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Learning is a matter of history and relevance for lateral hypothalamus

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By probing the dependence on learning history or motivational significance of stimuli, Sharpe and colleagues reveal previously uncharacterized contributions of lateral hypothalamus GABA neurons to associative learning.

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Fig. 1: Differential experience-dependent and motivational-relevance-dependent involvement of lateral hypothalamus GABA neurons in associative learning.

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