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. 2015 Jan 20:9:1.
doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00001. eCollection 2015.

Shining light on motivation, emotion, and memory processes

Anton Ilango  1 , Mary K Lobo  2
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Shining light on motivation, emotion, and memory processes

Anton Ilango et al. Front Behav Neurosci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: addiction; emotion; habits; motivation; obesity; optogenetics; reward.

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