Nucleus accumbens neurons track behavioral preferences and reward outcomes during risky decision making

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 807-816

  Sugam, Jonathan A ^a   Saddoris, Michael P ^a   Carelli, Regina M ^a,b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Decision making; electrophysiology; nucleus accumbens; reward; risk taking; value

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; RISK; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84899647690     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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