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Mesolimbic dopamine and the neuropsychology of dreaming: Some caution and reconsiderations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2001

Fabrizio Doricchi  and
Cristiano Violani
Fabrizio Doricchi
Affiliation:
Centro Ricerche Neuropsicologia, Fondazione IRCCS S. Lucia, 1–00179 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Psicologia “L. Meschieri,” Università; degli Studi di Urbino, Urbino I-61029 ItalyFdoricchi@uniromal.it
Cristiano Violani
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università “La Sapienza,” Rome I-00185, Italyviolani@uniromal.it
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Abstract

New findings point to a role for mesolimbic DA circuits in the generation of dreaming. We disagree with Solms about these structures having an exclusive role in generating dreams. We review data suggesting that dreaming can be interrupted at different levels of processing and that anterior-subcortical lesions associated with dream cessation are unlikely to produce selective hypodopaminergic dynamic impairments.

[Hobson et al.; Nielsen; Solms]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , December 2000 , pp. 930 - 931
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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