Neural Correlates of Active Avoidance Behavior in Superior Colliculus
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Neural correlates of active avoidance behavior in superior colliculus.
Active avoidance of harmful situations seems highly adaptive, but the underlying neural mechanisms are unknown. Rats can effectively use the superior colliculus during active avoidance to detect a salient whisker conditioned stimulus (WCS) that signals an aversive event. Here, we recorded unit and field potential activity in the intermediate layers of the superior colliculus of rats during acti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1497-10.2010