Functional disconnection of the orbitofrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala impairs acquisition of a rat gambling task and disrupts animals' ability to alter decision-making behavior after reinforcer devaluation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 6434-6443

  Zeeb, Fiona D ^a   Winstanley, Catharine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HABITUATION; HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REWARD; SATIETY; STIMULUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DECISION MAKING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SATIETY RESPONSE;

EID: 84876094522     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3971-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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