Motivation and Engagement during Visually Guided Behavior

Summary: Animal behavior is motivated by internal drives, such as thirst and hunger, generated in hypothalamic neurons that project widely to many brain areas. We find that water-restricted mice maintain stable, high-level contrast sensitivity and brief reaction time while performing a visual task,...

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Main Authors: Alexander V. Ortiz, David Aziz, Shaul Hestrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Cell Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124720312614