Environmental enrichment alters neuronal processing in the nucleus accumbens core during appetitive conditioning

Brain Research

Volumn 1259, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-67

  Wood, David A ^a   Rebec, George V ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive conditioning; Environmental enrichment; Goal directed behavior; Nucleus accumbens; Single unit activity; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUCROSE;

RATTUS;

EID: 61549119157     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.12.038     Document Type: Article

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