Superior Colliculus to VTA pathway controls orienting response and influences social interaction in mice

oleh: Clément Solié, Alessandro Contestabile, Pedro Espinosa, Stefano Musardo, Sebastiano Bariselli, Chieko Huber, Alan Carleton, Camilla Bellone

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-02-01

Deskripsi

Solié, Contestabile et al. show that the superior colliculus to ventral tegmental area (VTA) pathway encodes orienting behavior toward conspecifics, and modulates VTA dopamine neurons projecting onto dorsolateral striatum perturbing social interaction.