A Limited Role for Mediodorsal Thalamus in Devaluation Tasks.
Six experiments were performed to determine the role of mediodorsal thalamus (MD) in the devaluation task, varying the type of contingencies (Pavlovian or operant), the number of reinforcers (one vs. two), and the order of experiments (in naive or experimentally experienced rats). MD-lesioned rats w...
| Publicado en: | Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 122; no. 3; pp. 659 - 677 |
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American Psychological Association
June 2008
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