"Lesions of the dorsomedial amygdala, but not the nucleus accumbens, reduce the aversiveness of morphine withdrawal in rats": Correction.

Reports an error in the original article by J. E. Kelsey and S. R. Arnold (Behavioral Neuroscience, 1994Dec], Vol 1086], 1119–2127). On pages 1121 and 1122, the artwork for Figures 1 and 2 was reversed; the figure captions are correct. In the last line of the author note, on page 1119, the e-mail address should read as follows: jkelsey@bates.edu. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1995-12607-001.) Small lesions of the dorsomedial amygdala reduced the magnitude of the conditioned place aversion produced by naltrexone-precipitated morphine withdrawal, whereas large lesions of the ventral nucleus accumbens had no effect. This finding that the dorsomedial amygdala, which has not been implicated in opiate reward, is involved in mediating the aversiveness of opiate withdrawal is consistent with data indicating that amygdala lesions reduce the aversiveness of a variety of aversive events. In contrast, the nucleus accumbens, which is involved in mediating the rewarding effects of opiates, does not appear to be critically involved in mediating the aversive effects of opiate withdrawal.… (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)