title: Enhance your chance with the TANs: tonically active neurons support learning in the ventral striatum.
abstract: The striatum is crucial for the correct learning and control of goal-directed behavior and habitual actions. Here in this issue of Neuron, Atallah et al. (2014) show that both reinforcement-based learning and control parameters are reflected in the neural activity of the ventromedial striatum.
authors.affiliation: Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zahar
authors.affiliation: Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. Electronic address: genela.morris@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Genela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000502:physiology*; D059329:Cholinergic Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology