Appetitive Behavior

Emotion Circuits in the Brain

2000 • 8,055 citations

Emotion and motivation: the role of the amygdala, ventral striatum, and prefrontal cortex

2002 • 2,076 citations

Different projections of the central amygdaloid nucleus mediate autonomic and behavioral correlates of conditioned fear

1988 • 1,573 citations

AUTO‐SHAPING OF THE PIGEON'S KEY‐PECK¹

1968 • 1,527 citations

Cortical pathways to the mammalian amygdala

1998 • 1,245 citations

The lateral amygdaloid nucleus: sensory interface of the amygdala in fear conditioning

1990 • 1,134 citations

Conditional and unconditional components of post-shock freezing

1980 • 1,120 citations

The neuroanatomical and neurochemical basis of conditioned fear

1999 • 1,092 citations

The patterns of afferent innervation of the core and shell in the “Accumbens” part of the rat ventral striatum: Immunohistochemical detection of retrogradely transported fluoro‐gold

1993 • 1,084 citations

Crouching as an index of fear.

1969 • 1,057 citations

On the significance of subterritories in the “accumbens” part of the rat ventral striatum

1992 • 1,022 citations

Organization of intra-amygdaloid circuitries in the rat: an emerging framework for understanding functions of the amygdala

1997 • 960 citations

Amygdaloid projections to the mesencephalon, pons and medulla oblongata in the cat

1978 • 872 citations

A perceptual-defensive-recuperative model of fear and pain

1980 • 811 citations

The neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviour

2001 • 796 citations

A description of the amygdaloid complex in the rat and cat with observations on intra‐amygdaloid axonal connections

1978 • 721 citations

Associative Processes in Addiction and Reward The Role of Amygdala‐Ventral Striatal Subsystems

1999 • 713 citations

AUTO‐MAINTENANCE IN THE PIGEON: SUSTAINED PECKING DESPITE CONTINGENT NON‐REINFORCEMENT²

1969 • 710 citations

An autoradiographic study of the projections of the central nucleus of the monkey amygdala

1981 • 694 citations

Involvement of the amygdala in stimulus-reward associations: Interaction with the ventral striatum

1989 • 662 citations

Different types of fear-conditioned behaviour mediated by separate nuclei within amygdala

1997 • 660 citations

Rapid and selective induction of BDNF expression in the hippocampus during contextual learning

2000 • 616 citations

Amygdala circuitry in attentional and representational processes

1999 • 606 citations

Amygdala central nucleus lesions: Effect on heart rate conditioning in the rabbit

1979 • 589 citations

Control of Response Selection by Reinforcer Value Requires Interaction of Amygdala and Orbital Prefrontal Cortex

2000 • 588 citations

Complementary roles for the amygdala and hippocampus in aversive conditioning to explicit and contextual cues

1991 • 581 citations

Neurotoxic Lesions of Basolateral, But Not Central, Amygdala Interfere with Pavlovian Second-Order Conditioning and Reinforcer Devaluation Effects

1996 • 562 citations

Topographic organization of neurons in the acoustic thalamus that project to the amygdala

1990 • 548 citations

THE FORM OF THE AUTO‐SHAPED RESPONSE WITH FOOD OR WATER REINFORCERS¹

1973 • 490 citations

Interactions between the amygdala and ventral striatum in stimulus-reward associations: Studies using a second-order schedule of sexual reinforcement

1989 • 455 citations

Thalamoamygdaloid projections in the rat: A test of the amygdala's role in sensory processing

1991 • 430 citations

The Amygdala and Fear Conditioning: Has the Nut Been Cracked?

1996 • 405 citations

The amygdala central nucleus and appetitive Pavlovian conditioning: lesions impair one class of conditioned behavior

1990 • 366 citations

Involvement of the central nucleus of the amygdala and nucleus accumbens core in mediating Pavlovian influences on instrumental behaviour

2001 • 360 citations

The Effect of Lesions of the Basolateral Amygdala on Instrumental Conditioning

2003 • 350 citations

Conditioned fear assessed by freezing and by the suppression of three different baselines

1980 • 333 citations

Associative vs topographical accounts of the immediate shock-freezing deficit in rats: Implications for the response selection rules governing species-specific defensive reactions

1986 • 326 citations

Excitotoxic Lesions of the Amygdala Fail to Produce Impairment in Visual Learning for Auditory Secondary Reinforcement But Interfere with Reinforcer Devaluation Effects in Rhesus Monkeys

1997 • 304 citations

The amygdala complex: multiple roles in associative learning and attention.

1994 • 300 citations

Differential effects of excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral amygdala, ventral subiculum and medial prefrontal cortex on responding with conditioned reinforcement and locomotor activity potentiated by intra-accumbens infusions ofd-amphetamine

1993 • 296 citations

Involvement of the amygdala in learning and memory: A critical review, with emphasis on anatomical relations.

1985 • 291 citations

Nucleus accumbens dopamine depletion impairs both acquisition and performance of appetitive Pavlovian approach behaviour: implications for mesoaccumbens dopamine function

2002 • 285 citations

Intrinsic neurons in the amygdaloid field projected to by the medial geniculate body mediate emotional responses conditioned to acoustic stimuli

1986 • 282 citations

Neurotoxic Basolateral Amygdala Lesions Impair Learning and Memory But Not the Performance of Conditional Fear in Rats

1999 • 278 citations

Dissociable roles of the central and basolateral amygdala in appetitive emotional learning

2000 • 277 citations

Differential effects of two ways of devaluing the unconditioned stimulus after Pavlovian appetitive conditioning.

