Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine Modulates Response Rate but Not Response Timing in an Interval Timing Task

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-225

  Kurti, Allison N ^a   Matell, Matthew S ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interval timing; Nucleus accumbens; Peak interval procedure; Rats

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79954463670     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022892     Document Type: Article

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