Basolateral amygdala rapid glutamate release encodes an outcome-specific representation vital for reward-predictive cues to selectively invigorate reward-seeking actions

Environmental stimuli have the ability to generate specific representations of the rewards they predict and in so doing alter the selection and performance of reward-seeking actions. The basolateral amygdala participates in this process, but precisely how is unknown. To rectify this, we monitored, i...

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Main Authors: Malvaez, Melissa, Greenfield, Venuz Y., Wang, Alice S., Yorita, Allison M., Feng, Lili, Linker, Kay E., Monbouquette, Harold G., Wassum, Kate M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648450/