Researchers trained mice to control seemingly random bursts of dopamine in their brains, challenging theories of reward and learning
- Written by David Kleinfeld, Professor of Physics and Neurobiology, University of California San Diego
The brains of mice randomly produce large bursts of dopamine that could produce feelings of hope.Julia Kuhl, CC BY-NDThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
My colleagues and I recently found that we were able to train mice to voluntarily increase the size and frequency of seemingly random dopamine impulses...