Olfactory tubercle stimulation alters odor preference behavior and recruits forebrain reward and motivational centers

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  FitzGerald, Brynn J ^a   Richardson, Kara ^a   Wesson, Daniel W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Olfactory cortex; Self stimulation; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; PEANUT; REWARD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; URINE;

EID: 84903574507     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00081     Document Type: Article

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