Characterizing the neural substrate of reward with the use of specific brain lesions

Cromwell HC (2021) Characterizing the neural substrate of reward with the use of specific brain lesions. Fakhoury M (Ed.): The Brain Reward System. Neuromethods. 165. Humana, New York, NY doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1146-3_3

Summary: This review is focused on experimental lesions and work using the rodent model examining the neural substrates of reward processing. Saporin is listed as a neurotoxin used to target selective neuronal populations with success.

See: Pappas BA et al. Neonatal 192 IgG-saporin lesion of forebrain cholinergic neurons: focus on the life span?. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 27(4):365-376, 2003.

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