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The Journal of Neuroscience, September 21, 2005, 25(38):8650-8656; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2431-05.2005

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The Role of Ventral Frontostriatal Circuitry in Reward-Based Learning in Humans

Adriana Galvan,¹ Todd A. Hare,¹ Matthew Davidson,¹ Julie Spicer,¹ Gary Glover,² and B. J. Casey¹

¹Sackler Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, and ²Department of Radiology and Neurosciences Program, Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technology at Stanford, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

This study examined changes in behavior and neural activity with reward learning. Using an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging paradigm, we show that the nucleus accumbens, thalamus, and orbital frontal cortex are each sensitive to reward magnitude, with the accumbens showing the greatest discrimination between reward values. Mean reaction times were significantly faster to cues predicting the greatest reward and slower to cues predicting the smallest reward. This behavioral change over the course of the experiment was paralleled by a shift in peak in accumbens activity from anticipation of the reward (immediately after the response), to the cue predicting the reward. The orbitofrontal and thalamic regions peaked in anticipation of the reward throughout the experiment. Our findings suggest discrete functions of regions within basal ganglia thalamocortical circuitry in adjusting behavior to maximize reward.

Key words: reward; learning; basal ganglia; nucleus accumbens; orbital frontal cortex; thalamocortical circuitry; fMRI

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Received Feb 22, 2005; revised August 5, 2005; accepted August 9, 2005.

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