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A Neural Circuit Mechanism for Encoding Aversive Stimuli in the Mesolimbic Dopamine System

  • Johannes W. de Jong
  • , Seyedeh Atiyeh Afjei
  • , Iskra Pollak Dorocic
  • , James R. Peck
  • , Christine Liu
  • , Christina K. Kim
  • , Lin Tian
  • , Karl Deisseroth
  • , Stephan Lammel

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Abstract

The mesolimbic dopamine system plays an important role in reward, reinforcement learning and motivated behaviors. de Jong et al. reveal a circuit mechanism that implicates a subtype of mesolimbic dopamine neurons in the encoding of aversive-predicting stimuli.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)133-151.e7
JournalNeuron
Volume101
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2 2019
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Neuroscience

Keywords

  • aversion
  • dopamine
  • dorsal raphe
  • lateral hypothalamus
  • nucleus accumbens
  • reward
  • ventral tegmental area

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