Lesions to the ventral, but not the dorsal, medial prefrontal cortex enhance latent inhibition

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1474-1482

  George, David N ^a   Duffaud, Anaïs M ^b   Pothuizen, Helen H J ^c   Haddon, Josephine E ^a   Killcross, Simon ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditional emotional response; Infralimbic cortex; Interference; Persistent latent inhibition; Prelimbic cortex; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLIOSIS; LATENT INHIBITION; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EMOTION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EMOTIONS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 77951183832     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07178.x     Document Type: Article

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