Contralateral disconnection of the rat prelimbic cortex and dorsomedial striatum impairs cue-guided behavioral switching

Learning and Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 368-379

  Baker, Phillip M ^a   Ragozzino, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; D AP 5; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTRALATERAL DISCONNECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DORSOMEDIAL STRIATUM; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN CORTEX; CONDITIONING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECTS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; LONG EVANS RAT; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORPUS STRIATUM; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MUSCIMOL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REWARD; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84906653483     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.034819.114     Document Type: Article

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