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Conference 2000

Workshops

1. What is the role of the ventral striatum in learning?

2. Are dopamine and glutamate interactions a fundamental component of plasticity in the ventral striatum?

3. What are the neural substrates of "binding" motivational information?

4. What is the role of the extended amygdala in goal-directed behaviors and how is it related to components of the ventral striatum?

5. Are changes due to drug addiction representative of learning and plasticity?