Contrasting effects of lithium chloride and CB1 receptor blockade on enduring changes in the valuation of reward

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Hernandez, Giovanni ^a   Bernstein, David ^a   Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^a   Cheer, Joseph F ^a  

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

Author keywords

AM251; Brain stimulation reward; Endocannabinoids; Lithium chloride; Reward devaluation

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STIMULATION REWARD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 84855478905     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00053     Document Type: Article

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