Association learning: Dopamine and the formation of backward associations.

Publisher:
Elsevier BV
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Curr Biol, 2022, 32, (14), pp. R769-R771
Issue Date:
2022-07-25
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The activity of dopamine neurons is critical for the ability to learn and update cue-reward associations. New work in rats shows that dopamine transients are also critical for the formation of backward associations in which the reward precedes the neutral stimulus.
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