Comparing the role of the anterior cingulate cortex and 6-hydroxydopamine nucleus accumbens lesions on operant effort-based decision making

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1678-1691

  Walton, Mark E ^a   Groves, James ^a   Jennings, Katie A ^a   Croxson, Paula L ^a   Sharp, Trevor ^a   Rushworth, Matthew F S ^a   Bannerman, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 hydroxydopamine; Choice behaviour; Cost benefit; Dopamine; Lesion; Rat

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXCITOTOXICITY; FOOD; FORAGING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SHAM PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; GYRUS CINGULI; HALOPERIDOL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2;

EID: 64849117695     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06726.x     Document Type: Article

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