TY - JOUR
T1 - Dopaminergic reward system
T2 - A short integrative review
AU - Arias-Carrián, Oscar
AU - Stamelou, Maria
AU - Murillo-Rodríguez, Eric
AU - Menéndez-Gonzlez, Manuel
AU - Pöppel, Ernst
PY - 2010/10/8
Y1 - 2010/10/8
N2 - Memory is an essential element to adaptive behavior since it allows consolidation of past experience guiding the subject to consider them in future experiences. Among the endogenous molecules that participate in the consolidation of memory, including the drug-seeking reward, considered as a form of learning, is dopamine. This neurotransmitter modulates the activity of specific brain nucleus such as nuclei accumbens, putamen, ventral tegmental area (VTA), among others and synchronizes the activity of these nuclei to establish the neurobiological mechanism to set the hedonic element of learning. We review the experimental evidence that highlights the activity of different brain nuclei modulating the mechanisms whereby dopamine biases memory towards events that are of motivational significance.
AB - Memory is an essential element to adaptive behavior since it allows consolidation of past experience guiding the subject to consider them in future experiences. Among the endogenous molecules that participate in the consolidation of memory, including the drug-seeking reward, considered as a form of learning, is dopamine. This neurotransmitter modulates the activity of specific brain nucleus such as nuclei accumbens, putamen, ventral tegmental area (VTA), among others and synchronizes the activity of these nuclei to establish the neurobiological mechanism to set the hedonic element of learning. We review the experimental evidence that highlights the activity of different brain nuclei modulating the mechanisms whereby dopamine biases memory towards events that are of motivational significance.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957321990&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/1755-7682-3-24
DO - 10.1186/1755-7682-3-24
M3 - Artículo de revisión
AN - SCOPUS:77957321990
SN - 1755-7682
VL - 3
JO - International Archives of Medicine
JF - International Archives of Medicine
IS - 1
M1 - 24
ER -