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Separate Populations of Neurons in Ventral Striatum Encode Value and Motivation

Neurons in the ventral striatum (VS) fire to cues that predict differently valued rewards. It is unclear whether this activity represents the value associated with the expected reward or the level of motivation induced by reward anticipation. To distinguish between the two, we trained rats on a task...

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Autores principales: Bissonette, Gregory B., Burton, Amanda C., Gentry, Ronny N., Goldstein, Brandon L., Hearn, Taylor N., Barnett, Brian R., Kashtelyan, Vadim, Roesch, Matthew R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064673