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Dopamine neurons of the monkey midbrain: contingencies of responses to stimuli eliciting immediate behavioral reactions

Schultz, W., Romo, R.·1990·Journal of Neurophysiology

DOI 10.1152/jn.1990.63.3.607

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1. This study investigates the behavioral conditions in which dopamine (DA) neurons of substantia nigra and adjoining areas A8 and A10 respond with impulses to visual and auditory trigger stimuli eliciting immediate arm- and eye-movement reactions. 2. In a formal task, the rapid opening of the door of a small, food-containing box located at eye level ahead of the animal served as visible and audible trigger stimulus. Most DA neurons on the contralateral side responded to this stimulus with a short burst of impulses with median onset latency of 50 ms and duration of 90 ms (75% of 164 neurons). Similar responses were seen in a comparable fraction of DA neurons during ipsilateral task performance, suggesting that responses were not specific for the limb being used. 3. When the sensory components of the door opening stimulus were separated, DA neurons typically responded in a similar manner to the moving visual stimulus of the opening door, the low-intensity sliding noise of the opening door, and the 1-kHz sound of 90-92 dB intensity emitted from a distant source at the onset of door opening. Responses to each component alone were lower in magnitude than to all three together. 4. In a variation of the task, a neighboring, identical food box opened in random alternation with the other box but without permitting animals to reach out (asymmetric, direct-reaction go/no-go task). With each sensory component, DA neurons typically responded both to opening of go and no-go boxes. Responses were enhanced when stimuli elicited limb movements in go trials. 5. Monkeys reacted to door opening with target-directed saccadic eye movements in the majority of both go and no-go trials. Neuronal responses were equally present during the occasional absence of eye movements. Thus responses were not specific for the initiation of individual arm or eye movements. 6. Neuronal responses were absent when the same stimuli occurred outside of the behavioral task with target-direct arm and eye movements lacking. This shows that responses were not of purely sensory nature but were related to the capacity of the stimulus for eliciting behavioral reactions. 7. In a variation of the go/no-go task, an instruction light illuminated 2-3 s before door opening prepared the animal to perform the reaching movement on door opening or to refrain from moving (asymmetric, instruction-dependent go/no-go task).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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Authors: Schultz, W., & Romo, R.
Affiliations: University of Fribourg (CH)
ORCID: Schultz, W.
Romo, R.
Venue: Journal of Neurophysiology
Publisher: American Physiological Society
Published: 1990-03-01
Volume: 63
Issue: 3
Pages: 607-624
ISSN: 0022-3077 (ISSN-L)
1522-1598
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1990.63.3.607
OpenAlex: W2402721223
Cited by: 334
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 3.21
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Neurophysiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords: dopaminergic neurons, substantia nigra, midbrain, go/no-go task, saccades, arm movement
MeSH terms: Acoustic Stimulation, Action Potentials, Animals, Arm, Dopamine, Eye Movements, Functional Laterality, Macaca, Macaca fascicularis, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time, Substantia Nigra, Visual Pathways

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