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Activation in the VTA and Nucleus Accumbens Increases in Anticipation of Both Gains and Losses

To represent value for learning and decision making, the brain must encode information about both the motivational relevance and affective valence of anticipated outcomes. The nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) are thought to play key roles in representing these and other aspe...

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Autores principales: Carter, R. McKell, MacInnes, Jeff J., Huettel, Scott A., Adcock, R. Alison
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753142
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/neuro.08.021.2009