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2008
Integrating memories in the human brain: hippocampal-midbrain encoding of overlapping events
Authors: Shohamy, D., Wagner A.D. Hippocampus, ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra activity on generalization in humans
Shohamy, D., Wagner A.D. - 2008
Infusions of 3α,5α-THP to the VTA enhance exploratory, anti-anxiety, social and sexual behavior and increase levels of 3α,5α-THP in midbrain, hippocampus, diencephalon, and cortex of female rats
Authors: Frye, C.A., Rhodes M.E. Progesterone metabolite intra-ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra and central gray on exploration, social-sexual behavior and dihydroprogesterone brain levels in female rats
Frye, C.A., Rhodes M.E. - 2008
α-phenyl-n-tert-butyl-nitrone ameliorates hippocampal injury and improves learning and memory in juvenile rats following neonatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide
Authors: Fan, L.-W., Tien L.-T., Mitchell H.J., Rhodes P.G., Cai Z. α-phenyl-n-tert-butyl-nitrone on lipopolysaccharide brain injury and related behavioral deficits in rats
Fan, L.-W., Tien L.-T., Mitchell H.J., Rhodes P.G., Cai Z. - 2008
Exploratory, anti-anxiety, social and sexual behaviors of rats in behavioral estrus is attenuated with inhibition of 3α,5α-THP formation in the midbrain ventral tegmental area
Authors: Frye, C.A., Paris J.J., Rhodes M.E. Intra-ventral tegmental area 3α,5α-THP on social, sexual and exploratory behaviors in female rats
Frye, C.A., Paris J.J., Rhodes M.E. - 2008
How do basal ganglia contribute to categorization? Their roles in generalization, response selection, and learning via feedback
Authors: Seger, C.A. Cortico-striatal loops and learning - Review
Seger, C.A. - 2008
Electrolytic lesions of the habenula attenuate brain stimulation reward
Authors: Morissette, M.-C., Boye S.M. Habenula lesions on self-stimulation reward in rats
Morissette, M.-C., Boye S.M. - 2008
Reward prediction error signals by reticular formation neurons
Authors: Puryear, C.B., Mizumori S.J.Y. Reticular formation firing and reward prediction in spatial appetitive conditioning in rats
Puryear, C.B., Mizumori S.J.Y. - 2008
Dynamic changes in accumbens dopamine correlate with learning during intracranial self-stimulation
Authors: Owesson-White, C.A., Cheer J.P., Beyene M., Carelli R.M., Wightman R.M. Nucleus accumbens dopamine release during substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area self-stimulation in rats
Owesson-White, C.A., Cheer J.P., Beyene M., Carelli R.M., Wightman R.M. - 2008
2007
Functional coupling between the prefrontal cortex and dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area
Authors: Gao, M., Liu C.-L., Yang S., Jin G.-Z., Bunney B.S., Shi W.-X. Prefrontal and ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons functional coupling in rats
Gao, M., Liu C.-L., Yang S., Jin G.-Z., Bunney B.S., Shi W.-X. - 2007
GABAergic inactivation of basolateral amygdala alters behavioural processes other than primary reward of ventral tegmental self-stimulation
Authors: Simmons, D.A., Brooks B.M., Neill D.B. Basolateral amygdala inactivation on ventral tegmental area self-stimulation in rats
Simmons, D.A., Brooks B.M., Neill D.B. - 2007
General and outcome-specific forms of Pavlovian-instrumental transfer: the effect of shifts in motivational state and inactivation of the ventral tegmental area
Authors: Corbit, L.H., Janak P.H., Balleine B.W. Ventral tegmental area inactivation on Pavlovian-instrumental conditioning in rats
Corbit, L.H., Janak P.H., Balleine B.W. - 2007
Nicotine increases FosB expression within a subset of reward- and memory-related brain regions during both peri- and postadolescence
Authors: Soderstrom, K., Qin W., Williams H., Taylor D.A., McMillen B.A. Nicotine and brain FosB expression in peri- and post-adolescent rats
Soderstrom, K., Qin W., Williams H., Taylor D.A., McMillen B.A. - 2007
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the ventral tegmental area are involved in retrieval of inhibitory avoidance memory by nicotine
Authors: Ahmadi, S., Zarrindast M.R., Nouri M., Haeri-Rohani A., Rezayof A. Ventral tegmental area NMDA receptors on passive avoidance retrieval modulated by morphine/nicotine administration in rats
Ahmadi, S., Zarrindast M.R., Nouri M., Haeri-Rohani A., Rezayof A. - 2007
Dopaminergic regulation of inhibitory and excitatory transmission in the basolateral amygdala-prefrontal cortical pathway
Authors: Floresco, S.B., Tse M.T. Ventral tegmental area-basolateral amygdala-prefrontal cortex pathway and dopaminergic system in rats
Floresco, S.B., Tse M.T. - 2007
Effort-related functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine and associated forebrain circuits
Authors: Salamone, J.D., Correa M., Farrar A., Mingote S.M. Nucleus accumbens dopamine and related circuits on reward mechanisms - Review
