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Prefrontal circuits
Coverage of Prefrontal circuits in the Nexus archive.
- Prefrontal to ventral tegmental area dynamics drive contingency degradation
Researchers have made a discovery about prefrontal circuits in the rodent brain that permit flexibility to stop learned behaviours. This discovery provides a mechanistic understanding of interactions with core subcortical reward systems. The study was published online in Nature on May 6, 2026.