The mesocortical dopamine projection to anterior cingulate cortex plays no role in guiding effort-related decisions.

Both mesolimbic dopamine (DA) and the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) have been implicated in enabling animals to expend effort to obtain greater reward. To investigate the role of the DA pathway to ACC in working for reward, the authors tested rats on a cost-benefit T-maze paradigm in which they co...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Walton, M, Croxson, P, Rushworth, M, Bannerman, D
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2005