A Basal Forebrain-Cingulate Circuit in Macaques Decides It Is Time to Act
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Neuron
- Publisher
- Cell Press
- Publication Date
- Jan 22, 2020
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 370–384
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.10.030
- PMID: 31813653
- PMCID: PMC6975166
- Source
- PubMed Central
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Deciding when to act is crucial for animals’ survival. Khalighinejad et al. used neuroimaging and ultrasound to identify a basal forebrain-cingulate circuit that tracks contextual factors in animals’ environments and mediates their effects on animals’ decisions about when to act.