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 language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 133-151.e7 |
| Journal | Neuron |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Neuroscience
Keywords
- aversion
- dopamine
- dorsal raphe
- lateral hypothalamus
- nucleus accumbens
- reward
- ventral tegmental area