A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback
Christopher A Zimmerman, Scott S. Bolkan, Alejandro Pan-Vazquez, Bichan Wu, Emma Keppler, Jordan B Meares-Garcia, Eartha Mae Guthman, Robert N. Fetcho, Brenna McMannon, Junuk Lee, Austin T. Hoag, Laura A. Lynch, Sanjeev R. Janarthanan, Johanna Tacuri Luna, Adrian Bondy, , Ilana B. Witten
The paper shows that postingestive malaise signals reactivate amygdala flavor representations, strengthening memory and resolving temporal credit assignment in aversive learning.
Nature · Apr 2, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience