Midbrain dopamine neurons signal aversion in a reward-context-dependent manner
Dopamine is thought to regulate learning from appetitive and aversive events. Here we examined how optogenetically-identified dopamine neurons in the lateral ventral tegmental area of mice respond to aversive events in different conditions. In low reward contexts, most dopamine neurons were exclusiv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2016-10-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/17328 |