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Sign Tracking and Goal Tracking Are Characterized by Distinct Patterns of Nucleus Accumbens Activity

Zachary S. Gillis and Sara E. Morrison
eNeuro 4 March 2019, 6 (2) ENEURO.0414-18.2019; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0414-18.2019
Zachary S. Gillis
1Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0414-18.2019
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30886890
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History 
  • Received October 26, 2018
  • Revision received February 11, 2019
  • Accepted February 18, 2019
  • Published online March 4, 2019.
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Copyright © 2019 Gillis and Morrison 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. Zachary S. Gillis1 and
  2. Sara E. Morrison1
  1. 1Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Sara E. Morrison at sara.morrison{at}pitt.edu.
  • Z. S. Gillis’ present address: Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029

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  1. Author contributions: S.E.M. designed research; Z.S.G. and S.E.M. performed research; Z.S.G. and S.E.M. analyzed data; Z.S.G. and S.E.M. wrote the paper.

  • Z. S. Gillis’ present address: Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant R03DA045913 to S.E.M., the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh (S.E.M.), The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Competitive Medical Research Fund Award (S.E.M.), and a NARSAD Young Investigator Award (25185) from the Brain & Behavior Research Organization to S.E.M.

Funding

  • Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation)

    25185
  • UPMC Competitive Medical Research Fund

  • University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)

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