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Veronica A. Alvarez

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Open access Sep 2026

A basolateral amygdala to dorsolateral striatum projection modulates stimulus-evoked motor behavior

Summary The dorsal striatum is divided into dorsomedial (DMS) and dorsolateral (DLS) subregions, which support distinct aspects of motor learning. The basolateral amygdala (BLA) encodes emotionally salient information and can influence striatal function, but its connection to the sensorimotor DLS remains poorly underst...

Zachary B. Hobel, Taryn R. Brechbill, Adelis M. Cruz et al. · Neuron · 0 citations

#reinforcement learning Open access Sep 2026

Cholinergic-dependent dopamine signals in mouse dorsomedial striatum are regulated by frontal but not sensory cortices

Everyday decisions depend on associations between sensory stimuli, actions, and outcomes. The striatum supports these sensorimotor associations through dopamine-dependent plasticity. Recent work has characterized a local striatal microcircuit in which cholinergic interneurons (CINs) modulate dopamine release via activa...

Hannah C. Goldbach, Rachele Rimondini, Evan S. Swanson et al. · Nature Communications · 0 citations