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Reward-Mediated, Model-Free Reinforcement-Learning Mechanisms in Pavlovian and Instrumental Tasks Are Related
Afshar N, Cinotti F, Martin D, Khamassi M, Calu DJ, Taylor JR, Groman SM. Reward-Mediated, Model-Free Reinforcement-Learning Mechanisms in Pavlovian and Instrumental Tasks Are Related. Journal Of Neuroscience 2022, 43: 458-471. PMID: 36216504, PMCID: PMC9864557, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1113-22.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsConditioning, OperantCuesLearningMaleMotivationRatsReinforcement, PsychologyRewardConceptsGoal-tracking behaviorReinforcement learning mechanismInstrumental learning processesSign-tracking behaviorModel-free reinforcementApproach taskInstrumental taskInstrumental behaviorBehavioral proceduresSubjects designLearning mechanismDecision Making TaskModel-based computationLearning processModel-free reinforcement learningPredictive cuesIncentive salienceAssociative learningIndividual differencesComputational mechanismsDecision-making processPavlovianModel-based algorithmValue representationAction valuesTargeted effects of ketamine on perceptual expectation during mediated learning in rats
Fleming LM, Jaynes FB, Thompson SL, Corlett PR, Taylor JR. Targeted effects of ketamine on perceptual expectation during mediated learning in rats. Psychopharmacology 2022, 239: 2395-2405. PMID: 35389087, PMCID: PMC9296571, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-022-06128-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerceptual expectationsHallucination-like experiencesMemory representationsExpected cueDevaluation phasePerceptual experienceNeural correlatesAssociative learningLearning taskTask phasesExternal outcomesDirect learningLearningEffects of ketamineExpectationsRetrievalConclusionsThese resultsModerate dosePerceptCausal relationshipCuesExperienceRepresentationTaskRecent work
2000
Role for dopamine in the behavioral functions of the prefrontal corticostriatal system: implications for mental disorders and psychotropic drug action
Jentsch J, Roth R, Taylor J. Role for dopamine in the behavioral functions of the prefrontal corticostriatal system: implications for mental disorders and psychotropic drug action. Progress In Brain Research 2000, 126: 433-453. PMID: 11105661, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(00)26028-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmphetaminesAmygdalaAnimalsBehaviorBrain MappingCentral Nervous System StimulantsCognitionCorpus StriatumDepressionDopamineDopamine AgonistsEmotionsHaplorhiniHumansLearningLimbic SystemMammalsMemoryMental DisordersNeural PathwaysNeurotransmitter AgentsNucleus AccumbensPhencyclidinePrefrontal CortexPsychotropic DrugsReceptors, NeurotransmitterRewardSchizophreniaSubstance-Related DisordersConceptsForebrain sitesPsychotropic drug actionPrecise anatomical sitesRole of dopamineDopaminergic dysfunctionDopaminergic transmissionDopaminergic functionDopamine neuronsDopaminergic responseReward-related stimuliCorticolimbic circuitsChronic activationDopaminergic activationStriatal regionsAfferent controlAnatomical sitesCorticostriatal systemMental disordersNeuropsychiatric disordersNeuromodulatory systemsPersistent neuroadaptationsDrug actionBehavioral functionsCellular mechanismsDopamine
1990
COGNITIVE AND MOTOR DEFICITS IN THE ACQUISITION OF AN OBJECT RETRIEVAL/DETOUR TASK IN MPTP-TREATED MONKEYS
TAYLOR J, ELSWORTH J, ROTH R, SLADEK J, REDMOND D. COGNITIVE AND MOTOR DEFICITS IN THE ACQUISITION OF AN OBJECT RETRIEVAL/DETOUR TASK IN MPTP-TREATED MONKEYS. Brain 1990, 113: 617-637. PMID: 2364263, DOI: 10.1093/brain/113.3.617.Peer-Reviewed Original Research