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Electrical Stimulation of the Primate Lateral Habenula Suppresses Saccadic Eye Movement through a Learning Mechanism

The lateral habenula (LHb) is a brain structure which represents negative motivational value. Neurons in the LHb are excited by unpleasant events such as reward omission and aversive stimuli, and transmit these signals to midbrain dopamine neurons which are involved in learning and motivation. Howev...

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Autores principales: Matsumoto, Masayuki, Hikosaka, Okihide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22039537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026701