A new view of the effect of dopamine receptor antagonism on operant performance for rewarding brain stimulation in the rat

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1351-1364

  Trujillo Pisanty, I ^a   Conover, K ^a   Shizgal, P ^a  

^a Center for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology Groupe de Recherche en Neurobiologie Comportementale Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

ICSS; Intracranial self stimulation; Neuroeconomics; Neuroleptics; Opportunity cost; Pimozide; Reward mountain

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PIMOZIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RAT; REWARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84896493530     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3328-x     Document Type: Article

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