Dissecting the role of cortico-striatal circuitry on habit formation

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1122221

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Decisions are made based on actions and outcomes, but over time repeated actions become habits. They are no longer determined by outcomes and are dysfunctional in many disorders such as OCD, addiction and Tourette’s syndrome. How the brain changes during habit formation is not known. I will characterise the role of a specific neural circuit to determine how it influences habit development. This will improve our knowledge of normal learning processes and help us understand habitual dysfunction.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $408,768.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

behaviour | dopamine receptors | learning | neuropharmacology | striatum

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