Amygdala contributions to stimulus–reward encoding in the macaque medial and orbital frontal cortex during learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 2186-2202

  Rudebeck, Peter H ^a,b   Ripple, Joshua A ^b   Mitz, Andrew R ^b   Averbeck, Bruno B ^b   Murray, Elisabeth A ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Learning; Macaque; Prefrontal; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; LATERAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; LEARNING; MACACA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEDIAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; ACTION POTENTIAL; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INJURIES; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; TIME FACTOR;

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IBOTENIC ACID; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; IBOTENIC ACID; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85013658117     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0933-16.2017     Document Type: Article

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