Compromised Dopaminergic Encoding of Reward Accompanying Suppressed Willingness to Overcome High Effort Costs Is a Prominent Prodromal Characteristic of the Q175 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease

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Figure 1.

Q175 mice display compromised motivation and reward-evoked dopamine release in the NAc. A, Representative cumulative response record during a PR session in the two genotypes. Vertical ticks demarcate reward receipt. B, Mean (+SEM) breakpoints in WT (n = 8) and Q175 (n = 12) mice. C, Mean dopamine concentration ([DA]; +SEM) across all trials. D, Mean of the single, largest dopamine concentration increase (+SEM) in each animal. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 36 no. 18 4993-5002
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