Basolateral amygdala lesions abolish mutual reward preferences in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-9

  Hernandez Lallement, Julen ^a   van Wingerden, Marijn ^a   Schäble, Sandra ^a   Kalenscher, Tobias ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Lesion; Pro social; Pro social Choice Task; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXCITOTOXICITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84947905392     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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