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The neurobiological study of reward was launched by the discovery of intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS). Subsequent investigation of this phenomenon provided the initial link between reward-seeking behavior and dopaminergic neurotransmission. We re-evaluated this relationship by psychophysical, pharmacological, optogenetic, and computational means. In rats working for direct, optical activation of midbrain dopamine neurons, we varied the strength and opportunity cost of the stimulation and measured time allocation, the proportion of trial time devoted to reward pursuit. We found that the dependence of time allocation on the strength and cost of stimulation was similar formally to that observed when electrical stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle served as the reward. When the stimulation is strong and cheap, the rats devote almost all their time to reward pursuit; time allocation falls off as stimulation strength is decreased and/or its opportunity cost is increased. A 3D plot of time allocation versus stimulation strength and cost produces a surface resembling the corner of a plateau (the "reward mountain"). We show that dopamine-transporter blockade shifts the mountain along both the strength and cost axes in rats working for optical activation of midbrain dopamine neurons. In contrast, the same drug shifted the mountain uniquely along the opportunity-cost axis when rats worked for electrical MFB stimulation in a prior study. Dopamine neurons are an obligatory stage in the dominant model of ICSS, which positions them at a key nexus in the final common path for reward seeking. This model fails to provide a cogent account for the differential effect of dopamine transporter blockade on the reward mountain. Instead, we propose that midbrain dopamine neurons and neurons with non-dopaminergic, MFB axons constitute parallel limbs of brain-reward circuitry that ultimately converge on the final-common path for the evaluation and pursuit of rewards.

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Auteur(s) :

Trujillo-Pisanty, Ivan

Trujillo-Pisanty, Ivan

, Conover, Kent

Conover, Kent

, Solis, Pavel

Solis, Pavel

, Palacios, Daniel

Palacios, Daniel

et Shizgal, Peter

Shizgal, Peter

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Dépôt source:

Concordia Spectrum Research Repository

Éditeur(s):

Public Library of Science

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License:

term_access

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URL:

https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/986807

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Date de publication:

2020-05-31

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Identificateur:

https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/986807

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Raw data for Trujillo-Pisanty, I., Conover, K., Solis, P., Palacios, D., & Shizgal, P. Dopamine neurons do not constitute an obligatory stage in the final common path for the evaluation and pursuit of brain stimulation reward. (2020). [Data set]. Concordia Spectrum Research Repository. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/986807

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