Amygdala-frontal interactions and reward expectancy.
Recent evidence indicates that networks including the amygdala and prefrontal cortex provide a key interface between affect and cognition. Converging evidence from rodents, humans, and non-human primates indicates that interconnections between the basolateral complex of the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex are crucial to the formation and use of expectancies of reinforcers in the guidance of goal-directed behavior.
Holland
Peter C
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Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. pch@jhu.edu
Gallagher
Michela
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D000679:Amygdala / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D012201:Reward