Nigrostriatal dopamine pathway regulates auditory discrimination behavior

The auditory striatum, the tail portion of dorsal striatum, is implicated in decision-making. This study uncovers a phasic mechanism within the nigrostriatal system that regulates auditory decisions by modulating ongoing auditory perception.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Allen P. F. Chen, Jeffrey M. Malgady, Lu Chen, Kaiyo W. Shi, Eileen Cheng, Joshua L. Plotkin, Shaoyu Ge, Qiaojie Xiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33747-2