Summary
The paper investigates the role of the mesolimbic dopamine system in encoding visual stimuli in mice, finding that dopamine release in the NAc lateral shell encodes the rate and magnitude of environmental luminance changes rather than visual stimulus threat level.
Categories
Cognitive function and memory: The paper explores the role of the mesolimbic dopamine system, which is involved in attention and reward processing, in encoding visual stimuli in mice.
Eye health: The study investigates how the mesolimbic dopamine system in mice encodes visual stimuli, including the rate and magnitude of environmental luminance changes.
Author(s)
LS Gonzalez, AA Fisher, SP D'Souza, EM Cotella
Publication Year
2022
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