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

• मुख्य लेखक: Mary Kay Lobo (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Anton Ilango (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Neurosciences; Pharmacogenetics; habits; Pain; emotion; Motivation; Addiction; Memory; optogenetics; Reinforcement
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: 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...