Ventral striatal dopamine modulation of different forms of behavioral flexibility

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2041-2052

  Haluk, Desirae M ^a,b   Floresco, Stan B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accumbens; D1 receptor; D2 receptor; Parkinson's disease; Rat; Reversal learning; Schizophrenia; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; LEARNING; MESOACCUMBENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STRIATE CORTEX; VENTRAL STRIATAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REWARD; THINKING; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 67449110950     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.21     Document Type: Article

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