title: Motivated action: new light on prefrontal-neuromodulatory circuits.
abstract: A new study has used optogenetic methods to stimulate prefrontal-brainstem neuromodulatory pathways while animals face environmental stressors, the results providing further compelling evidence that prefrontal control of neuromodulatory function can have a dramatic effect on motivated behavior.
authors: Department of Psychology and Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. ashenhav@princeton.edu
authors: Amitai
authors: A
authors: Shenhav
authors: Matthew M
authors: MM
authors: Botvinick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000502:physiology*; D013550:Swimming / Q000502:physiology*