Cue-Evoked Dopamine Neuron Activity Helps Maintain but Does Not Encode Expected Value

Summary: Cue-evoked midbrain dopamine (DA) neuron activity reflects expected value, but its influence on reward assessment is unclear. In mice performing a trial-based operant task, we test if bidirectional manipulations of cue or operant-associated DA neuron activity drive learning as a result of u...

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Main Authors: Jesse A. Mendoza, Christopher K. Lafferty, Angela K. Yang, Jonathan P. Britt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124719312811