Tevye Jason Stachniak

Jun 20, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Dominik Groos |Anna Reuss |Peter Rupprecht |Tevye Jason Stachniak

AbstractAppropriate risk evaluation is essential for survival in complex, uncertain environments. Confronted with choosing between certain (safe) and uncertain (risky) options, animals show strong preference for either option consistently across extended time periods. How such risk preference is encoded in the brain remains elusive. A candidate region is the lateral habenula (LHb), which is prominently involved in value-guided behavior.