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2016
Activation of glutamatergic fibers in the anterior NAc shell modulates reward activity in the aNAcSh, the lateral hypothalamus, and medial prefrontal cortex and transiently stops feeding
Authors: Prado, L., Luis-Islaa J., Sandoval O.I., Puron L., Gil M.M:, Luna A., Arias-Garcia M.A., Galarraga E., Simon S.A., Gutierrez R. Accumbal glutamatergic neuron role in prefrontal, lateral hipothalamic neuron excitability and appetitive guided operant respknding in mice: optogenetics study
Prado, L., Luis-Islaa J., Sandoval O.I., Puron L., Gil M.M:, Luna A., Arias-Garcia M.A., Galarraga E., Simon S.A., Gutierrez R. - 2016
Interaction of instrumental and goal-directd learning modulates prediction error representations in the ventral striatum
Authors: Guo, R., Bohmer W., Hebart M., Chien S., Sommer T., Obermayer K., Glascher J. Brain activity related to operant decision making in humans: computational modeling and brain imaging study
Guo, R., Bohmer W., Hebart M., Chien S., Sommer T., Obermayer K., Glascher J. - 2016
Brain region-specific effects of cGMP-dependent kinase II knockout on AMPA receptor trafficking and animal behavior
Authors: Kim, S., Pick J.E., Abera S., Khatri L., Ferreira D.D.P., Sathler M.F., Morison S.L., Hofmann F., Ziff E.B. cGMP-dependent protein kinase II on brain GluA1 phosphorylation, response to stress, sucrose preference, olfaction and fear conditioning in mice
Kim, S., Pick J.E., Abera S., Khatri L., Ferreira D.D.P., Sathler M.F., Morison S.L., Hofmann F., Ziff E.B. - 2016
The GABAA receptor agonist muscimol induces an age- and region-dependent form of long-term depression in the mouse striatum
Authors: Zhang, X., Yao N., Chergui K. Muscimol on striatal and accumbal long-term depression in adolescent and adult mice: cannabinoid, mGluR5, transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 receptors modulation
Zhang, X., Yao N., Chergui K. - 2016
The sensory features of a food cue influence its ability to act as an incentive stimulus and evoke dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core
Authors: Singer, B.F., Bryan M.A., Popov P., Scarff R., Carter C., Wright E., Aragona B.J., Robinson T.E. Appetitive rewarded Pavlovian/operant conditioning and related accumbal dopamine release in rats: schedule and conditioned stimulus nature study
Singer, B.F., Bryan M.A., Popov P., Scarff R., Carter C., Wright E., Aragona B.J., Robinson T.E. - 2016
2015
Prefrontal cortex gates acute morphine action on dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area
Authors: Liu, C., Fang X., Wu Q., Jin G., Zhen X. Prefrontal inactivation on accumbal/ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons firing by morphine in rats
Liu, C., Fang X., Wu Q., Jin G., Zhen X. - 2015
Active avoidance requires a serial basal amygdala to nucleus accumbens shell circuit
Authors: Ramirez, F., Moscarello J.M., LeDoux J.E., Sears R.M. Accumbal/amygdalar functional disconnection on active avoidance and freezing expression in rats
Ramirez, F., Moscarello J.M., LeDoux J.E., Sears R.M. - 2015
Ventral pallidal projections to mediodorsal thalamus and ventral tegmental area play distinct roles in outcome-specific Pavlovian-instrumental transfer
Authors: Leung, B.K., Balleine B.W. Ventral pallidal projections to mediodorsal thalamus and ventral tegmental area on Pavlovian-instrumental transfer in rats: lesions, inactivation and c-fos expression study
Leung, B.K., Balleine B.W. - 2015
Context-induced reinstatement of methamphetamine seeking is associated with unique molecular alterations in fos-expressiong dorsolateral striatum neurons
Authors: Rubio, F.J., Liu Q.-R., Li X., Cruz F.C., Leao R.M., Warren B.L., Kambhampati S., Babin K.R., McPherson K.B., Cimbro R., Bossert J.M., Shaham Y., Hope B.T. Dorsomedial or dorsolateral striatum on methamphetamine conditioning self-administration acquisition, extinction and reinstatement in rats: reversible inactivation and Fos expression study
Rubio, F.J., Liu Q.-R., Li X., Cruz F.C., Leao R.M., Warren B.L., Kambhampati S., Babin K.R., McPherson K.B., Cimbro R., Bossert J.M., Shaham Y., Hope B.T. - 2015
