The medial orbitofrontal cortex regulates sensitivity to outcome value

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 4600-4613

  Gourley, Shannon L ^a,b   Zimmermann, Kelsey S ^a,b   Allen, Amanda G ^a,b   Taylor, Jane R ^b,c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cue; Dorsal striatum; Neurotrophin; Operant; Orbital; Progressive ratio

Indexed keywords

(5 BROMO 2 [(2 CHLORO 4 IODOPHENYL)AMINO] N (CYCLOPROPYLMETHOXY) 3,4 DIFLUOROBENZAMIDE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CLOZAPINE N OXIDE; DESIGNER DRUG; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MEDIAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD;

EID: 84964047857     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4253-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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