Transient role of the rat prelimbic cortex in goal-directed behaviour

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 464-471

  Tran Tu Yen, Delphine A S ^a,b   Marchand, Alain R ^a,b   Pape, Jean Rémi ^a,b   Di Scala, Georges ^a,b   Coutureau, Etienne ^a,b  

^a UMR 5287   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Action; Muscimol; Outcome devaluation; Prefrontal cortex; Rat

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 68249119035     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06834.x     Document Type: Article

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