Dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatum exhibit distinct phasic neuronal activity during alcohol self-administration in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2637-2648

  Fanelli, Rebecca R ^a,b   Klein, Jeffrey T ^b   Reese, Rebecca M ^b   Robinson, Donita L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol self administration; Dorsal striatum; Extracellular electrophysiology; Habit

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DORSOLATERAL STRIATUM; DORSOMEDIAL STRIATUM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84882615227     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12271     Document Type: Article

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