Which cue to 'want'? Opioid stimulation of central amygdala makes goal-trackers show stronger goal-tracking, just as sign-trackers show stronger sign-tracking

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 399-408

  DiFeliceantonio, Alexandra G ^a   Berridge, Kent C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central amygdala; DAMGO; Goal tracker; Incentive salience; Sign tracker

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BITE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAL TRACKING; INCENTIVE SALIENCE; MICROINJECTION; MOTIVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REWARD; SIGN TRACKING; SNIFFING; VIDEORECORDING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REWARD;

EID: 84859269581     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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