Open AccessThe dopamine puzzle
Author(s) -
Robert Schmidt,
Genela Morris,
Edward H. Hagen,
R. J. Sullivan,
Peter Hammerstein,
Richard Kempter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.0905153106
Subject(s) - ribosome , peptidyl transferase , transfer rna , ribosomal rna , translation (biology) , protein subunit , 50s , chemistry , 30s , eukaryotic small ribosomal subunit , biology , biophysics , biochemistry , rna , messenger rna , gene
Recently, Brischoux et al. (1) proposed that dopamine neurons in the ventral part of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) respond to aversive stimuli. Classically, VTA dopamine neurons were regarded as responding to unexpected rewards, as implicated in reinforcement learning (2). Along with other recent studies (e.g., ref. 3), a complementary role of …
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