NeuroscienceBehavioral NeurosciencePeer-reviewed
Phasic inhibition of dopamine neurons is an instrumental punisher
Constance Yunzhi Peng, Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel, Sophia Gilchrist…·Gavan P. McNally
This study shows that optogenetic inhibition of VTA dopamine neurons suppresses instrumental responding in a response-specific and contingency-sensitive manner, acting as an instrumental punisher.
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