The role of the nucleus accumbens in knowing when to respond

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-87

  Singh, Teghpal ^a   McDannald, Michael A ^a   Takahashi, Yuji K ^a   Haney, Richard Z ^a   Cooch, Nisha K ^a   Lucantonio, Federica ^a   Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; REACTION TIME; REWARD;

EID: 79251479054     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.2008111     Document Type: Article

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