Striatal dopamine depletion in rats produces variable effects on contingency detection: Task-related influences

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 486-495

  Braun, Stephanie ^a   Hauber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 hydroxydopamine; Cognition; Instrumental conditioning; Rat; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; REWARD; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 84856497190     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07969.x     Document Type: Article

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