Interplay between dopamine and prefrontal cortex in self-paced decisions

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titleInterplay between dopamine and prefrontal cortex in self-paced decisions
start_date2021/01/12
schedule12h15
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location_infosalle de conférence + zoom
detailshttps://univ-tlse3fr.zoom.us/j/84194915547?pwd=c3RFZVg1b05ETDZJOVlxTUFqK0JQQT09 ID de réunion: 841 9491 5547 Code secret: 358261
summaryDaily decisions are often self-generated, motivated by our goals rather than triggered by a stimulus. The neuromodulator dopamine is classically implicated in the learning of stimulus-triggered actions leading to rewards. Dopamine also affects self-paced decisions, probably through its interaction with frontal areas of the cortex. How self-paced decisions emerge from the dynamics of this meso-cortical circuit remains unclear. We addressed this question in a sequential decision task for mice allowing a combination of multisite electrophysiological recordings, computational modeling and perturbation techniques. In this talk I will show two lines of results : how a distributed sequence of mesocortical activity may be causally linked to decisions, and how dopamine may exert an online regulation of frontal dynamics.
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