Continuous cholinergic-dopaminergic updating in the nucleus accumbens underlies approaches to reward-predicting cues

Nucleus accumbens cholinergic interneurons release acetylcholine and glutamate. Here, authors show that acetylcholine, rather than glutamate, is predominantly involved in updating dopamine dynamics mediating Pavlovian approach behaviours.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Miguel Skirzewski, Oren Princz-Lebel, Liliana German-Castelan, Alycia M. Crooks, Gerard Kyungwook Kim, Sophie Henke Tarnow, Amy Reichelt, Sara Memar, Daniel Palmer, Yulong Li, R. Jane Rylett, Lisa M. Saksida, Vania F. Prado, Marco A. M. Prado, Timothy J. Bussey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35601-x