Journal article
Dopamine neurons and their role in reward mechanisms.
- Schultz W Institute of Physiology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Wolfram.Schultz@unifr.ch
- 1997-04-01
Published in:
- Current opinion in neurobiology. - 1997
English
Information related to rewards is processed by a limited number of brain structures. Recent studies have demonstrated that dopamine neurons respond to appetitive events, such as primary rewards and reward-predicting stimuli. Rather than responding unconditionally, these neurons signal deviations from the prediction of future appetitive events. These reward-related responses correspond formally to concepts of behavioral and computational learning theories and may thus constitute teaching signals for appetitive learning.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1016/s0959-4388(97)80007-4
- PMID 9142754
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/98817
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