Synergistic and regulatory effects of orbitofrontal cortex on amygdala-dependent appetitive behavior

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1121, Issue , 2007, Pages 297-319

  Roberts, A C ^a   Reekie, Y ^b   Braesicke, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Appetitive conditioning; Autonomic arousal; Executive control; Positive emotion regulation; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APPETITE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONED REINFORCEMENT; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTION; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 37549042310     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1401.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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