title: Probing the neurochemical correlates of motivation and decision making.
abstract: Online electrochemical detection techniques are the state-of-the-art for evaluating chemical communication in the brain underlying motivated behavior and decision making. In this Viewpoint, we discuss avenues for future technological development, as well as the requirement for increasingly sophisticated and interdisciplinary behavioral analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and ‡Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.
authors.forename: Kate M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Wassum
authors.forename: Paul E M
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*; D009448:Neurochemistry; D009862:Online Systems
keywords: Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry; biosensors; in vivo neurochemical monitoring; reward seeking