D2 Dopamine Receptor Mediation of Risky Decision-making

Excessive risk-taking is a characteristic of several psychopathological disorders. In order to alleviate maladaptive risky behavior, a thorough understanding of the neurobiological and pharmacological substrates of risky choice must be developed. In this dissertation, the “risky decision-making task...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon, Nicholas Wayne
Other Authors: Setlow, Barry
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
Subjects:
D2
rat
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7757