Activation of D2 dopamine receptor-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens increases motivation.

Striatal dopamine receptor D1-expressing neurons have been classically associated with positive reinforcement and reward, whereas D2 neurons are associated with negative reinforcement and aversion. Here we demonstrate that the pattern of activation of D1 and D2 neurons in the nucleus accumbens (NAc)...

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Autor principal: Cunha, Catarina Soares (author)
Outros Autores: Coimbra, Bárbara Guimarães Salazar (author), Pereira, Ana David (author), Borges, Sónia Maria de Sousa (author), Costa, Patrício Soares (author), Sousa, Nuno (author), Rodrigues, Ana João (author), Pinto, Luisa (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2016
Assuntos:
Science & Technology
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/45144
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/45144

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