Forebrain circuits and control of feeding by learned cues

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Petrovich, Gorica D ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Environment; Fear; Learning; Motivation; Obesity; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; REWARD; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; CUES; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 79951774417     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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