Stefania Vietti‐Michelina

The paper identifies an anatomical hotspot in the anterior dorsolateral striatum where dopamine and acetylcholine interactions are spatially organized and influence behaviorally relevant dynamics during reward and movement.

This study shows that odor pre-exposure in Drosophila creates an aversive memory that inhibits appetitive olfactory memory, requiring specific dopaminergic neurons and context similarity.

The paper investigates short-term plasticity in dopamine release in the striatum, finding that it is primarily governed by axonal properties and the dopamine transporter rather than initial release levels.