Interaction of insular cortex and ventral striatum mediates the effect of incentive memory on choice between goal-directed actions
Authors: Parkes, S.L., Bradfield L.A., Balleine B.W. Reversible or irreversible insular cortex/accumbens disconnection on operant conditioning in the rat
Parkes, S.L., Bradfield L.A., Balleine B.W. - 2015
Nicotinic, glutamatergic and dopaminergic synaptic transmission and plasticity in the mesocorticolimbic system: focus on nicotine effects
Authors: Pistillo, F., Clementi F., Zoli M., Gotti C. Nicotinic, glutamatergic and dopaminergic transmission in ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex - Review
Pistillo, F., Clementi F., Zoli M., Gotti C. - 2015
Functional interaction between the orexin-1 and CB1 receptors within the nucleus accumbens in the conditioned place preference induced by the lateral hypothalamus stimulation
Authors: Fatahi, Z., Assar N., Mahmoudi D., Pahlevani P., Moradi M., Haghparast A. Intra-accumbens carbachol, orexin antagonists and CB1 antagonists on conditioned place preference by lateral hypothalamus stimulation in rats
Fatahi, Z., Assar N., Mahmoudi D., Pahlevani P., Moradi M., Haghparast A. - 2015
Muscarinic regulation of dopamine and glutamate transmission in the nucleus accumbens
Authors: Shin, J.H., Adrover M.F., Wess J., Alvarez V.A. Muscarinic modulation of dopaminergic and glutamatergic accumbal neuron excitability in mice
Shin, J.H., Adrover M.F., Wess J., Alvarez V.A. - 2015
Maternal nicotine exposure during lactation alters food preference, anxiety-like behavior and the brain dopaminergic reward system in the adult rat offspring
Authors: Pinheiro, C.R., Moura E.G., Manhaes A.C., Fraga M.C., Claudio-Neto S., Younes-Rapozo V., Santos-Silva A.P., Lotufo B.M., Oliveira E., Lisboa P.C. Maternal exposure to nicotine during lactation on food preference, locomotion/exploration and striatal/accumbens/hypothalamic D2 receptor expression in adult rats offspring
Pinheiro, C.R., Moura E.G., Manhaes A.C., Fraga M.C., Claudio-Neto S., Younes-Rapozo V., Santos-Silva A.P., Lotufo B.M., Oliveira E., Lisboa P.C. - 2015
Ethanol and nicotine interaction within the posterior ventral tegmental area in male and female alcohol-preferring rats: evidence of synergy and differential gene activation in the nucleus accumbens shell
Authors: Truitt, W.A., hauser S.R., Deehan G.A. Jr., Toalston J.E., Wilden J.A., Bell R.L., McBride W.J., Rodd Z.A. Intra-ventral tegmental area nicotine and ethanol conditioned self-administration on accumbens brain-derived neurotrophic factor/GABA/glutamate expression in male and female rats
Truitt, W.A., hauser S.R., Deehan G.A. Jr., Toalston J.E., Wilden J.A., Bell R.L., McBride W.J., Rodd Z.A. - 2015
Distinct effects of ventral tegmental area NMDA and acetylcholine receptor blockade on conditioned reinforcement produced by food-associated cues
Authors: Wickham, R.J., Solecki W.B., Nunes E.J., Addy N.A. Cholinergic and NMDA modulation of dopaminergic ventral tegmental area/accumbal system in Pavlovian appetitive conditioning of rats
Wickham, R.J., Solecki W.B., Nunes E.J., Addy N.A. - 2015
α6-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in midbrain dopamine neurons are poised to govern dopamine-mediated behaviors and synaptic plasticity
Authors: Berry, J.N., Engle S.E., McIntosh J.M., Drenan R.M. α6 nicotinic acetykcholine receptor on midbrain dopaminergic neuron modulation, vetral tegmental area long-term potentiation and locomotor activity in mice
Berry, J.N., Engle S.E., McIntosh J.M., Drenan R.M. - 2015
Nicotine effects in adolescence and adulthood on cognition and α4β2-nicotinic receptors in the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion rat model of schizophrenia
Authors: Berg, S.A., Sentir A.M., Bell R.L., Engleman E.A., Chambers R.A. Neonatal ventral hippocampal lesions on spatial learning and brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptor density in adolescent and adult rats: nicotine exposure effects
Berg, S.A., Sentir A.M., Bell R.L., Engleman E.A., Chambers R.A. - 2015
Basolateral amygdala and ventral hippocampus in stress-induced amplification of nicotine self-administration during reacquisition in rat
