The general and outcome-specific forms of pavlovian-instrumental transfer are differentially mediated by the nucleus accumbens core and shell

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 11786-11794

  Corbit, Laura H ^a   Balleine, Bernard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS CORE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS SHELL; PAVLOVIAN INSTRUMENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 80051725432     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2711-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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