"Viral-genetic dissection of the midbrain dopamine system"

Kevin Beier, PhD (UC Irvine)

The midbrain dopamine system is critical for a variety of adaptive and pathological behaviors. Different subpopulations of midbrain dopamine cells are integrated into different circuits and mediate different behavioral functions. How these subcircuits are selectively modified by experience to elicit adaptive and maladaptive behavioral adaptations in response to experiences is not known. I will discuss some of my lab's recent work eliciting pathway-specific changes that contribute to drug-evoked behavioral changes that contribute to addiction.

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