Sharon Ornelas

The paper identifies a neural substrate in mice where female-specific modulation of motivation by value is mediated by ACC-DMS neurons.

The paper compares dopaminergic and cholinergic populations in rats to determine their role in short-term memory, finding that VTA dopamine neurons have a unique causal contribution during the delay period.

The paper investigates how midbrain dopamine neurons encode sensory, motor, and cognitive variables during a complex decision-making task, finding that neurons are functionally and spatially organized into clusters specialized for specific behavioral variables.