Specialized and spatially organized coding of sensory, motor, and cognitive variables in midbrain dopamine neurons
Ben Engelhard, Joel Finkelstein, Julia Cox, Weston Fleming, Hee Jae Jang, Sharon Ornelas, Sue Ann Koay, Stephan Y. Thiberge, Nathaniel D. Daw, David W. Tank, Ilana B. Witten
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.
Nature · May 29, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience