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Nucleus Accumbens Shell Dopamine Preferentially Tracks Information Related to Outcome Value of Reward

Deirdre A. Sackett, Michael P. Saddoris and Regina M. Carelli
eNeuro 26 May 2017, 4 (3) ENEURO.0058-17.2017; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0058-17.2017
Deirdre A. Sackett
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Michael P. Saddoris
2Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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Regina M. Carelli
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0058-17.2017
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28593190
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  • Received February 22, 2017
  • Revision received April 6, 2017
  • Accepted May 5, 2017
  • Published online May 26, 2017.
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Copyright © 2017 Sackett et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Deirdre A. Sackett1,
  2. Michael P. Saddoris2 and
  3. Regina M. Carelli1
  1. 1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
  2. 2Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Regina M. Carelli, PhD, University of North Carolina, CB#3270 Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. E-mail: rcarelli{at}unc.edu.
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  1. Author contributions: DAS performed research; DAS, MPS, and RMC wrote the paper.

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  • Authors report no conflict of interest.

  • This work was supported by DA034021 (RMC), T32 DA007244 (DAS), and F31 DA042721-01 (DAS).

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