Task-dependent spatial selectivity in the primate amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 16220-16233

  Peck, Ellen L ^a   Peck, Christopher J ^a   Daniel Salzman, C ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Attention; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LICKING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD EXPECTATION; RHESUS MONKEY; SPATIAL ATTENTION; SPATIAL SELECTIVELY; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84914689463     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3217-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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