Decision making: Serotonin goes for goal

Michael A McDannald

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.036

Decision making: Serotonin goes for goal

Curr Biol. 2021 Jun 7;31(11):R726-R727. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.036.

Author

Michael A McDannald¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, 514 McGuinn Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. Electronic address: michael.mcdannald@bc.edu.

PMID: 34102122
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.036

Abstract

Decision making is adaptive when our actions align with our goals. A new study shows that activity of dorsal raphe serotonin neurons is essential to adaptive decision making, permitting actions to reflect the current goal value.

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MeSH terms

Decision Making
Dorsal Raphe Nucleus
Goals*
Neurons
Serotonin*

Substances

Serotonin