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Miranta Louka

Princeton University

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VTA dopamine neuron activity produces spatially organized stimulus and action value representations through conditioned reinforcement

Alejandro Pan-Vazquez, Christopher A Zimmerman, Brenna McMannon, Julie MJ Fabre, Miranta Louka, Tingying Jia, Yotam Sagiv, Steven Jon West, Mayo Faulkner, Peter Dayan, Ilana B. Witten

This study investigates how VTA dopamine neuron activity shapes stimulus and action value representations in the striatum through conditioned reinforcement in mice.

bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Pre-existing visual responses in a projection-defined dopamine population explain individual learning trajectories

Alejandro Pan-Vazquez, Yoel Sanchez Araujo, Brenna McMannon, Miranta Louka, Akhil Bandi, Laura M. Haetzel, Mayo Faulkner, Jonathan W. Pillow, Nathaniel D. Daw, Ilana B. Witten

The paper shows that pre-existing visual responses in dopamine terminals predict individual learning trajectories in mice during a visual task.

Current Biology · Oct 15, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience