Reward-related neuronal activity in the rat superior colliculus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 160-164

  Weldon, Douglas A ^a   DiNieri, Jennifer A ^a   Silver, Matthew R ^a   Thomas, Aliscia A ^a   Wright, Rebecca E ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Electrophysiological recording; Operant conditioning; Orientation; Reinforcement; Single unit activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FOOD; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SENSORY SYSTEM; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 33846020963     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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