The influence of Pavlovian cues on instrumental performance is mediated by CaMKII activity in the striatum

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2491-2497

  Wiltgen, Brian J ^a   Law, Matthew ^a   Ostlund, Sean ^a   Mayford, Mark ^b   Balleine, Bernard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentive learning; Motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSGENES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34247216808     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05487.x     Document Type: Article

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