Christopher A Zimmerman

This study investigates how VTA dopamine neuron activity shapes stimulus and action value representations in the striatum through conditioned reinforcement in mice.

The paper investigates how direct and indirect basal ganglia pathways influence cortical activity during decision-making, finding that they oppositely modulate a subset of neurons encoding decision variables.

The paper shows that postingestive malaise signals reactivate amygdala flavor representations, strengthening memory and resolving temporal credit assignment in aversive learning.

The paper shows that heightened lateral habenula activity during stress leads to lasting brainwide and behavioral susceptibility in mice.

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

The paper shows that dorsomedial striatal pathways oppositely control behavior depending on task demands and internal state.