Circuits and functions of the lateral habenula in health and in disease

H Hu, Y Cui, Y Yang - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
The past decade has witnessed exponentially growing interest in the lateral habenula (LHb)
owing to new discoveries relating to its critical role in regulating negatively motivated …

Dopamine system dysregulation in major depressive disorders

P Belujon, AA Grace - International Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Anhedonia is considered a core feature of major depressive disorder, and the dopamine
system plays a pivotal role in the hedonic deficits described in this disorder. Dopaminergic …

A neural circuit mechanism for encoding aversive stimuli in the mesolimbic dopamine system

JW de Jong, SA Afjei, IP Dorocic, JR Peck, C Liu… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine (DA) neurons play a central role in mediating
motivated behaviors, but the circuitry through which they signal positive and negative …

Nucleus accumbens subnuclei regulate motivated behavior via direct inhibition and disinhibition of VTA dopamine subpopulations

H Yang, JW de Jong, YE Tak, J Peck, HS Bateup… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Mesolimbic dopamine (DA) neurons play a central role in motivation and reward processing.
Although the activity of these mesolimbic DA neurons is controlled by afferent inputs, little is …

VTA GABA neurons at the interface of stress and reward

C Bouarab, B Thompson, AM Polter - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is best known for its robust dopaminergic projections to
forebrain regions and their critical role in regulating reward, motivation, cognition, and …

Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

S Lammel, BK Lim, C Ran, KW Huang, MJ Betley… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons have important roles in adaptive and
pathological brain functions related to reward and motivation. However, it is unknown …

Reward and aversion in a heterogeneous midbrain dopamine system

S Lammel, BK Lim, RC Malenka - Neuropharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is a heterogeneous brain structure that serves a central
role in motivation and reward processing. Abnormalities in the function of VTA dopamine …

Dopamine in motivational control: rewarding, aversive, and alerting

ES Bromberg-Martin, M Matsumoto, O Hikosaka - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
Midbrain dopamine neurons are well known for their strong responses to rewards and their
critical role in positive motivation. It has become increasingly clear, however, that dopamine …

Reward processing by the lateral habenula in normal and depressive behaviors

CD Proulx, O Hikosaka, R Malinow - Nature neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
The brain reward circuit has a central role in reinforcing behaviors that are rewarding and
preventing behaviors that lead to punishment. Recent work has shown that the lateral …

GABA neurons of the VTA drive conditioned place aversion

KR Tan, C Yvon, M Turiault, JJ Mirzabekov, J Doehner… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Salient but aversive stimuli inhibit the majority of dopamine (DA) neurons in the ventral
tegmental area (VTA) and cause conditioned place aversion (CPA). The cellular mechanism …