The medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens mediate the motivation for voluntary wheel running in the rat

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 457-472

  Basso, Julia C ^a   Morrell, Joan I ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Medial prefrontal cortex; Motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; INTRACRANIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT; REBOUND; REINSTATEMENT RESPONSE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION (INTENTIONAL); SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREADMILL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84938212666     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000070     Document Type: Article

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