Nucleus accumbens mediates relative motivation for rewards in the absence of choice

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUGUST, 2011, Pages

  Clithero, John A ^a   Reeck, Crystal ^a   Mckell Carter, R ^a   Smith, David V ^a   Huettel, Scott A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipation; fMRI; Insula; Motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MONEY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREDICTION; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD;

EID: 84933678808     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00087     Document Type: Article

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