Encoding of Palatability and Appetitive Behaviors by Distinct Neuronal Populations in the Nucleus Accumbens

This work was supported by a grant from the State of California for medical research on alcohol and substance abuse through the University of California, San Francisco; the Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction; the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center; and National Institute on Drug Abuse Grants DA01949 and NS21445 (H.L.F.). We thank R. Van and V. Kharazia for histology assistance and J. Woolley, P. Newton, S. Nicola, and P. Janak for helpful discussions.

Correspondence should be addressed to Sharif A. Taha, Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, 5858 Horton Street, Suite 200, Emeryville, CA 94608. E-mail: staha{at}phy.ucsf.edu.

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