Conjunctive processing of locomotor signals by the ventral tegmental area neuronal population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Dong V ^a   Tsien, Joe Z ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REWARD; RUNNING; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

DOPAMINE;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; MICE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79551559488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016528     Document Type: Article

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