NeuroscienceJournal of NeurosciencePeer-reviewed
Inhibition of dopamine neurons prevents incentive value encoding of a reward cue:With revelations from deep phenotyping
Amanda G. Iglesias, Alvin S. Chiu, Jason W.H. Wong…·Shelly B. Flagel
The paper shows that inhibiting VTA dopamine neurons during reward cue presentation prevents sign-tracking behavior, confirming dopamine's role in encoding incentive value.
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