Reward, attention and the dorsal noradrenergic bundle.

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The resistance to extinction seen after lesion to the dorsal noradrenergic bundle has been suggested to arise from a deficit in internal inhibition or a 'perseverative' type of deficit. This hypothesis is tested by examining the ability of 6-hydroxydopamine-treated animals to inhibit a previously developed preference for saccharine solution as a result of poisoning with lithium chloride. Unimpaired taste aversion is found, arguing against a deficit in the ability to inhibit a prepotent respon...

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Authors: Mason, S; Iversen, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Brain research
• Volume: 150
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 135-148
• Publication date: 1978-07-01
• DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(78)90658-3
• EISSN: 1872-6240
• ISSN: 0006-8993
• Language: English
• Keywords: Hippocampus; Neural Pathways; Extinction, Psychological; Locus Coeruleus; Male; Neural Inhibition; Dopamine; Rats; Telencephalon; Hypothalamus; Reward; Adrenergic Fibers; Avoidance Learning; Attention; Visual Perception; Discrimination Learning; Norepinephrine; Animals