NeuroscienceNeuropsychopharmacologyPeer-reviewed
Operant self-stimulation of thalamic terminals in the dorsomedial striatum is constrained by metabotropic glutamate receptor 2
Kari A. Johnson, Lucas C. Voyvodic, Gabriel C. Loewinger…·David M. Lovinger
The paper shows that optogenetic stimulation of thalamic terminals in the dorsomedial striatum reinforces operant behavior, and that mGlu2 activation limits this reinforcement.
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