The dorsomedial striatum mediates flexible choice behavior in spatial tasks

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-293

  Braun, Stephanie ^a   Hauber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Caudate putamen; Decision making; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GOAL ATTAINMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953287140     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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