Reward and behavioral factors contributing to the tonic activity of monkey pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus neurons during saccade tasks
The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg) in the brainstem plays a role in controlling reinforcement learning and executing conditioned behavior. We previously examined activity of PPTg neurons in monkeys during a reward-conditioned, visually guided saccade task, and reported that a population o...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2016.00094/full |