Orbitofrontal Lesions Impair Use of Cue-Outcome Associations in a Devaluation Task.

The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) has been implicated in the use of outcome expectancies to guide behavior. The present study used a devaluation task to examine this function. Rats first received light-food pairings followed by food-toxin pairings designed to devalue the food. After either excitotoxic...

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Published in:	Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 119; no. 1; pp. 317 - 323
Main Authors:	Pickens, Charles L., Saddoris, Michael P., Gallagher, Michela
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association February 2005
Subjects:	Frontal lobe Brain function localization Laboratory rats
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost