Normal aging alters learning and attention-related teaching signals in basolateral amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 13137-13144

  Roesch, Matthew R ^a,b   Esber, Guillem R ^a   Bryden, Daniel W ^a,b   Cerri, Domenic H ^c   Haney, Zachary R ^c   Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONS; ODORS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866358398     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2393-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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