Open AccessInfluence of Dopaminergically Mediated Reward on Somatosensory Decision-Making
Author(s) -
Burkhard Pleger,
Christian C. Ruff,
Felix Blankenburg,
Stefan Klöppel,
Jon Driver,
Raymond J. Dolan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000164
Subject(s) - somatosensory system , dopaminergic , neuroscience , functional magnetic resonance imaging , sensory system , levodopa , ventral striatum , psychology , dopamine , striatum , medicine , parkinson's disease , disease
This pharmacological fMRI study shows that during reward-based sensory decision-making, dopamine is crucially involved in reward-related modulation of human primary sensory cortex.
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