The Role of the Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Adapting to Changes in Instrumental Contingency

Etienne Coutureau; Frederic Esclassan; Georges Di Scala; Alain R. Marchand

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033302

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The Role of the Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Adapting to Changes in Instrumental Contingency

Etienne Coutureau,

Affiliations Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), Université de Bordeaux, Talence, France, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), CNRS, UMR 5287, Talence, France
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Frederic Esclassan,

Affiliations Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), Université de Bordeaux, Talence, France, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), CNRS, UMR 5287, Talence, France
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Georges Di Scala,

Affiliations Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), Université de Bordeaux, Talence, France, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), CNRS, UMR 5287, Talence, France
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Alain R. Marchand

* E-mail: alain.marchand@u-bordeaux1.fr

Affiliations Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), Université de Bordeaux, Talence, France, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), CNRS, UMR 5287, Talence, France
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The Role of the Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Adapting to Changes in Instrumental Contingency

Etienne Coutureau,
Frederic Esclassan,
Georges Di Scala,
Alain R. Marchand

Published: April 4, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033302

About the Authors

Etienne Coutureau

Affiliations Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), Université de Bordeaux, Talence, France, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), CNRS, UMR 5287, Talence, France

Frederic Esclassan

Georges Di Scala

Alain R. Marchand

* E-mail: alain.marchand@u-bordeaux1.fr

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC ARM GDS. Performed the experiments: EC ARM FE. Analyzed the data: EC ARM. Wrote the paper: EC ARM GDS FE.

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