Team finds how error and reward signals are organized within cerebral cortex

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January 14, 2019

Neuroscience

Basic Research

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Psychiatrists diagnose people with schizophrenia, ADHD, bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses by spending time with them, looking for the particular behavior symptoms of each. What follows can be a hit-or-miss series of medications and dosages until disruptive behaviors go away.

A Vanderbilt University team recently described how error and reward signals are organized within the cerebral cortex. They say this information could also be significant in drug development by guiding medications to target receptors in particular layers of the cerebral cortex where they will be most effective.