Bilateral striatal lesions disrupt performance in an operant delayed reinforcement task in rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 251-260

  Dunnett, Stephen B ^a   Heuer, Andreas ^a   Lelos, Mariah ^a   Brooks, Simon P ^a   Rosser, Anne E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Habit learning; Huntington's disease; Motor performance; Sequence learning; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HISTOLOGY; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD;

EID: 84860841574     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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