Cerebellar dentate nuclei lesions reduce motivation in appetitive operant conditioning and open field exploration

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-175

  Bauer, David J ^a   Kerr, Abigail L ^a   Swain, Rodney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Breaking point; Cerebellothalamocortical; Cerebellum; Dentate; Motivation; Open field; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SHAM PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 79951770605     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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