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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 1, 2003, 23(1):303-307
Differential Response Patterns in the Striatum and Orbitofrontal
Cortex to Financial Reward in Humans: A Parametric Functional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Rebecca
Elliott,
Jana L.
Newman,
Olivia A.
Longe, and
J.
F. William
Deakin
Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, University of Manchester,
Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom
Responses to monetary reward in humans have been assessed in a
number of recent functional imaging studies, and it is clear that the
neuronal substrates of financial reinforcement overlap extensively with
regions responding to primary reinforcers, such as food. Money has the
practical advantage of being an objectively quantifiable reinforcer. In
this study, we exploit this advantage using a parametric functional
magnetic resonance imaging design to look at the patterns of
responding to systematically varying reward values. Twelve healthy
volunteers were scanned during performance of a rewarded target
detection task, in which the reward value varied between task blocks.
We observed three distinct patterns of responding in different regions.
Amygdala, striatum, and dopaminergic midbrain responded to the presence
of rewards, regardless of value. In contrast, premotor cortex showed a
linear increase in response with increasing reward value. Finally,
medial and lateral foci of orbitofrontal cortex responded nonlinearly,
such that response was enhanced for the lowest and highest reward
values relative to the midrange. These results suggest functional
distinction in response patterns within a distributed reward system.
Key words:
reinforcement; reward; nucleus accumbens; amygdala; orbitofrontal cortex; fMRI
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