The Mysterious Motivational Functions of Mesolimbic Dopamine

2012/11/01 by John D. Salamone, John D. Salamone, Mercè Correa · 6 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Dopamine #Dopaminergic #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Mesolimbic pathway #Neuroscience #Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior #Psychology #Sleep and Wakefulness Research #Ventral tegmental area

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2012.10.021

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