Quantitative analysis of the effect of lesions of the subthalamic nucleus on intertemporal choice: Further evidence for enhancement of the incentive value of food reinforcers

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 437-446

  Bezzina, G ^a   Cheung, T H C ^a   Body, S ^a   Deakin, J F W ^b   Anderson, I M ^b   Bradshaw, C M ^a   Szabadi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incentive value; Intertemporal choice; Lesion; Quinolinic acid; Rat; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINIC ACID; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349664765     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e3283305e4d     Document Type: Article

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