A subset of dopamine neurons signals reward for odour memory in Drosophila

Chang Liu, Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Nobuhiro Yamagata, Barret D. Pfeiffer, Yoshinori Aso, Anja B. Friedrich, Igor Siwanowicz, Gerald M. Rubin, Thomas Preat and Hiromu Tanimoto ()
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Chang Liu: Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie
Pierre-Yves Plaçais: Genes and Dynamics of Memory Systems, Neurobiology Unit, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, 75005 Paris, France
Nobuhiro Yamagata: Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie
Barret D. Pfeiffer: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia 20147, USA
Yoshinori Aso: Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie
Anja B. Friedrich: Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie
Igor Siwanowicz: Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie
Gerald M. Rubin: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Virginia 20147, USA
Thomas Preat: Genes and Dynamics of Memory Systems, Neurobiology Unit, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, 75005 Paris, France
Hiromu Tanimoto: Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7412, 512-516

Abstract: A group of dopamine neurons that are distinct from those mediating aversive reinforcement is found to signal sugar reward in the fly brain, highlighting the evolutionarily conserved function of dopamine neurons in reward processing.

Date: 2012
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