Dissociable dopamine dynamics for learning and motivation

Mohebi, A; Pettibone, JR; Hamid, AA; Wong, JMT; Vinson, LT; Patriarchi, T; Tian, L; Kennedy, RT; Berke, JD

Berke, JD (reprint author), Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Neurol, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA.; Berke, JD (reprint author), Univ Calif San Francisco, Neurosci Grad Program, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA.; Berke, JD (reprint author), Univ Calif San Francisc

NATURE, 2019; 570 (7759): 65

Abstract

The dopamine projection from ventral tegmental area (VTA) to nucleus accumbens (NAc) is critical for motivation to work for rewards and reward-driven ......

Full Text Link