Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

Neuron-type-specific signals for reward and punishment in the ventral tegmental area

(2012) Jeremiah Y. Cohen et al.   NATURE

Activation of lateral habenula inputs to the ventral midbrain promotes behavioral avoidance

(2012) Alice M Stamatakis et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Activation of VTA GABA Neurons Disrupts Reward Consumption

(2012) Ruud van Zessen et al.   NEURON

GABA Neurons of the VTA Drive Conditioned Place Aversion

(2012) Kelly R. Tan et al.   NEURON

Whole-Brain Mapping of Direct Inputs to Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2012) Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida et al.   NEURON

Coordinated Activity of Ventral Tegmental Neurons Adapts to Appetitive and Aversive Learning

(2012) Yunbok Kim et al.   PLoS One

Synaptic potentiation onto habenula neurons in the learned helplessness model of depression

(2011) Bo Li et al.   NATURE

Projection-Specific Modulation of Dopamine Neuron Synapses by Aversive and Rewarding Stimuli

(2011) Stephan Lammel et al.   NEURON

Recombinase-Driver Rat Lines: Tools, Techniques, and Optogenetic Application to Dopamine-Mediated Reinforcement

(2011) Ilana B. Witten et al.   NEURON

Optogenetic interrogation of neural circuits: technology for probing mammalian brain structures

(2010) Feng Zhang et al.   Nature Protocols

Production of glycoprotein-deleted rabies viruses for monosynaptic tracing and high-level gene expression in neurons

(2010) Ian R Wickersham et al.   Nature Protocols

The habenula: from stress evasion to value-based decision-making

(2010) Okihide Hikosaka   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine in Motivational Control: Rewarding, Aversive, and Alerting

(2010) Ethan S. Bromberg-Martin et al.   NEURON

The Neuropsychopharmacology of Fronto-Executive Function: Monoaminergic Modulation

(2009) T.W. Robbins et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Dissecting components of reward: ‘liking’, ‘wanting’, and learning

(2009) Kent C Berridge et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY

Lateral habenula projections to dopamine and GABA neurons in the rat ventral tegmental area

(2009) Natalia Omelchenko et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Afferents to the GABAergic tail of the ventral tegmental area in the rat

(2009) Jennifer Kaufling et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The mesopontine rostromedial tegmental nucleus: A structure targeted by the lateral habenula that projects to the ventral tegmental area of Tsai and substantia nigra compacta

(2009) Thomas C. Jhou et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Two types of dopamine neuron distinctly convey positive and negative motivational signals

(2009) Masayuki Matsumoto et al.   NATURE

The Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus (RMTg), a GABAergic Afferent to Midbrain Dopamine Neurons, Encodes Aversive Stimuli and Inhibits Motor Responses

(2009) Thomas C. Jhou et al.   NEURON

Cortico-Basal Ganglia Reward Network: Microcircuitry

(2009) Susan R Sesack et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning

(2009) H.-C. Tsai et al.   SCIENCE

Differential tonic influence of lateral habenula on prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens dopamine release

(2008) Lucas Lecourtier et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Midbrain Dopamine Neurons: Projection Target Determines Action Potential Duration and Dopamine D2 Receptor Inhibition

(2008) E. B. Margolis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Unique Properties of Mesoprefrontal Neurons within a Dual Mesocorticolimbic Dopamine System

(2008) Stephan Lammel et al.   NEURON