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    Dopamine facilitates associative memory encoding in the entorhinal cortex

    Mounting evidence shows that dopamine in the striatum is critically involved in reward-based reinforcement learning1,2. However, it remains unclear how dopamine reward signals influence the entorhinal–hippocampal...

    Jason Y. Lee, Heechul Jun, Shogo Soma, Tomoaki Nakazono, Kaori Shiraiwa in Nature (2021)

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    GABAergic neurons in the olfactory cortex projecting to the lateral hypothalamus in mice

    Olfaction guides goal-directed behaviours including feeding. To investigate how central olfactory neural circuits control feeding behaviour in mice, we performed retrograde tracing from the lateral hypothalamu...

    Koshi Murata, Tomoki Kinoshita, Yugo Fukazawa, Kenta Kobayashi in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Functional development of olfactory tubercle domains during weaning period in mice

    Mammals shift their feeding habits from mother’s milk to environmental foods postnatally. While this weaning process accompanies the acquisition of attractive behaviour toward environmental foods, the underlyi...

    Wataru Murofushi, Kensaku Mori, Koshi Murata, Masahiro Yamaguchi in Scientific Reports (2018)