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δ‐Opioid receptors in the accumbens shell mediate the influence of both excitatory and inhibitory predictions on choice
Author(s) -
Laurent Vincent,
Wong Felix L,
Balleine Bernard W
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1111/bph.12731
Subject(s) - naltrindole , nucleus accumbens , opioid receptor , neuroscience , opioid , naltrexone , receptor , stimulus (psychology) , psychology , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , μ opioid receptor , pharmacology , chemistry , medicine , dopamine , cognitive psychology
Stimuli that predict rewarding events can control choice between future actions, and this control could be mediated by δ-opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens shell (NAc-S). Stimuli predicting the absence of important events can also guide choice, although it remains unknown whether they do so via changes in an accumbal δ-opioid receptor-related process.