Role of Dopamine Neurons in Reward and Aversion: A Synaptic Plasticity Perspective

Neuron

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1145-1157

  Pignatelli, Marco ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AVERSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84930526481     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.04.015     Document Type: Review

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