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Bonus on this paper:
there is also a commentary from Masakazu Taira & @melissajsharpe.bsky.social that is certainly worth reading-
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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New Nature Neuroscience paper on estrogen & dopamine RPEs. Female rats in high-estradiol phase (proestrus) show stronger trial-by-trial adjustment of response vigor in a RL task: they start the next trial faster after better rewards.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Estrogen modulates reward prediction errors and reinforcement learning - Nature Neuroscience
Dopamine encoding of reward prediction errors naturally fluctuates over females’ reproductive cycles with estrogenic signaling due to reduced expression of dopamine reuptake proteins.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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New preprint by Ballard et al. on using resting-state hemodynamic latency as an indirect marker of dopamine physiology:
“Temporal fMRI Dynamics Map Dopamine Physiology” (bioRxiv, 2025)
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Temporal fMRI Dynamics Map Dopamine Physiology
Spatial variations in dopamine function are linked to cognition and substance use disorders but are challenging to characterize with current methods. Because dopamine influences blood vessel dilation,...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Come meet Antonella Lupo (grad student, Bari) at #SFN25 late-breaking poster [LBP087]: “fMRI reveals stable sign- and goal-tracking phenotypes linked to dopaminergic modulation and psychopathology”. Mon 17, 8–12 — chat about translating ST/GT models to humans 🧠 #neuroskyence #RewardSignals
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@davidbaranger.bsky.social would love your take on the fMRI part of this paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... I’m wondering how much of the poor MID reliability is about adolescent samples + long test–retest gaps, rather than the MID itself.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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New preprint on causal control of Pavlovian go bias:
Aster et al. “Continuous theta-burst stimulation of the vmPFC reduces Pavlovian go-invigoration and enhances thalamo-striatal RPE signals” (n=90, cTBS-fMRI Go/NoGo).
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM