title: Cholinergic Coercion of Synaptic States for Motivational Memories.
abstract: Acetylcholine is critical for learning, yet the relationship between cholinergic signaling, plasticity, and behavior remains elusive. In this issue of Neuron, Lee et al. (2016) and Jiang et al. (2016) investigate how cholinergic signaling in the amygdala and nucleus accumbens influences synaptic plasticity and learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Neurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: gstuber@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Garret D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Stuber
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine; D000818:Animals; D018678:Cholinergic Agents; D003068:Coercion; D006801:Humans; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D018678:Cholinergic Agents; D000109:Acetylcholine