Mesolimbic Dopamine Encodes Prediction Errors in a State-Dependent Manner

Mesolimbic dopamine encodes the benefits of a course of action. However, the value of an appetitive reward depends strongly on an animal’s current state. To investigate the relationship between dopamine, value, and physiological state, we monitored sub-second dopamine release in the nucleus accumben...

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Main Authors: Georgios K. Papageorgiou, Mathieu Baudonnat, Flavia Cucca, Mark E. Walton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112471630287X