Salamone, J.D., Correa M., Farrar A., Mingote S.M. - 2007
The debate over dopamine's role in reward: the case for incentive salience
Authors: Berridge, K.C. Dopamine role in reward - Review
Berridge, K.C. - 2007
Dissociable effects of disconnecting amygdala central nucleus from the ventral tegmental area or substantia nigra on learned orienting and incentive motivation
Authors: El-Amamy, H., Holland P.C. Effects of combination of amygdala, substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens and striatum unilateral lesions on operant and classical conditioning in rats
El-Amamy, H., Holland P.C. - 2007
Dopamine neuron systems in the brain: an update
Authors: Bjorklund, A., Dunnett S.B. Dopaminergic neurons in the brain - Review
Bjorklund, A., Dunnett S.B. - 2007
Synaptic plasticity and addiction
Authors: Kauer, J.A., Malenka R.C. Synaptic plasticity - Review
Kauer, J.A., Malenka R.C. - 2007
Lesions of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and in the ventral tegmental area enhance depressive-like behaviour in rats
Authors: Winter, C., von Rumohr A., Mundt A., Petrus D., Klein J., Lee T., Morgenstern R., Kupsch A., Juckel G. Unilateral ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra dopaminergic lesions on learned helpless in rats
Winter, C., von Rumohr A., Mundt A., Petrus D., Klein J., Lee T., Morgenstern R., Kupsch A., Juckel G. - 2007
The laterodorsal tegmentum contributes to behavioural sensitization to amphetamine
Authors: Nelson, C.L., Wetter J.B., Milovanovic M., Wolf M.E. Laterodorsal tegmentum-ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens pathway on locomotory sensitization to amphetamine in rats
Nelson, C.L., Wetter J.B., Milovanovic M., Wolf M.E. - 2007
Selective ablation of GABA neurons in the ventral tegmental area increases spontaneous locomotor activity
Authors: Shank, E.J., Seitz P.K., Bubar M.J., Stutz S.J., Cunningham K.A. GABAergic lesions of ventral tegmental area on locomotor activity in rats
Shank, E.J., Seitz P.K., Bubar M.J., Stutz S.J., Cunningham K.A. - 2007
Electrical stimulation of the peducolopontine tegmental nucleus in freely moving awake rats: time- and site-specific effects on two-way active avoidance conditioning
Authors: Andero, R., Torras-Garcia M., Quiroz-Padilla M.F., Costa-Miserachs D., Coll-Andreu M. Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus stimulation on two-way active avoidance in rats
Andero, R., Torras-Garcia M., Quiroz-Padilla M.F., Costa-Miserachs D., Coll-Andreu M. - 2007
Effects of parafascicular excitotoxic lesions on two-way active avoidance and odor-discrimination
Authors: Quiroz-Padilla, M.F., Guillazo-Blanch G., Vale-Martinez A., Torras-Garcia M., Martì-Nicolovius M. Parafascicular thalamic lesions on active avoidance and odor discrimination in rats
Quiroz-Padilla, M.F., Guillazo-Blanch G., Vale-Martinez A., Torras-Garcia M., Martì-Nicolovius M. - 2007
Electrical stimulation of the ventral tegmental area exerts opposite effects on male rat sexual behaviour expression depending on the stimulated sub region
Authors: Rodriguez-Manzo, G., Pellicer F. Ventral tegmental area stimulation on sexual behavior in male rats
Rodriguez-Manzo, G., Pellicer F. - 2007
The neurotensin receptor agonist NT69L suppresses sucrose-reinforced operant behaviour in the rat
Authors: Boules, M., Iversen I., Oliveiros A., Shaw A., Williams K., Robinson J., Fredrickson P., Richelson E. Neurotensin NT69L on plasma corticosterone, operant conditioning and extinction, dopamine relase in striatum, ventral tegmental area and prefrontal cortex of rats
Boules, M., Iversen I., Oliveiros A., Shaw A., Williams K., Robinson J., Fredrickson P., Richelson E. - 2007
Dopamine neurons encode the better option in rats deciding between differently delayed or sized rewards
Authors: Roesch, M.R., Calu D.J., Schoenbaum G. Substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neuron activity in operant conditioning of rats
Roesch, M.R., Calu D.J., Schoenbaum G. - 2007
Repeated electrical stimulation of reward-related brain regions affects cocaine but not "natural" reinforcement
Authors: Levy, D., Shabat-Simon M., Shalev U., Barnea-Ygael N., Cooper A., Zangen A. Lateral hypothalamus and prefrontal cortex stimulation on Morris water maze performance, operant conditioning and NMDA receptor expression in nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area of rats
Levy, D., Shabat-Simon M., Shalev U., Barnea-Ygael N., Cooper A., Zangen A. - 2007
Motivation, emotion, and their inhibitory control mirrored in brain oscillations
Authors: Knyazev, G.G. Electroencephalographic oscillations, emotion and cognition - Review
Knyazev, G.G. - 2007
The ability of the mesocortical dopamine system to operate in distinct temporal modes
Authors: Lapish, C.C., Kroener S., Durstewitz D., Lavin A., Seamans J.K. Mesocortical dopamine system - Review
Lapish, C.C., Kroener S., Durstewitz D., Lavin A., Seamans J.K. - 2007