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DAT genotype modulates striatal processing and long-term memory for items associated with reward and punishment.
Neuropsychologia - 1 Sept 2013
Wittmann Bianca C, Tan Geoffrey C, Lisman John E, Dolan Raymond J, Düzel Emrah
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that appetitive motivation enhances episodic memory formation via a network including the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area (SN/VTA), striatum and hippocampus. This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study now contrasted the impact of aversive and appetitive motivation on episodic long-term memory. Cue pictures predicted monetary reward or punishment in alternating...
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