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Basal Ganglia Circuits for Reward Value–Guided Behavior

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Hikosaka, Okihide, Kim, Hyoung F., Yasuda, Masaharu, Yamamoto, Shinya·2014·Annual Review of Neuroscience

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The basal ganglia are equipped with inhibitory and disinhibitory mechanisms that enable a subject to choose valuable objects and actions. Notably, a value can be determined flexibly by recent experience or stably by prolonged experience. Recent studies have revealed that the head and tail of the caudate nucleus selectively and differentially process flexible and stable values of visual objects. These signals are sent to the superior colliculus through different parts of the substantia nigra so that the animal looks preferentially at high-valued objects, but in different manners. Thus, relying on short-term value memories, the caudate head circuit allows the subject's gaze to move expectantly to recently valued objects. Relying on long-term value memories, the caudate tail circuit allows the subject's gaze to move automatically to previously valued objects. The basal ganglia also contain an equivalent parallel mechanism for action values. Such flexible–stable parallel mechanisms for object and action values create a highly adaptable system for decision making.

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  • Research on reward-based selection history has highlighted key brain areas traditionally linked to reward, such as the basal ganglia, more specifically, the rostral and caudal regions of the caudate nucleus in the striatum, and the VMPFC.

    “Research on reward-based selection history has highlighted some of the key brain areas that have traditionally been linked to reward, such as the basal ganglia, more specifically, the rostral and caudal regions of the caudate nucleus in the striatum, and the VMPFC, which directly receives input from the basal ganglia (e.g., Anderson, Kuwabara, et al., 2016, 2017; Hickey & Peelen, 2015; Hikosaka et”

    From Selection history: How reward modulates selectivity of visual attention. (2018) · cites this paper as Hikosaka et al., 2014

    The Abstract and “Differential value coding in caudate nucleus” section describe reward-value processing in the basal ganglia, including distinct roles for the caudate head and tail. The passages do not identify the VMPFC as a reward-related area or establish the citing sentence’s claim that it directly receives input from the basal ganglia (searched: VMPFC, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and direct input). (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The specific role of dopamine in reward learning is still a matter of debate.

    “Although most theories support the idea that dopamine contributes to neuronal plasticity alongside other neuromodulators, its specific role in reward learning is still a matter of debate (e.g., Aarts, van Holstein, & Cools, 2011; Berridge & Robinson, 1998; Hikosaka, Kim, Yasuda, & Yamamoto, 2014; Roelfsema, van Ooyen, & Watanabe, 2010; Schultz, 1997).”

    From Selection history: How reward modulates selectivity of visual attention. (2018) · cites this paper as Hikosaka, Kim, Yasuda, & Yamamoto, 2014

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Authors
Hikosaka, O., Kim, H. F., Yasuda, M., & Yamamoto, S.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Venue
Annual Review of Neuroscience
Published
2014-07-08
Volume
37
Issue
1
Pages
289-306
ISSN
  • 0147-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4126
OpenAlex
W2168442233
Cited by
259
References
113
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Louisiana State University
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • National Eye Institute (ZIAEY000415)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
basal ganglia, reward value, caudate nucleus, caudate head, substantia nigra, superior colliculus, gaze control, action value, decision-making, disinhibition
MeSH terms
Animals, Basal Ganglia, Basal Ganglia Diseases, Brain Mapping, Decision Making, Humans, Memory, Neural Pathways, Reward, Saccades, Superior Colliculi, Visual Perception

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