Student Co-presenter Names
Crystal Ye, Simone Wuttke
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Student Class
2027
Student Affiliation
WISP Intern
Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3827-1699
First Advisor
Erica Townsend
First Advisor Department
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Second Advisor
Kyle Smith
Second Advisor Department
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Description
Environmental cues that predict rewards can become attractive. Sign-tracking is a conditioned response where animals interact with reward-predicting cues due to incentive salience, or motivational value attribution. However, this behavior can become maladaptive if it remains inflexible to context or cue changes. Previous research indicates that cholinergic (ACh) neurons in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) enable behavioral flexibility in sign-tracking responses. This study aims to investigate the role of ACh transmission in the development and adaptation of sign-tracking in rodents when environmental cues change.
Publication Date
Spring 5-22-2024
Disciplines
Behavioral Neurobiology | Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Shang, Angela; Townsend, Erica; and Smith, Kyle, "Investigating the neural circuitry of motivation in both food and social rewards" (2024). Wetterhahn Science Symposium Posters 2024. 16.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/wetterhahn_2024/16
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