Stable representation of sounds in the posterior striatum during flexible auditory decisions

Striatum mediates goal-oriented behaviors and habitual actions. This study shows that auditory information is represented by neuronal activity of the posterior tail of the dorsal striatum in mice, and that this brain region mediates rodent’s flexible decision making based on auditory cues.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lan Guo, William I. Walker, Nicholas D. Ponvert, Phoebe L. Penix, Santiago Jaramillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03994-3