Prefrontal to ventral tegmental area dynamics drive contingency degradation

Madelyn M. Hjort, Zoe Q. Garrett, Adam G. Gordon, Ethan Ancell, Marta Trzeciak, Pei-Yun Lu, Michael R. Bruchas, Daniela M. Witten, Nicholas A. Steinmetz, Garret D. Stuber

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10443-5
Published: 2026-05-06
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41586-026-10443-5,
  title = {Prefrontal to ventral tegmental area dynamics drive contingency degradation},
  author = {Madelyn M. Hjort and Zoe Q. Garrett and Adam G. Gordon and Ethan Ancell and Marta Trzeciak and Pei-Yun Lu and Michael R. Bruchas and Daniela M. Witten and Nicholas A. Steinmetz and Garret D. Stuber},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature},
  doi = {10.1038/s41586-026-10443-5},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10443-5}
}

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Hjort, M. M., Garrett, Z. Q., Gordon, A. G., Ancell, E., Trzeciak, M., Lu, P., Bruchas, M. R., Witten, D. M., Steinmetz, N. A., & Stuber, G. D. (2026). Prefrontal to ventral tegmental area dynamics drive contingency degradation. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10443-5

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