Collateral-defined prefrontal-striatal circuits partition behavioral vigor during appetitive goal pursuit
Xiaobo Ma, Mengmeng Shao, Baihui Ren, Jingwen Lei, Yanmei Liu, Feiyang Hong, Dongping Huang, Miao He, Siyu Zhang, Yilin Tai, Jiangteng Lu
The paper identifies two collateral-defined prefrontal-striatal subnetworks that differentially regulate initiation and approach vigor during appetitive goal pursuit.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience