Ventral Pallidum Diagram Bo Li (IMAGE)
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CSHL Professor Bo Li and colleagues monitored the activity of individual braincells and confirmed those cells' identities with a flash of light. After training mice to associate certain sounds with either a sip of water or a puff of air, they monitored neural activity in the ventral pallidum. Neurons that used the neurotransmitter GABA to dampen activity in the circuit influencing motivation were important in motivating the mice to seek a water reward. The neurons that used the neurotransmitter glutamate to excite the brain circuit were essential for avoiding the air-puff punishment.
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Li lab/CSHL, 2019
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