Leif Østergaard

Making sense: Dopamine activates conscious self-monitoring through medial prefrontal cortex.

Human Brain Mapping May 1, 2015 Morten Joensson, Kristine Rømer Thomsen, Lau M Andersen et al. 44 citations

When experiences become meaningful to the self, they are linked to synchronous activity in a paralimbic network of self-awareness and dopaminergic activity. This network includes medial prefrontal and medial parietal/posterior cingulate cortices, where transcranial magnetic stimulation may transiently impair self-awareness. Conversely, we hypothesize that dopaminergic stimulation may improve...