Modulation of risk/reward decision making by dopaminergic transmission within the basolateral amygdala

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 121-136

  Larkin, Joshua D ^a   Jenni, Nicole L ^a   Floresco, Stan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Decision making; Dopamine; Probabilistic discounting; Rat; Risk

Indexed keywords

6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ETICLOPRIDE; QUINPIROLE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAT; REWARD; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84952943465     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-4094-8     Document Type: Article

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