Emergent decision-making behaviour and rhythm generation in a computational model of the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus.

The ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMN) has an important role in diverse behaviours. The common involvement in these of sex steroids, nutritionally-related signals, and emotional inputs from other brain areas, suggests that, at any given time, its output is in one of a discrete number of...

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Main Authors: Duncan J MacGregor, Gareth Leng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007092