Henry H Yin

Abstract The basal ganglia (BG) are central to voluntary action, yet how they organize complex behavior remains unclear. Using a novel operant counting task, we trained mice to perform a specific number of lever presses to obtain a reward, enabling quantification of continuous kinematics and discrete actions.

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Keywords reward ventral tegmental area Pavlovian conditioning force GABAergic neurons movement Research topic(s) CP: Neuroscience Introduction The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is a midbrain region that has traditionally been implicated in reward and motivation.