Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

7-31-2025

Abstract

This chapter focusses on the electrical patterns of identified dopamine midbrain neurons in the intact brain with a focus on recordings in nonhuman primates and rodents. It features intracellular in vivo recordings as well as extracellular single unit recordings. Different patterns of activity are characterized including tonic in vivo activity as well as transient patterns, in particular bursts and pauses.

First Page

65

Last Page

75

Volume

32

Chapter Title

Chapter 6 - Electrical patterns of activity in dopamine midbrain neurons in vivo

Publisher

Academic Press

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