Motivational Salience Signal in the Basal Forebrain Is Coupled with Faster and More Precise Decision Speed

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Avila, Irene ^a   Lin, Shih Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898403814     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001811     Document Type: Article

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