A Limited Role for Mediodorsal Thalamus in Devaluation Tasks

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 659-676

  Pickens, Charles L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

devaluation; mediodorsal thalamus; reward; set shifting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MEDIODORSAL THALAMUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 44649199141     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.3.659     Document Type: Article

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