Neural circuits underlying emotion and motivation: Insights from optogenetics and pharmacogenetics

• Autor principal: Mary Kay Lobo (auth)
• Otros Autores: Anton Ilango (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Colección: Frontiers Research Topics
• Materias: Neurosciences; Pharmacogenetics; habits; Pain; emotion; Motivation; Addiction; Memory; optogenetics; Reinforcement
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Application of optogenetic and pharmacogenetic tools to study the neural circuits underlying emotional valence, feeding, arousal and motivated behaviors has provided crucial insights into brain function. Expression of light sensitive proteins into specific neurons and subsequent stimulation by light...