Neural circuit control of effort under stress

这个项目旨在调查坚持努力获得奖励的“决定”是如何在大脑中编码的，并受到压力的影响。这项工作将产生关于神经机制的新知识，通过这些机制，应激改变神经活动，以控制支撑生存所必需的适应行为的决策过程。这项工作的预期结果包括增强行为和计算神经科学的接口能力，这反过来将通过更深入地了解生存所必需的大脑功能而提供显著的好处，并对性能优化和大脑启发的计算产生长期影响。

This Project aims to investigate how the ‘decision’ to persist in exerting effort to obtain a reward is encoded in the the brain and affected by stress. This work will generate new knowledge on the neural mechanisms through which stress modifies neural activity to control decision making processes underpinning adaptive behaviours essential for survival. The expected outcomes of this work include enhanced capacity at the interface of behavioural and computational neuroscience, that will in turn provide significant benefits through greater insight into brain functions essential for survival, with long ranging implications for performance optimisation and brain-inspired computing.