Latency to Reward Predicts Social Dominance in Rats: A Causal Role for the Dopaminergic Mesolimbic System

Latency to Reward Predicts Social Dominance in Rats: A Causal Role for the Dopaminergic Mesolimbic System

Reward signals encoded in the mesolimbic dopaminergic system guide approach/seeking behaviors to all varieties of life-supporting stimuli (rewards). Differences in dopamine (DA) levels have been found between dominant and submissive animals. However, it is still unclear whether these differences ari...

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Main Authors: Laura Lozano-Montes, Simone Astori, Sonia Abad, Isabelle Guillot de Suduiraut, Carmen Sandi, Ioannis Zalachoras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
social dominance
reward seeking
latency to rewards
ventral tegmental area
optogenetic activations
dopamine and mesolimbic system
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00069/full

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