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Reward Circuit Function

Reward Circuit Function is a neurophysiological construct that refers to the specific role of the basal ganglia in mediating goal-directed behaviors through the integration and modulation of dopaminergic signals associated with reinforcing stimuli, distinguishing it from other basal ganglia functions by its selective engagement in value-based decision-making and behavioral reinforcement learning.

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Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain.

Peter Milner · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1954 · 3.1K citations

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Abstract reward and punishment representations in the human orbitofrontal cortex

John P. O’Doherty, Morten L. Kringelbach, Edmund T. Rolls et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2001 · 2K citations

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Neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex encode economic value

Camillo Padoa‐Schioppa, John A. Assad · Nature · 2006 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Relative reward preference in primate orbitofrontal cortex

Léon Tremblay, Wolfram Schultz · Nature · 1999 · 1.3K citations

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Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

Stephan Lammel, Byung Kook Lim, Ran Chen et al. · Nature · 2012 · 1.3K citations

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    Trevor W. Robbins

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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    Roy A. Wise

    Concordia University, Canada

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    Athina Markou

    University of California San Diego, United States

    13 publications · 1K citations

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    C. R. Gallistel

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    14 publications · 922 citations

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    Peter Shizgal

    Concordia University, Canada

    17 publications · 473 citations

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  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  2. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

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    Stanford, United States

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  6. National Institute of Mental Health

    Bethesda, United States

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    87 publications

    9.2K citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

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  3. Brain Research

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