Nucleus accumbens responses differentiate execution and restraint in reward-directed behavior

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 350-360

  Roitman, Jamie D ^a   Loriaux, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive control; Nucleus accumbens; Reward; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EXECUTIVE CONTROL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REWARD; RODENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CUES; GOALS; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD;

EID: 84892618720     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00350.2013     Document Type: Article

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