Environmental context-dependent activation of dopamine neurons via putative amygdala-nigra pathway in macaques

Abstract Seeking out good and avoiding bad objects is critical for survival. In practice, objects are rarely good every time or everywhere, but only at the right time or place. Whereas the basal ganglia (BG) are known to mediate goal-directed behavior, for example, saccades to rewarding objects, it...

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Main Authors: Kazutaka Maeda, Ken-ichi Inoue, Masahiko Takada, Okihide Hikosaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37584-9