Opposing roles for striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons in dorsolateral striatum in consolidating new instrumental actions

New instrumental learning occurs through an unexpected delivery of a rewarding stimulus or the withdrawal of a punishing stimulus. The authors show that D1 receptor-expressing medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the anterior dorsolateral striatum encode newly learned instrumental actions whereas D2 MSNs...

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Main Authors: Alexander C. W. Smith, Sietse Jonkman, Alexandra G. Difeliceantonio, Richard M. O’Connor, Soham Ghoshal, Michael F. Romano, Barry J. Everitt, Paul J. Kenny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25460-3