Involvement of the rat prefrontal cortex in a delayed reinforcement operant task

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1687-1690

  Izaki, Yoshinori ^a   Fujiwara, Sei Etsu ^a   Akema, Tatsuo ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delayed reinforcement; Hippocampus; Multiple unit activity; Operant; Prefrontal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED REINFORCEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEVER PRESS TASK; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DENERVATION; GABA AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 35148870864     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f0b6b6     Document Type: Article

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