Assessing spatial learning and memory in rodents

CV Vorhees, MT Williams - ILAR journal, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Maneuvering safely through the environment is central to survival of almost all species. The
ability to do this depends on learning and remembering locations. This capacity is encoded …

New technologies for examining the role of neuronal ensembles in drug addiction and fear

FC Cruz, E Koya, DH Guez-Barber… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Correlational data suggest that learned associations are encoded within neuronal
ensembles. However, it has been difficult to prove that neuronal ensembles mediate learned …

The mixed instrumental controller: using value of information to combine habitual choice and mental simulation

G Pezzulo, F Rigoli, F Chersi - Frontiers in psychology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Instrumental behavior depends on both goal-directed and habitual mechanisms of choice.
Normative views cast these mechanisms in terms of model-free and model-based methods …

Error-related signaling in nucleus accumbens D2 receptor-expressing neurons guides inhibition-based choice behavior in mice

T Nishioka, S Attachaipanich, K Hamaguchi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Learned associations between environmental cues and the outcomes they predict (cue-
outcome associations) play a major role in behavioral control, guiding not only which …

The nucleus accumbens as a nexus between values and goals in goal-directed behavior: a review and a new hypothesis

F Mannella, K Gurney, G Baldassarre - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Goal-directed behavior is a fundamental means by which animals can flexibly solve the
challenges posed by variable external and internal conditions. Recently, the processes and …

Using c-fos to study neuronal ensembles in corticostriatal circuitry of addiction

FC Cruz, FJ Rubio, BT Hope - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Learned associations between drugs and environment play an important role in addiction
and are thought to be encoded within specific patterns of sparsely distributed neurons called …

[图书][B] Introduction to neural and cognitive modeling

DS Levine - 2000 - taylorfrancis.com
This thoroughly, thoughtfully revised edition of a very successful textbook makes the
principles and the details of neural network modeling accessible to cognitive scientists of all …

Value of water mazes for assessing spatial and egocentric learning and memory in rodent basic research and regulatory studies

CV Vorhees, MT Williams - Neurotoxicology and teratology, 2014 - Elsevier
Maneuvering safely through the environment is central to survival of all animals. The ability
to do this depends on learning and remembering locations. This capacity is encoded in the …

Role of nucleus accumbens shell neuronal ensembles in context-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking

FC Cruz, KR Babin, RM Leao, EM Goldart… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Environmental contexts previously associated with drug use provoke relapse to drug use in
humans and reinstatement of drug seeking in animal models of drug relapse. We examined …

Hippocampal–cortical interaction in decision making

YY Jai, LM Frank - Neurobiology of learning and memory, 2015 - Elsevier
When making a decision it is often necessary to consider the available alternatives in order
to choose the most appropriate option. This deliberative process, where the pros and cons of …