Encoding of aversion by dopamine and the nucleus accumbens

Adaptive motivated behavior requires rapid discrimination between beneficial and harmful stimuli. Such discrimination leads to the generation of either an approach or rejection response, as appropriate, and enables organisms to maximize reward and minimize punishment. Classically, the nucleus accumb...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Neuroscience
Main Authors:	James Edgar Mccutcheon, Stephanie Rose Ebner, Amy Laura Loriaux, Mitchell Franklin Roitman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-09-01
Subjects:	Electrophysiology Ventral Tegmental Area Reward Voltammetry conditioned taste aversion taste reactivity
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2012.00137/full