GluN2B in corticostriatal circuits governs choice learning and choice shifting

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1101-1110

  Brigman, Jonathan L ^a   Daut, Rachel A ^a   Wright, Tara ^a   Gunduz Cinar, Ozge ^a   Graybeal, Carolyn ^a   Davis, Margaret I ^a   Jiang, Zhihong ^b   Saksida, Lisa M ^c,d   Jinde, Seiichiro ^b   Pease, Matthew ^a   Bussey, Timothy J ^c,d   Lovinger, David M ^a   Nakazawa, Kazu ^b   Holmes, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN GLUN2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CHOICE LEARNING; CHOICE SHIFTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DORSAL STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REWARD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENE DELETION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHENOLS; PIPERIDINES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REWARD;

EID: 84880918470     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3457     Document Type: Article

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