Running title: BA-NAc neurons and social stimulus processing
Giulia Poggia *, Giorgio Bergaminia, Redas Dulinskasa, Lorraine Madura, b, Alexandra Gretera, Christian Ineichena, Amael Dagostinoa, Diana Kúkeľováa, Hannes Sigrista, Klaus D. Bornemannc, Bastian Hengererc, Christopher R. Prycea, b *
a. Preclinical Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric University Hospital Zürich (PUK) and University of Zurich (UZH), Zurich, Switzerland
b. Zurich Neuroscience Center, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
c. CNS Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
*Corresponding authors: Dr. Giulia Poggi and Prof. Christopher Pryce, PLaTRAD, DPPP, Psychiatric University Hospital Zürich (PUK) and University of Zurich (UZH), August Forel-Strasse 7, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
E-mail address: christopher.pryce@bli.uzh.ch (C. R. Pryce).
Acknowledgments : This research was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (31003A_179381 to C.R.P.) and by a Boehringer-Ingelheim Innocentive grant (Mouse models of apathy and helplessness, to C.R.P.). We are grateful to Gisep Bazzell, Björn Henz and Alex Osei for animal care, and to the Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, for assistance and support.
Conflict of interest: K.D. Bornemann and Bastian Hengerer are employees of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma AG.