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Neuron-type specific signals for reward and punishment in the ventral tegmental area
Dopamine plays a key role in motivation and reward. Dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) signal the discrepancy between expected and actual rewards (i.e., reward prediction error, RPE)(1-3), but how they compute such signals is unknown. We recorded the activity of VTA neurons whi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22258508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10754 |