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Sunday, August 26, 2018

Reward and Behavior



Key Brain Circuits for Reward Seeking and Avoidance Behavior Identified

by Neuroscience News
Researchers have identified two subpopulations of neurons in the BNST that connect to separate populations of neurons in the lateral hypothalamus which appear to drive two opposing emotional states; avoidance and reward seeking
Neuroscience News | August 26, 2018 at 8:47 am | Tags: bed nucleus of stria terminalisHCRT | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-dg8
a rodent brain slice
Researchers mapped new connections in the extended amygdala related to reward-seeking and aversion. Here neurons in that pathway are labeled in fluorescent green in a cross-section of a rodent brain. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Stanford University – de Lecea lab.

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