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ArticleNeuroImage2017

Reward magnitude tracking by neural populations in ventral striatum.

Ana M Fiallos, Sarah J Bricault, Lili X Cai, Hermoon A Worku, Matthew T Colonnese, Gil G Westmeyer, Alan Jasanoff

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Article in NeuroImage, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ana M FiallosDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Sarah J BricaultDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Lili X CaiDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Hermoon A WorkuDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Matthew T ColonneseDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Gil G WestmeyerDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Alan JasanoffDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States; Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 16-561, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States. Electronic address: jasanoff@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Molecular imaging of dopaminergic signaling in rodent brainR01DA038642 · NIDA · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JASANOFF, ALAN · 2015 to 2019
$2.8M
MRI probes for functional imaging of plasticity signals in the brainR01DA028299 · NIDA · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JASANOFF, ALAN · 2009 to 2013
$2.7M
Supplement to Neurobiological Engineering Training ProgramT32EB019940 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JASANOFF, ALAN · 2015 to 2025
$1.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB019940NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA028299NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA038642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evaluation of the magnitudes of intrinsically rewarding stimuli is essential for assigning value and guiding behavior. By combining parametric manipulation of a primary reward, medial forebrain bundle (MFB) microstimulation, with functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) in rodents, we delineated a broad network of structures activated by behaviorally characterized levels of rewarding stimulation. Correlation of psychometric behavioral measurements with fMRI response magnitudes revealed regions whose activity corresponded closely to the subjective magnitude of rewards. The largest and most reliable focus of reward magnitude tracking was observed in the shell region of the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Although the nonlinear nature of neurovascular coupling complicates interpretation of fMRI findings in precise neurophysiological terms, reward magnitude tracking was not observed in vascular compartments and could not be explained by saturation of region-specific hemodynamic responses. In addition, local pharmacological inactivation of NAc changed the profile of animals' responses to rewards of different magnitudes without altering mean reward response rates, further supporting a hypothesis that neural population activity in this region contributes to assessment of reward magnitudes.

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RewardAnimalsBrainBrain MappingElectric StimulationMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMedial Forebrain BundleNucleus AccumbensPsychometricsRats, Inbred LewBOLD fMRIMicrostimulationNucleus accumbensReward

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PMID27789262
PMCPMC5619692
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