Combined Unilateral Lesions of the Amygdala and Orbital Prefrontal Cortex Impair Affective Processing in Rhesus Monkeys

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2023-2039

  Izquierdo, Alicia ^a   Murray, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEMISPHERE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EATING; EMOTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FOOD PREFERENCES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IBOTENIC ACID; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REVERSAL LEARNING; SATIATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4444368012     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00968.2003     Document Type: Article

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