Acquisition of specific response-outcome associations requires NMDA receptor activation in the basolateral amygdala but not in the insular cortex

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-45

  Parkes, Shauna L ^a,b,c   Ferreira, Guillaume ^a,c   Coutureau, Etienne ^b,c  

^a NutriNeuro Bordeaux University   (France)

^b UMR 5287   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Amygdala; Conditioning; Goal directed behavior; Instrumental; Insular cortex

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECTS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REWARD;

EID: 84953725029     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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