scholarly journals Anterior Cingulate Cortex Modulation of the Ventral Tegmental Area in an Effort Task

Cell Reports ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2220-2230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Elston ◽  
David K. Bilkey
Keyword(s):  
Ventral Tegmental Area ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Ventral Tegmental

scholarly journals Neural correlate of relief in the anterior cingulate cortex and ventral tegmental area

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Elston ◽  
David K. Bilkey
Keyword(s):  
Ventral Tegmental Area ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Brain Area ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Adaptive Behaviour ◽  
Neural Correlate ◽  
Physical Effort ◽  
Ventral Tegmental

AbstractInformation gained during goal pursuit motivates adaptive behaviour. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) supports adaptive behaviour, but how ACC signals are translated into motivational signals remains unclear. Rats implanted in the ACC and ventral tegmental area (VTA), a dopaminergic brain area implicated in motivation, were trained to run laps around a rectangular track for a fixed reward, where each lap varied in physical effort (a 30cm climbable barrier). Partial directed coherence analysis of local field potentials revealed that ACC theta (4-12 Hz) activity increased as rats entered the barrier-containing region of the maze on trials when the barrier was absent, and predicted similar changes in VTA theta. This did not occur on effortful, barrier-present trials. These data suggest that ACC provides a top-down modulating signal which can influence the motivation with which to pursue a reward, and which may be, in our task, a neural correlate of relief.

Implication of dopaminergic projection from the ventral tegmental area to the anterior cingulate cortex in μ-opioid-induced place preference

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Narita ◽  
Yuki Matsushima ◽  
Keiichi Niikura ◽  
Michiko Narita ◽  
Shigemi Takagi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ventral Tegmental Area ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Place Preference ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Ventral Tegmental

EXPANSION OF THE ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX IN CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITY OF UNKNOWN AETIOLOGY

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Mannerkoski ◽  
H Heiskala ◽  
K Van Leemput ◽  
L Åberg ◽  
R Raininko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disability ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Unknown Aetiology
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