Neural substrates of avoidance behavior: The afferent limb

During avoidance conditioning, the rabbit sitting in a large activity wheel was presented with two tones. One tone the positive conditional stimulus (CS+), predicted a mild foot-shock, the other tone (CS$-$) did not. The rabbit could learn to avoid the footshock by locomoting in the running wheel. Using a neuronal circuit model of discriminative active avoidance conditioning, sources of afferent input to critical learning-related limbic structures were examined for their influence on neuronal activity and behavior.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Poremba, Amy Lynn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gabriel, Michael

• Biology, Neuroscience
• Psychology, Psychobiology
• Psychology, Experimental

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Poremba, Amy Lynn

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9625181
(UMI)AAI9625181

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21601