The prelimbic cortex and subthalamic nucleus contribute to cue-guided behavioral switching

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-78

  Baker, Phillip M ^a   Ragozzino, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Muscimol; NMDA; Prelimbic cortex; Reversal learning; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SWITCHING; BRAIN CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ERROR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; RAT; REWARD; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; MUSCIMOL; NMDA; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; REVERSAL LEARNING; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; CUES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84889054860     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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