Carla E. M. Golden

The paper shows that the phase relationship between dopamine and acetylcholine signals in the striatum determines whether dopamine influences movement or learning in rats.

This study shows dopamine in the nucleus accumbens encodes reward prediction errors independently of learning rates, suggesting dopamine-independent mechanisms for dynamic learning rates.

This study shows that endogenous 17β-estradiol enhances reward prediction errors in the nucleus accumbens by reducing dopamine reuptake, thereby influencing reinforcement learning.

StandardRat improves functional connectivity specificity in rat brains through a standardized MRI protocol tested across 20 centers.

The paper identifies structural brain differences in male and female rat models of Fragile X syndrome, including reduced axonal caliber in the splenium of the corpus callosum.

This study shows that deleting the KH1 domain of Fmr1 in rats causes attention deficits and transcriptional changes in the medial prefrontal cortex, similar to FXS, and identifies potential therapeutic targets.