Dopamine neurons create Pavlovian conditioned stimuli with circuit-defined motivational properties

Nucleus Accumbens Subnuclei Regulate Motivated Behavior via Direct Inhibition and Disinhibition of VTA Dopamine Subpopulations

(2018) Hongbin Yang et al.   NEURON

Dopamine neuron activity before action initiation gates and invigorates future movements

(2018) Joaquim Alves da Silva et al.   NATURE

Long-lasting contribution of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens core, but not dorsal lateral striatum, to sign-tracking

(2017) Kurt M. Fraser et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine transients are sufficient and necessary for acquisition of model-based associations

(2017) Melissa J Sharpe et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral tegmental area: cellular heterogeneity, connectivity and behaviour

(2017) Marisela Morales et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Optogenetic activation of amygdala projections to nucleus accumbens can arrest conditioned and unconditioned alcohol consummatory behavior

(2017) E. Zayra Millan et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

High-Yield Methods for Accurate Two-Alternative Visual Psychophysics in Head-Fixed Mice

(2017) Christopher P. Burgess et al.   Cell Reports

Rapid signalling in distinct dopaminergic axons during locomotion and reward

(2016) M. W. Howe et al.   NATURE

Simultaneous fast measurement of circuit dynamics at multiple sites across the mammalian brain

(2016) Christina K Kim et al.   NATURE METHODS

Dopamine neurons share common response function for reward prediction error

(2016) Neir Eshel et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Reward and choice encoding in terminals of midbrain dopamine neurons depends on striatal target

(2016) Nathan F Parker et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Representation of spontaneous movement by dopaminergic neurons is cell-type selective and disrupted in parkinsonism

(2016) Paul D. Dodson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intact-Brain Analyses Reveal Distinct Information Carried by SNc Dopamine Subcircuits

(2015) Talia N. Lerner et al.   CELL

Differential Dopamine Release Dynamics in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell Reveal Complementary Signals for Error Prediction and Incentive Motivation

(2015) Michael P. Saddoris et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Arithmetic and local circuitry underlying dopamine prediction errors

(2015) Neir Eshel et al.   NATURE

Brief optogenetic inhibition of dopamine neurons mimics endogenous negative reward prediction errors

(2015) Chun Yun Chang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Mesolimbic dopamine signals the value of work

(2015) Arif A Hamid et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine Prediction Errors in Reward Learning and Addiction: From Theory to Neural Circuitry

(2015) Ronald Keiflin et al.   NEURON

Sufficiency of Mesolimbic Dopamine Neuron Stimulation for the Progression to Addiction

(2015) Vincent Pascoli et al.   NEURON

Model-based and model-free Pavlovian reward learning: Revaluation, revision, and revelation

(2014) Peter Dayan et al.   COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Direct Bidirectional  -Opioid Control of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2014) E. B. Margolis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Similar Roles of Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons in Reward and Aversion

(2014) Anton Ilango et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

(2014) Nathan C Klapoetke et al.   NATURE METHODS

Positive Reinforcement Mediated by Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Requires D1 and D2 Receptor Activation in the Nucleus Accumbens

(2014) Elizabeth E. Steinberg et al.   PLoS One

Phasic Mesolimbic Dopamine Release Tracks Reward Seeking During Expression of Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer

(2013) Kate M. Wassum et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Transgene Expression in Target-Defined Neuron Populations Mediated by Retrograde Infection with Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors

(2013) M. Rothermel et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Concurrent activation of striatal direct and indirect pathways during action initiation

(2013) Guohong Cui et al.   NATURE

A causal link between prediction errors, dopamine neurons and learning

(2013) Elizabeth E Steinberg et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The role of dopamine in the accumbens core in the expression of Pavlovian-conditioned responses

(2012) Benjamin T. Saunders et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2012) Jeremiah Y. Cohen et al.   NATURE

Hierarchical recruitment of phasic dopamine signaling in the striatum during the progression of cocaine use

(2012) I. Willuhn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine/Glutamate Interaction Switches Modes to Generate Desire versus Dread: D1 Alone for Appetitive Eating But D1 and D2 Together for Fear

(2011) J. M. Richard et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2011) Ilana B. Witten et al.   NEURON

A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning

(2010) Shelly B. Flagel et al.   NATURE

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

(2009) Masayuki Matsumoto et al.   NATURE

Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning

(2009) H.-C. Tsai et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Cocaine Seeking Habits Depend upon Dopamine-Dependent Serial Connectivity Linking the Ventral with the Dorsal Striatum

(2008) David Belin et al.   NEURON

Reward-Predictive Cues Enhance Excitatory Synaptic Strength onto Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2008) G. D. Stuber et al.   SCIENCE