Dopamine: Don't Underestimate the Force

George Jenkins; Mark Walton

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.065

Dopamine: Don't Underestimate the Force

Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 20;30(14):R824-R826. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.065.

Authors

George Jenkins¹, Mark Walton²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Tinsley Building, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK; Interdisciplinary Bioscience Doctoral Training Programme, University of Oxford, Tinsley Building, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Tinsley Building, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK; Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Tinsley Building, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 32693080
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.065

Abstract

Dopamine is implicated in reward processing and movement. A new study describes an unexpectedly tight relationship between dopamine activity and the forwards and backwards forces an animal exerts in response to rewards, suggesting a potential reconciliation of these two roles.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Dopamine*
Dopaminergic Neurons*
Reward

Substances

Dopamine

Grants and funding

202831/Z/16/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom