Author(s): Carter F; Cossette MP; Trujillo-Pisanty I; Pallikaras V; Breton YA; Conover K; Caplan J; Solis P; Voisard J; Yaksich A; Shizgal P; ...

Phasic dopamine activity is believed to both encode reward-prediction errors (RPEs) and to cause the adaptations that these errors engender. If so, a rat working for optogenetic stimulation of dopa ...

Article GUID: 38039083

Author(s): Batallán Burrowes AA; Olajide OJ; Iasenza IA; Shams WM; Carter F; Chapman CA;

Estrogens are thought to contribute to cognitive function in part by promoting the function of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons that project to the hippocampus and cortical regions including the entorhinal cortex. Reductions in estrogens may alter cognit ...

Article GUID: 35939438

Author(s): Pallikaras V; Carter F; Velazquez-Martinez DN; Arvanitogiannis A; Shizgal P;

Optogenetic experiments reveal functional roles of specific neurons. However, functional inferences have been limited by widespread adoption of a restricted set of stimulation parameters. Broader exploration of the parameter space can deepen insight into th ...

Article GUID: 34864162

Author(s): Carter F, Chapman CA

Neuroscience. 2019 May 15;406:325-332 Authors: Carter F, Chapman CA

Article GUID: 30902681