Differential effects of systemic cholinergic receptor blockade on Pavlovian incentive motivation and goal-directed action selection

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1490-1497

  Ostlund, Sean B ^a,b   Kosheleff, Alisa R ^a,b   Maidment, Nigel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; decision making; goal directed; incentive; Pavlovian; reward

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SCOPOLAMINE; SUCROSE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANTICIPATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUGAR INTAKE;

ANIMALS; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY SUCROSE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GOALS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84900807209     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.348     Document Type: Article

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