Role of the dorsal diencephalic conduction system in the brain reward circuitry

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 296, Issue , 2016, Pages 431-441

  Fakhoury, Marc ^a   Rompré, Pierre Paul ^a,b   Boye, Sandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe; Habenula; Lateral hypothalamus; Reward; Self stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL DIENCEPHALIC CONDUCTION SYSTEM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTRODE; HABENULA; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION;

EID: 84961166836     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.10.038     Document Type: Article

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