Serotonin's many meanings elude simple theories

Elife. 2015 Apr 8:4:e07390. doi: 10.7554/eLife.07390.

Authors

Peter Dayan¹, Quentin Huys²

Affiliations

¹ Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, London, United Kingdom dayan@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk.
² Translational Neuromodeling Unit, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zurich & ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland qhuys@cantab.net.

Abstract

Neurons that produce serotonin respond in a number of different and complex ways in anticipation and receipt of rewards or punishments.

Keywords: behavior; dorsal raphe; mouse; neurophysiology; neuroscience; punishment; reward; serotonin.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Punishment*
Reward*
Serotonergic Neurons / physiology*

Grants and funding

091593/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom