Lesions of the thalamic reuniens cause impulsive but not compulsive responses

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-96

  Prasad, Judy A ^a   MacGregor, Emily M ^a   Chudasama, Yogita ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Inhibition; Midline thalamus; Motivation; Rat; Reward

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HABITUATION; IMPULSIVENESS; INJURY SEVERITY; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SHAM PROCEDURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84872342574     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0378-5     Document Type: Article

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