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• TD2Q reinforcement learning (Blackwell and Doya, 2023) [Model]

Costa KM et al. (2026). KChIP4a is a Biophysical Amplifier of Inhibition in Atypical Dopamine Neurons and Controls Learning from Negative Prediction Errors. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 46 [PubMed]

• VTA-cNAcc DA Neuron - Kv4.3-KChIP4A knockdown (Costa et al., 2026) [Model]

Lindroos R et al. (2018). Basal Ganglia Neuromodulation Over Multiple Temporal and Structural Scales-Simulations of Direct Pathway MSNs Investigate the Fast Onset of Dopaminergic Effects and Predict the Role of Kv4.2. Frontiers in neural circuits. 12 [PubMed]

• Striatal D1R medium spiny neuron, including a subcellular DA cascade (Lindroos et al 2018) [Model]