Stimulation of the nucleus accumbens as behavioral reward in awake behaving monkeys

It has been known that monkeys will repeatedly press a bar for electrical stimulation in several different brain structures. We explored the possibility of using electrical stimulation in one such structure, the nucleus accumbens, as a substitute for liquid reward in animals performing a complex tas...

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Main Authors: Heard, Matthew T. (Contributor), Desimone, Robert (Contributor), Bichot, Narcisse Pascal (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2016-04-15T20:04:01Z.
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