1979 • 257 citations

The role of the amygdala in conditioned and unconditioned fear and anxiety

2000 • 251 citations

Double dissociations of the effects of amygdala and insular cortex lesions on conditioned taste aversion, passive avoidance, and neophobia in the rat using the excitotoxin ibotenic acid.

1988 • 250 citations

Disconnection of the anterior cingulate cortex and nucleus accumbens core impairs Pavlovian approach behavior: Further evidence for limbic cortical–ventral striatopallidal systems.

2000 • 243 citations

Connectivity of the rat amygdaloid complex

2000 • 228 citations

Excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral amygdala impair the acquisition of cocaine-seeking behaviour under a second-order schedule of reinforcement

1996 • 225 citations

The neurobiology of learning and memory: some reminders to remember

2001 • 216 citations

Overtraining Does Not Mitigate Contextual Fear Conditioning Deficits Produced by Neurotoxic Lesions of the Basolateral Amygdala

1998 • 194 citations

Emotion: Systems, Cells, Synaptic Plasticity

1996 • 177 citations

Amygdala central nucleus lesions disrupt increments, but not decrements, in conditioned stimulus processing.

1993 • 165 citations

Differential involvement of amygdala subsystems in appetitive conditioning and drug addiction

2000 • 163 citations

The Role of an Amygdalo-Nigrostriatal Pathway in Associative Learning

1997 • 163 citations

Dissociable effects of cingulate and medial frontal cortex lesions on stimulus-reward learning using a novel Pavlovian autoshaping procedure for the rat: Implications for the neurobiology of emotion.

1997 • 158 citations

The role of amygdaloid central nucleus in the retention of differential pavlovian conditioning of bradycardia in rabbits

1986 • 157 citations

Limbic cortical-ventral striatal systems underlying appetitive conditioning

2000 • 151 citations

Altered food preferences after lesions in the basolateral region of the amygdala in the rat.

1973 • 149 citations

The central nucleus of the amygdala projection to dopamine subpopulations in primates

2000 • 136 citations

Direct comparison of projections from the central amygdaloid region and nucleus accumbens shell

1999 • 120 citations

The basolateral complex of the amygdala is necessary for acquisition but not expression of CS motivational value in appetitive Pavlovian second‐order conditioning

2002 • 117 citations

Electrolytic lesions of the amygdala block acquisition and expression of fear-potentiated startle even with extensive training but do not prevent reacquisition.

1993 • 101 citations

Effects of amygdala central nucleus lesions on blocking and unblocking.

1993 • 95 citations

The amygdala and emotion: a view through fear

2000 • 91 citations

Lesions of the Amygdala Central Nucleus Alter Performance on a Selective Attention Task

2000 • 91 citations

Double dissociation of the behavioural effects of R (+) 7-OH-DPAT infusions in the central and basolateral amygdala nuclei upon Pavlovian and instrumental conditioned appetitive behaviours

1998 • 88 citations

Brain mechanisms for changes in processing of conditioned stimuli in Pavlovian conditioning: Implications for behavior theory

1997 • 87 citations

Disconnection of the amygdala central nucleus and substantia innominata/nucleus basalis disrupts increments in conditioned stimulus processing in rats.

1999 • 80 citations

Effects of excitotoxic lesions of the central amygdaloid nucleus on the potentiation of reward-related stimuli by intra-accumbens amphetamine.

1996 • 78 citations

Amount of training affects associatively-activated event representation

1998 • 77 citations

Independent modulation of basal and feeding-evoked dopamine efflux in the nucleus accumbens and medial prefrontal cortex by the central and basolateral amygdalar nuclei in the rat

2003 • 63 citations

Increased training in an aversively motivated task attenuates the memory-impairing effects of posttraining N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced amygdala lesions.

1992 • 63 citations

Lesions of the perirhinal cortex impair sensory preconditioning in rats

2000 • 61 citations

Anterior rhinal cortex and amygdala: Dissociation of their contributions to memory and food preference in rhesus monkeys.

1996 • 59 citations

Effects of excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral amygdala on conditional discrimination learning with primary and conditioned reinforcement

1999 • 59 citations

Memory of rats with amygdala lesions induced 30 days after footshock-motivated escape training reflects degree of original training.

1994 • 50 citations

Discrimination behavior after amygdalectomy in monkeys: Visual and somesthetic learning and perceptual capacity.

1965 • 50 citations

The role of primary reinforcement and overt movements in autoshaping in the pigeon

1976 • 49 citations

Amygdala: role in modulation of memory storage

2000 • 48 citations

Lesions of basolateral amygdala impair extinction of CS motivational value, but not of explicit conditioned responses, in Pavlovian appetitive second‐order conditioning

2003 • 46 citations

Modulation of long-term memory storage in humans by emotional arousal: adrenergic activation and the amygdala

2000 • 35 citations

Application of Pavlovian higher-order conditioning to the analysis of the neural substrates of fear conditioning

1998 • 32 citations

Is it time to invoke multiple fear learning systems in the amygdala?

1997 • 32 citations

Intracerebellar conditioning — Brogden and Gantt revisited

2000 • 27 citations

Amygdala–prefrontal interactions and conditioned bradycardia in the rabbit.

1997 • 19 citations

Acquisition and retention of control of instrumental behavior by a cue-signaling airblast: How specific are conditioned anticipations?

1980 • 18 citations

Secondary emotional reactions in children with learning disabilities.

1970 • 7 citations