Inactivation of the central but not the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala disrupts learning in response to overexpectation of reward

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2911-2917

  Haney, Richard Z ^a   Calu, Donna J ^a   Takahashi, Yuji K ^a   Hughes, Brian W ^a   Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; INFUSION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; REWARD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEACHING;

EID: 77649149768     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0054-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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