What we know and do not know about the functions of the orbitofrontal cortex after 20 years of cross-species studies

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 8166-8169

  Murray, Elisabeth A ^a   O'Doherty, John P ^b   Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned; Conditioning; Human; Learning; Prefrontal cortex; Primate; Rat; Reward

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547689486     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1556-07.2007     Document Type: Short Survey

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