Colom_Dataset_SynapticPasticityofSignTrackerRats.csv

When attributed with motivational salience, reward-predictive stimuli can drive behaviour and contribute to maladaptive responses. We examined whether sign-tracking conditioned behaviours were associated with specific dendritic spine features, as well as markers of pre- and postsynaptic activity in the nucleus accumbens core of male and female rats. Data suggest that changes in accumbal neuronal plasticity may be related to individual variation in the responsiveness to Pavlovian cues.