Bridget J. Chen

This study investigates how the central amygdala encodes and controls reward consumption in rats, showing that optogenetic stimulation enhances intake of preferred rewards but not less-preferred ones.

This study investigates the role of dopamine and neural activity in the nucleus accumbens and dorsomedial striatum in action sequence performance, finding that these regions are critical for timing and motivation in both cued and uncued tasks.

This study investigates how dopamine neurons in the mesolimbic system enable rapid revaluation of reward cues in changing environments using behavioral and neurophysiological methods in rats.