Prefrontal /accumbal catecholamine system processes high motivational salience.

Motivational salience regulates the strength of goal seeking, the amount of risk taken, and the energy invested from mild to extreme. Highly motivational experiences promote highly persistent memories. Although this phenomenon is adaptive in normal conditions, experiences with extremely high levels...

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Main Authors: Stefano ePuglisi-Allegra, Rossella eVentura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00031/full