Dopamine prediction error signaling in a unique nigrostriatal circuit is critical for associative fear learning

Abstract Learning by experience that certain cues in the environment predict danger is crucial for survival. How dopamine (DA) circuits drive this form of associative learning is not fully understood. Here, in male mice, we demonstrate that DA neurons projecting to a unique subregion of the dorsal s...

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Main Authors: Daphne Zafiri, Ximena I. Salinas-Hernández, Eloah S. De Biasi, Leonor Rebelo, Sevil Duvarci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58382-5
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