Flexible use of predictive cues beyond the orbitofrontal cortex: Role of the submedius thalamic nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 13183-13193

  Alcaraz, Fabien ^a,b   Marchand, Alain R ^a,b   Vidal, Elisa ^a,b   Guillou, Alexandre ^a,b   Faugère, Angélique ^b   Coutureau, Etienne ^a,b   Wolff, Mathieu ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviors; Degradation; Differential outcome effect; Pavlovian associations; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPERANT BEHAVIORAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRAINING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CONDITIONING; INJURIES; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DEXTRAN; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DEXTRANS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84942155826     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1237-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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