Authors: Yu, G., Sharp B.M. Basolateral amygdala, hippocampus and accumbens role in stress effects on nicotine operant self-administration in rats: functional inactivation disconnection study
Yu, G., Sharp B.M. - 2015
Neurochemical and electrophysiological deficits in the ventral hippocampus and selective behavioral alterations caused by high-fat diet in female C57BL/6 mice
Authors: Krishna, S., Keralapurath M.M., Lin Z., Wagner J.J., De La Serre C.B., Harn D.A., Filipov N.M. High-fat diet on brain monoamine levels, hippocampal excitability, exploratory activity and response to stress in mice
Krishna, S., Keralapurath M.M., Lin Z., Wagner J.J., De La Serre C.B., Harn D.A., Filipov N.M. - 2015
Methylphenidate and atomoxetine inhibit social play behavior through prefrontal and subcortical limbic mechanisms in rats
Authors: Achterberg, E.J.M., van Kerkhof L.W.M., Damsteegt R., Trezza V., Vanderschuren L.J.M.J. Local intra-brain methylphenidate or atomoxetine injection on locomotor activity and social behavior in rats
Achterberg, E.J.M., van Kerkhof L.W.M., Damsteegt R., Trezza V., Vanderschuren L.J.M.J. - 2015
Corticotropin-releasing factor 1 receptor mediates the activity of the reward system evoked by morphine-induced conditioned place preference
Authors: Lasheras, M.C., Laorden M.L., Milanes M.V., Nunez C. Corticotropin-releasing factor 1 receptor antagonist on conditioned place preference by morphine and related accumbens/ventral tegmental area/locus coeruleus/nucleus solitary tract/lateral hypothalamus c-fos/noradrenergic expression in mice
Lasheras, M.C., Laorden M.L., Milanes M.V., Nunez C. - 2015
Norepinephrine activates dopamine D4 receptors in the rat lateral habenula
Authors: Root, D.H., Hoffman A.F., Good C.H., Zhang S., Gigante E., Lupica C.R., Morales M. Lateral habenula D4 receptor activation via norepinephrine modulation in rats
Root, D.H., Hoffman A.F., Good C.H., Zhang S., Gigante E., Lupica C.R., Morales M. - 2015
Regulation of chromatin states by drugs of abuse
Authors: Walker, D.M., Cates H.M., Heller E.A., Nestler E.J. Histone marks, chromatine states and drug abuse - Review
Walker, D.M., Cates H.M., Heller E.A., Nestler E.J. - 2015
The role of high-frequency oscillatory activity in reward processing and learning
Authors: Marco-Pallares, J., Munte T.F., Rodriguez-Fornells A. Beta-gamma activity on attention and memory in reward processing - Review
Marco-Pallares, J., Munte T.F., Rodriguez-Fornells A. - 2015
Functional interactions between dentate gyrus, striatum and anterior thalamic nuclei on spatial memory retrieval
Authors: Mendez-Couz, M., Conejo N.M., Gonzalez-Pardo H., Arias J.L. Brain activation and spatial memory retrieval in rats: cytochrome oxidase study
Mendez-Couz, M., Conejo N.M., Gonzalez-Pardo H., Arias J.L. - 2015
Serotonin and stress coping
Authors: Puglisi-Allegra, S., Andolina D. Serotonin and stress - Review
Puglisi-Allegra, S., Andolina D. - 2015
Comparison of the effects on brain stimulation reward of D1 blockade or D2 stimulation combined with AMPA blockade in the extended amygdala and nucleus accumbens
Authors: Waraczynski, M., Kuehn L., Schmid E., Stoehr M., Zwifelhofer W. Intra-nucleus accumbens or amygdala D1 antagonist, D2 agonist or AMPA antagonist on medial forebrain bundle self-stimulation effects in rats
Waraczynski, M., Kuehn L., Schmid E., Stoehr M., Zwifelhofer W. - 2015
Selective information routing by ventral hippocampal CA1 projection neurons
Authors: Ciocchi, S., Passecker J., Malagon-Vina H., Mikus N., Klausberger T. Ventral hippocampal neuron firing during spatial learning and exploration in rats
Ciocchi, S., Passecker J., Malagon-Vina H., Mikus N., Klausberger T. - 2015
Circuit architecture of VTA dopamine neurons revealed by systematic input-ouput mapping
Authors: Beier, K.T., Steinberg E.E., DeLoach K.E., Xie S., Miyamichi K., Schwarz L., Gao X.J., Kremer E.J., Malenka R.C., Luo L. Ventral tegmental area dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons on operant conditioning circuits in mice
Beier, K.T., Steinberg E.E., DeLoach K.E., Xie S., Miyamichi K., Schwarz L., Gao X.J., Kremer E.J., Malenka R.C., Luo L. - 2015