Youna Vandaele

This study shows that sequence termination cues, via dopamine signaling, drive habitual behavior by enhancing automaticity and reducing behavioral flexibility.

The paper identifies brain regions associated with preference for sweet water over cocaine in rats using fos mapping, showing cocaine induces more global activation but saccharin activates regions related to taste and reward delay.

This study shows that dorsomedial striatum activity reflects the progress of behavioral sequences in rats, with changes in neural patterns correlating with sequence completion.

This study tests whether cocaine tolerance prevents a preference shift toward cocaine during choice trials, finding that tolerance does not block this shift.

The paper investigates neural activity patterns in the dorsal striatum during habit and goal-directed behavior, finding sustained excitation in DLS and inhibition in DMS for habit.