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Royall McMahon Ward

New York University

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:electronic health records· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Acetylcholine demixes heterogeneous dopamine signals for learning and moving

Hee Jae Jang, Royall McMahon Ward, Carla E. M. Golden, Christine M. Constantinople

The paper shows that the phase relationship between dopamine and acetylcholine signals in the striatum determines whether dopamine influences movement or learning in rats.

Nature Neuroscience · Mar 25, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

The orbitofrontal cortex updates beliefs for state inference

Shannon Sandra Schiereck, Danilo Trinidad Pérez-Rivera, Andrew Mah, Margaret L. DeMaegd, David L. Hocker, Royall McMahon Ward, Cristina Savin, Christine M. Constantinople

This study shows that rat orbitofrontal cortex updates beliefs about hidden reward states during a temporal wagering task, with neural signatures of state inference identified through electrophysiology and population analysis.

Neuron · Nov 17, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience