The role of the anterior, mediodorsal, and parafascicular thalamus in instrumental conditioning

The traditional animal model of instrumental behaviour has focused almost exclusively on structures within the cortico-striatal network and ignored the contributions of various thalamic nuclei despite large and specific connections with each of these structures. One possible reason for this is that...

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Main Authors: Laura Anne Bradfield, Genevra eHart, Bernard W Balleine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00051/full