Differential involvement of the basolateral amygdala and mediodorsal thalamus in instrumental action selection

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4398-4405

  Ostlund, Sean B ^a   Balleine, Bernard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision; Expectancy; Goal directed; Incentive; Predictive learning; Reinstatement; Reward

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD;

EID: 43749088707     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5472-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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