Reward seeking is controlled by conditioned stimuli (CSs). There is a positive relation
between mesocorticolimbic dopamine (DA) and the performance of learned reward-directed …

The ability to learn about conditioned stimuli (CS) associated with rewards is a crucial
adaptive mechanism. Activity in the mesocorticolimbic dopamine (DA) system, as well as in …

Compulsive behavior is a defining feature of disorders such as substance use disorders.
Current evidence suggests that corticostriatal circuits control the expression of established …

Here we challenge the view that reward‐guided learning is solely controlled by the
mesoaccumbens pathway arising from dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area …

Midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons are key players in motivation and reward processing.
Increased DA release is thought to be central in the initiation of drug addiction. Whereas …

Experimental manipulation of dopamine (DA) transmission by lesions and drugs indicates a
role in the acquisition and expression of behavior motivated by conventional and drug …

A major goal in psychology is to understand how environmental stimuli associated with
primary rewards come to function as conditioned stimuli, acquiring the capacity to elicit …

Reductionist attempts to dissect complex mechanisms into simpler elements are necessary,
but not sufficient for understanding how biological properties like reward emerge out of …

Mesolimbic dopaminergic neurons are thought to serve as a final common neural pathway
for mediating reinforcement processes. However, several recent findings have challenged …

That dopamine (DA) plays a role in reward-related learning is well documented but the
mechanisms through which it acts are not well understood. The present set of experiments …