Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41606339›Full record

ArticleNature2026

Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behaviour.

Gavin C Touponse, Matthew B Pomrenze, Teema Yassine, Nicholas Denomme, May Wang, Viraj Mehta, Zihui Zhang, Robert C Malenka, Neir Eshel

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Effort, timing and choice: a refined rodent effort choice task with excellent sensitivity to dopamine modulators.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  13. Dual cholinergic mechanisms for sculpting striatal dopamine in vivo.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Gavin C Touponse *Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8087-3351
Matthew B Pomrenze *Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9032-5911
Teema YassineDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Nicholas DenommeNancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
May WangDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-6275-8680
Viraj MehtaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Zihui ZhangDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8002-9396
Robert C MalenkaNancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5428-5211
Neir EshelDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. neshel@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5976-2013

Funding

Training CoreP50DA042012 · NIDA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Karl A. Deisseroth · 2017 to 2026
$27.1M
Interdisciplinary Research Training in Pain and Substance Use DisordersT32DA035165 · NIDA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SEAN C MACKEY · 2013 to 2026
$7.2M
Neural circuits of frustrationK08MH123791 · NIMH · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ESHEL, NEIR · 2020 to 2024
$1.2M
Modulation of protracted opioid withdrawal by dorsal raphe dynorphin neuronsK99DA056573 · NIDA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI POMRENZE, MATTHEW B · 2022 to 2023
$317k
Nancy Pritzker Laboratory at Stanford University. G.C.T. was supported by the Stanford Medicine Berg Scholars ProgramNIDA NIH HHS K99 DA056573NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA042012NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA035165NIMH NIH HHS K08 MH123791
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effort is costly: given a choice, we tend to avoid it

Indexed as

AcetylcholineDopamineRewardAnimalsAxonsDopaminergic NeuronsFemaleInterneuronsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNucleus AccumbensReceptors, NicotinicAcetylcholineDopamineReceptors, Nicotinic

Identifiers

PMID41606339
PMCPMC13017521

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