Transient inactivation of basolateral amygdala during selective satiation disrupts reinforcer devaluation in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 563-574

  West, Elizabeth A ^a   Forcelli, Patrick A ^a   Murnen, Alice T ^a   McCue, David L ^a   Gale, Karen ^a   Malkova, Ludise ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal directed behavior; Lesion; Muscimol; Pharmacological inhibition; Reward

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY; SHAM PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84871902205     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029080     Document Type: Article

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