Unilateral medial frontal cortex lesions cause a cognitive decision-making deficit in rats.
The medial frontal cortex (MFC) is critical for cost-benefit decision-making. Generally, cognitive and reward-based behaviour in rodents is not thought to be lateralised within the brain. In this study, however, we demonstrate that rats with unilateral MFC lesions show a profound change in decision-...
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Format: | Journal article |
Sprache: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2014
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