Novelty increases the mesolimbic functional connectivity of the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area (SN/VTA) during reward anticipation: Evidence from high-resolution fMRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 647-655

  Krebs, R M ^a,b   Heipertz, D ^c   Schuetze, H ^c   Duzel, E ^c,d,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI; Functional connectivity; Midbrain; Novelty; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOVELTY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PONS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; REWARD; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TECTUM; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051791365     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.038     Document Type: Article

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