Mesolimbic dopamine projections mediate cue-motivated reward seeking but not reward retrieval in rats

Efficient foraging requires an ability to coordinate discrete reward-seeking and reward-retrieval behaviors. We used pathway-specific chemogenetic inhibition to investigate how rats’ mesolimbic and mesocortical dopamine circuits contribute to the expression and modulation of reward seeking and retri...

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Main Authors: Briac Halbout, Andrew T Marshall, Ali Azimi, Mimi Liljeholm, Stephen V Mahler, Kate M Wassum, Sean B Ostlund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/43551