Neural correlates of stimulus-reward association in the rat mediodorsal thalamus

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 683-688

  Kawagoe, Takashi ^a   Tamura, Ryoi ^a   Uwano, Teruko ^a   Asahi, Takashi ^a   Nishijo, Hisao ^a   Eifuku, Satoshi ^a   Ono, Taketoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emotion; Mediodorsal thalamus; Olfactory; Reward; Stimulus reinforcement association

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD;

EID: 34247197027     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280bef9a6     Document Type: Article

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