A ventral tegmental area GABAergic projection to the ventral pallidum regulates value-based decision making in mice
WenLiang Zhou, Hanna Yousuf, Yann S. Mineur, Marina R. Picciotto
The paper identifies a GABAergic pathway from the VTA to the VP that encodes unconditioned reward value and influences value-based decision-making in mice.
bioRxiv · Feb 20, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience