Basolateral amygdala dopamine signals behavioural salience across exploration and learning
Jessica Capece Marsico, Malika Askarova, Olga Sharma, Sangeetha Nandakumar, Catarina M. Pacheco, Natalia Favila, Sandra Blaess, Sabine Krabbe
This study shows dopamine in the basolateral amygdala increases during exploratory actions and tracks cue relevance in learning, suggesting it signals behaviorally relevant moments.
bioRxiv · Sep 7, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience