Partial inactivation of nucleus accumbens core decreases delay discounting in rats without affecting sensitivity to delay or magnitude

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 268, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-168

  Moschak, Travis M ^a   Mitchell, Suzanne H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Impulsive choice; Intertemporal choice; Nucleus accumbens; Orbitofrontal cortex; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAY DISCOUNTING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FRONTAL LOBE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FRONTAL LOBE; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84899760867     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.03.044     Document Type: Article

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