Neuronal representation of conditioned taste in the basolateral amygdala of rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-414

  Kim, Min Jung ^a   Mizumori, Sheri J Y ^a   Bernstein, Ilene L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst; Reactivity; Single unit; Suppression; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

SACCHARIN; WATER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SWEETNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE AVERSION;

AFFECT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TASTE;

EID: 77950691646     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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