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mesolimbic-mesocortical loops may encode saliency, not just reward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2005

patricio o'donnell
Affiliation:
center for neuropharmacology and neuroscience, albany medical college, albany, ny 12208 odonnep@mail.amc.edu http://www.odonnell-lab.net

Abstract

depue & morrone-strupinsky (d&m-s) present a thorough case for the role of “reward” brain circuits in affiliative bonding. integration of information in the nucleus accumbens shell (na), the role of dopamine in this processing, and opioid (primarily via mu receptors) control of these circuits are the primary elements of the model. although the overall picture is quite compelling, the description leans excessively in the view of dopamine systems as “reward” circuits.

Type
open peer commentary
Copyright
© 2005 cambridge university press

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