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Optogenetic Investigation of Projection-Specific Function in Motivated Behaviors

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Air date:	Monday, September 23, 2013, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 1,000 (48 Live, 952 On-demand)
Category:	Neuroscience
Runtime:	00:51:03
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Description:	Neuroscience Seminar Series Motivated behaviors fall into two valences: Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. The ability to select appropriate behavioral responses to environmental stimuli, such as avoiding a predator or approaching a food source, is critical for survival. Although most animals are capable of learning to assign either positive or negative associations to environmental cues, Dr. Tye's lab is only at the beginning to understand the underlying neural circuits and the plasticity that mediates the formation, revision or extinction of an associative memory. Dr. Tye’s lab employs an interdisciplinary approach including optogenetics, electrophysiology, pharmacology and imaging techniques to find a mechanistic explanation for how emotional and motivational states can influence learning and behavior, in both health and disease. For more information go to http://neuroseries.info.nih.gov

NLM Title:	Optogenetic investigation of projection-specific function in motivated behaviors / Kay Tye.
Author:	Tye, Kay M. National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): Motivated behaviors fall into two valences: Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. The ability to select appropriate behavioral responses to environmental stimuli, such as avoiding a predator or approaching a food source, is critical for survival. Although most animals are capable of learning to assign either positive or negative associations to environmental cues, Dr. Tye's lab is only at the beginning to understand the underlying neural circuits and the plasticity that mediates the formation, revision or extinction of an associative memory. Dr. Tye"s lab employs an interdisciplinary approach including optogenetics, electrophysiology, pharmacology and imaging techniques to find a mechanistic explanation for how emotional and motivational states can influence learning and behavior, in both health and disease.
Subjects:	Behavior, Animal Brain--physiology Emotions Motivation Neurons--metabolism Optogenetics
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	QL 751
NLM ID:	101618080
CIT Live ID:	13078
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=13078

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