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. 2020 Mar 4;105(5):766-768.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.02.017.

Bidirectional Valence Encoding in the Ventral Pallidum

Peter J Vento  1 , Thomas C Jhou  2
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Bidirectional Valence Encoding in the Ventral Pallidum

Peter J Vento et al. Neuron. .
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In this issue of Neuron, Stephenson-Jones et al. (2020) dissect the function of the enigmatic ventral pallidum and elegantly demonstrate positive and negative valence encoding in its GABA and glutamate neurons that influence both approach and avoidance behavior via the lateral habenula.

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