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Physiological state gates acquisition and expression of mesolimbic reward prediction signals

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posted on 2016-02-04, 12:12 authored by J. J. Cone, S. M. Fortin, J. McHenry, G. D. Stuber, James E. McCutcheon, M. F. Roitman
Phasic dopamine signaling participates in associative learning by reinforcing associations between outcomes (unconditioned stimulus; US) and their predictors (conditioned stimulus; CS). However, prior work has always engendered these associations with innately rewarding stimuli. Thus, whether dopamine neurons can acquire prediction signals in the absence of appetitive experience and update them when the value of the outcome changes remains unknown. Here, we used sodium depletion to reversibly manipulate the appetitive value of a hypertonic sodium solution while measuring phasic dopamine signaling in rat nucleus accumbens. Dopamine responses to the NaCl US following sodium depletion updated independent of prior experience. In contrast, prediction signals were only acquired through extensive experience with a US that had positive affective value. Once learned, dopamine prediction signals were flexibly expressed in a state-dependent manner. Our results reveal striking differences with respect to how physiological state shapes dopamine signals evoked by outcomes and their predictors.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 2016, 113(7), pp. 1943-1948

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/Organisation/COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGY/MBSP Non-Medical Departments/Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA

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National Academy of Sciences

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1091-6490

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2016-01-08

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2016

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2016-03-09

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http://www.pnas.org/content/113/7/1943.short

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