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Reinforcement learning detuned in addiction: integrative and translational approaches
Groman SM, Thompson SL, Lee D, Taylor JR. Reinforcement learning detuned in addiction: integrative and translational approaches. Trends In Neurosciences 2021, 45: 96-105. PMID: 34920884, PMCID: PMC8770604, DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2021.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsDecision-making deficitsPathophysiology of addictionDecision-making strategiesBiobehavioral mechanismsAddictionReinforcement learningDecision-making processDrug useTranslational approachComputational componentsDeficitsLearningDifferent componentsBiological mechanismsOutcomesFindingsRecent studiesBehaviorStudy
2024
Lesions to the mediodorsal thalamus, but not orbitofrontal cortex, enhance volatility beliefs linked to paranoia
Suthaharan P, Thompson S, Rossi-Goldthorpe R, Rudebeck P, Walton M, Chakraborty S, Noonan M, Costa V, Murray E, Mathys C, Groman S, Mitchell A, Taylor J, Corlett P, Chang S. Lesions to the mediodorsal thalamus, but not orbitofrontal cortex, enhance volatility beliefs linked to paranoia. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114355. PMID: 38870010, PMCID: PMC11231991, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOrbitofrontal cortexMediodorsal thalamusReward learning rateAssociated with paranoiaExcitotoxic lesionsBrain regionsUnoperated monkeysAction selectionAdaptive behaviorParanoiaBelief updatingMDmcMeaningful changeCortexThalamusBeliefsLearning rateRobust to variabilityCompare performanceRewardBehaviorBrainMonkeysAction policiesPerception