Involvement of the basolateral complex and central nucleus of amygdala in the omission effects of different magnitudes of reinforcement

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-156

  Judice Daher, Danielle M ^a   Tavares, Tatiane F ^a   Bueno, José Lino O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basolateral complex; Central nucleus; Operant behavior; Rats; Reinforcement magnitude; Reinforcement omission effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861547926     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.04.046     Document Type: Article

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