Dopamine signals for reward value and risk: basic and recent data
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- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Behavioral and Brain Functions
- Vol. 6 (1) , 24
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-9081-6-24
Abstract
Previous lesion, electrical self-stimulation and drug addiction studies suggest that the midbrain dopamine systems are parts of the reward system of the brain. This review provides an updated overview about the basic signals of dopamine neurons to environmental stimuli.Keywords
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