Optogenetic Activation of a Lateral Hypothalamic-Ventral Tegmental Drive-Reward Pathway

Electrical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus can motivate feeding or can serve as a reward in its own right. It remains unclear whether the same or independent but anatomically overlapping circuitries mediate the two effects. Electrical stimulation findings implicate medial forebrain bundle (M...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Gigante, Eduardo D., Benaliouad, Faiza, Zamora-Olivencia, Veronica, Wise, Roy A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936707/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27387668
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158885
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