… are involved in goal-directed decision-making, the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is … core and
shell in goal-directed decision-making. Distinct functional roles of the nucleus accumbens core …

… Furthermore, our findings reveal that the NAc shell, rather than the core, seems to play a
more critical role in guiding this form of decision making, whereas neural activity in the core …

… Average population responses for excitatory (A–C) and inhibitory (D–F) cue-related neural
activity in the nucleus accumbens core. Cue onset is indicated by C on x axis; duration is …

Background: It is well known that brain dopamine (DA) signals support risk-based decision
making; however, the specific terminal regions of midbrain DA neurons through which DA …

… NAc core (… core in appropriate decision making based on risk (17). Given these findings,
our study was focused on examining DA release in the NAc core during risky decision making. …

… To test this, recent work in our laboratory used a risky decision making task (125). In this task,
animals had the option of pressing one lever (FR1) for 1 sucrose pellet 100% of the time, or …

… A primary objective of this study was to explore how the NAc core and shell contribute to
risk/reward decision making under conditions where discriminative stimuli inform about the …

… decision making. Here we examined whether dopamine (DA) in the nucleus accumbens
core (AcbC) modulates the effects of motivational states on effort-based decision making. Using …

… of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) core and shell to effort-based decision making using a …
Furthermore, the contributions by the NAc core to this form of decision making can be …

… In contrast to our findings, a very recent study found that inactivation of the accumbens core
did not induce but rather decrease delay discounting in rats and that the effect of inactivation …