Differential involvement of the basolateral amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex in the formation of sensory-specific associations in conditioned flavor preference and magazine approach paradigms

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1799-1809

  Scarlet, Janina ^a,c   Delamater, Andrew R ^a   Campese, Vincent ^a   Fein, Matthew ^a   Wheeler, Daniel S ^b,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pavlovian instrumental transfer; Rats; Reward processing; Unconditioned stimulus devaluation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORBITAL CORTEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861839176     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08113.x     Document Type: Article

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