The Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus and Responding for Sucrose Reward.

Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg) lesions in rodents lead to increased sucrose consumption, but the psychological deficit behind this remains uncertain. To understand better the relationship between consumption of, and motivation for, sucrose, the authors trained rats to traverse a runway fo...

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Publicado en:Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 120; no. 3; pp. 563 - 571
Autores principales: Ainge, James A., Keating, Glenda L., Latimer, Mary P.
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Publicado: American Psychological Association June 2006
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