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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Autores principales: Cohen, Jeremiah Y., Haesler, Sebastian, Vong, Linh, Lowell, Bradford B., Uchida, Naoshige
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22258508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10754

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