ArticleCurrent opinion in behavioral sciences2025
How Dopamine Enables Learning from Aversion.
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- Dopamine D2-receptor blockade in humans disrupts the effect of effort on learning.PLoS biology · 2026Trial
- Prediction error correlates in the striosome-dopamine circuit emerge from information gain.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Basolateral amygdala dopamine transmits emotional salience.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Midbrain endocannabinoids actuate dopamine-based action selection.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Dopamine in the ventral and tail of striatum supports global and local evaluation in reward-threat conflict.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Sense of agency and decision making.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Ventral tegmental area GABA neurons integrate positive and negative valence.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Ventral tegmental area GABA neurons integrate positive and negative valence.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Region-specific nucleus accumbens dopamine signals encode distinct aspects of avoidance learning.Current biology : CB · 2025Article
- Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine Encodes the Trace Period during Appetitive Pavlovian Conditioning.eNeuro · 2025Article
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Abstract
Dopamine is heavily studied for its role in reward learning, but it is becoming increasingly appreciated that dopamine can also enable learning from aversion. Dopamine neurons modulate their firing and neurotransmitter release patterns in response to aversive outcomes. However, there is considerable heterogeneity in the timing and directionality of the modulation. Open questions remain as to the factors that determine this heterogeneity and how varying patterns of responses to aversion in different dopamine-receptive brain regions contribute to value learning, decision-making, and avoidance. Here, we review recent progress in this area and highlight important future directions.
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