Publications by authors named "Nicholas Schappaugh"
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- Researchers found that mice quickly remember where a shelter is when they experience it, which helps them escape threats effectively.
- The study highlights the role of dopaminergic neurons in the brain that encode safety signals linked to the shelter, playing a crucial role in forming these spatial memories.
- By activating specific brain circuits, the study shows that these memory-related neurons can trigger purposeful escape behavior rather than random actions.
The reinforcing nature of social interactions is necessary for the maintenance of appropriate social behavior. However, the neural substrates underlying social reward processing and how they might differ based on the sex and internal state of the animal remains unknown. It is also unclear whether these neural substrates are shared with those involved in nonsocial rewarding processing.
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