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ArticleNature2025

A subcortical switchboard for perseverative, exploratory and disengaged states.

Mehran Ahmadlou, Maryam Yasamin Shirazi, Pan Zhang, Isaac L M Rogers, Julia Dziubek, Margaret Young, Sonja B Hofer

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mehran AhmadlouSainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, UK. m.ahmadlou@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-4688-2064
Maryam Yasamin ShiraziSainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, UK.
Pan ZhangSainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, UK.
Isaac L M RogersSainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0009-0003-6547-4979
Julia DziubekSainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4313-512X
Margaret YoungSainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, UK.
Sonja B HoferSainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London, UK. s.hofer@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-4921-8521

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To survive in dynamic environments with uncertain resources, animals must adapt their behaviour flexibly, choosing strategies such as persevering with a current choice, exploring alternatives or disengaging altogether. Previous studies have mainly investigated how forebrain regions represent choice costs and values as well as optimal strategies during such decisions

Indexed as

Exploratory BehaviorRaphe NucleiAnimalsFemaleGABAergic NeuronsHypothalamic Area, LateralMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeural PathwaysOptogeneticsSerotonergic NeuronsVesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 2Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 2

Identifiers

PMID40044848
PMCPMC12043504

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