Rat Paraventricular Neurons Encode Predictive and Incentive Information of Reward Cues

The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) has been implicated in cue-induced motivated behaviors. Although reward-associated cues (conditioned stimuli, CSs) contain different types of information including predictive information of future reward delivery and incentive (motivational) value of...

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Main Authors: Unur Munkhzaya, Choijiljav Chinzorig, Jumpei Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nishimaru, Taketoshi Ono, Hisao Nishijo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.565002/full