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Polymorphisms that affect GABA neurotransmission predict processing of aversive prediction errors in humans.
NeuroImage - 1 Aug 2018
Baetu Irina, Pitcher Julia B, Cohen-Woods Sarah, Lancer Benjamin, Beu Nathan, Foreman Lauren M, Taylor Paul D, Burns Nicholas R
Abstract excerpt
Learning is one of our most adaptive abilities, allowing us to adjust our expectations about future events. Aberrant learning processes may underlie disorders such as anxiety, motivating the search for the neural mechanisms that underpin learning. Animal studies have shown that the neurotransmitter GABA is required for the computation of prediction errors, the mismatches between anticipated and experienced...
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