substantia nigra; Surprise

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HEMISPHERE; LEARNING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LONG EVANS RAT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; LATERALITY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 33745961066     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1316-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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