Activation of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons promotes the attribution of incentive salience to reward cues in male rats
Elizabeth A. Rakowski, Christopher P. King, Ashmita Mukherjee, Esther Holmes, Luke Hannan, Gregory C. Loney, Paul Meyer
The paper shows that activating basal forebrain cholinergic neurons increases sign-tracking in a Pavlovian Conditioned Approach task in male rats.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience