Neuroscience: Reevaluating the Role of Orbitofrontal Cortex.

Curr Biol

Department of Neuroscience, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Center for Neuroengineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Electronic address:

Published: December 2019

A new optogenetic lesion study shows that the orbitofrontal cortex is essential for integrating information about recent rewards - which may either increase or decrease demand for more - with learned preferences to drive behavior.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.063DOI Listing

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