Ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra neural correlates of spatial learning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 260-271

  Martig, Adria K ^a   Mizumori, Sheri J Y ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79953205904     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1895211     Document Type: Article

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