Opponent control of behavioral reinforcement by inhibitory and excitatory projections from the ventral pallidum

The ventral palladium (VP) is involved in reward and contains mostly GABAergic neurons, but also glutamatergic neurons. Here, the authors characterize glutamatergic VP neurons and show that glutamatergic versus GABAergic projections play roles in avoidance and reinforcement, respectively.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lauren Faget, Vivien Zell, Elizabeth Souter, Adam McPherson, Reed Ressler, Navarre Gutierrez-Reed, Ji Hoon Yoo, Davide Dulcis, Thomas S. Hnasko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03125-y