2019

Contained in: Nat. Neurosci., 2019: 22, 1110-1121

Single-cell activity tracking reveals that orbitofrontal neurons acquire and maintain a long-term memory to guide behavioral adaptation

Authors: Namboodiri, V.M.K., Otis J.M., van Heeswijk K., Voets E.S., Alghorazi R.A., Rodriguez-Romaguera J., Mihalas S., Stuber G.D.

  Orbitofrontal cortex projecting to ventral tegmnetal area neuron excitability/activity related to appetitively rewraded operant responding in mice: optogenetic study
  Namboodiri, V.M.K., Otis J.M., van Heeswijk K., Voets E.S., Alghorazi R.A., Rodriguez-Romaguera J., Mihalas S., Stuber G.D. - 2019

  UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   PROTEIN KINASES   CEREBRAL CORTEX   EXTINCTION   OPERANT CONDITIONING
Contained in: Neuropharmacology, 2019: 152, 102-111

Differential effect of amphetamine over the corticotropin-releasing factor CRF2 receptor, the orexin OX1 receptor and the CRF2-OX1 heteroreceptor complex

Authors: Navarro, G., Medrano M., Aguinaga D., Vega-Quiroga I., Lillo A., Jimenez J., Casanovas M., Canela E.I., Mallol J., Gysling K., Franco R.

  Amphetamine exposure on ventral tegmental area orexin-1/CRF2 receptor signaling and glutamate/dopamine levels in rats
  Navarro, G., Medrano M., Aguinaga D., Vega-Quiroga I., Lillo A., Jimenez J., Casanovas M., Canela E.I., Mallol J., Gysling K., Franco R. - 2019

  DOPAMINE   CORTICO-RELEASING-FACTOR (CRF)   NEUROPEPTIDES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   GLUTAMATE   PROTEIN KINASES

2018

Contained in: Behav. Brain Res., 2018: 337, 240-245

Altered serotonergic and GABAergic neurotransmission in a mice model of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Authors: Winter, C., Greene D.M., Mavrogiorgou P., Schaper H., Sohr R., Bult-Ito A., Juckel G.

  Brain dopamine, serotonin, glutamate and GABA levels in compulsive-like and non compulsive-like mice
  Winter, C., Greene D.M., Mavrogiorgou P., Schaper H., Sohr R., Bult-Ito A., Juckel G. - 2018

  γ-AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID (GABA)   SEROTONIN   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   AMYGDALA   HIPPOCAMPUS, FORNIX AND SUBICULUM   STRIATUM   CEREBRAL CORTEX   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   STRAIN
Contained in: Biol. Psychol., 2018: 131, 31-42

The role of reward circuitry and food addiction in the obesity epidemic: an update

Authors: Leigh, S.-J., Morris M.J.

  Food addiction and reward system - Review
  Leigh, S.-J., Morris M.J. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   FEEDING AND DRINKING   DOPAMINE   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS
Contained in: Eur. J. Neurosci., 2018: 47, 83-94

Heterogeneous neuronal activity in the lateral habenula after short- and long-term cocaine self-administration in rats

Authors: Gao, P., Groenewegen H.J., Vanderschuren L.J.M.J., Voorn P.

  Operant cocaine self-administration on lateral habenula glutamatergic neurons c-fos expression and rostral mesencephalic tegmental nucleus neurons GAD-65 expression in rats
  Gao, P., Groenewegen H.J., Vanderschuren L.J.M.J., Voorn P. - 2018

  ACETYLCHOLINE   OPERANT CONDITIONING   DOPAMINE   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   γ-AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID (GABA)   GLUTAMATE   PROTEINS AND GENES
Contained in: Nat. Rev. Neurosci., 2018: 19, 107-118

Dual function of thalamic low-vigilance state oscillations: rhythm-regulation and plasticity

Authors: Crunelli, V., Lorincz M.L., Connelly W.M., david F., Highes S.W., Lambert R.C., Leresche N., Errington A.C.

  Neocortical-thalamic rhythmic oscillations and plasticity - Review
  Crunelli, V., Lorincz M.L., Connelly W.M., david F., Highes S.W., Lambert R.C., Leresche N., Errington A.C. - 2018

  ACETYLCHOLINE   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   CEREBRAL CORTEX   NEUROGENESIS AND PLASTICITY   SLEEP
Contained in: Neurosci. Lett., 2018: 665, 140-146

Deletion of GIRK2 subunit containing GIRK channels of neurons expressing dopamine transporter decrease immobility time on forced swimming in mice

Authors: Honda, I., Araki K., Honda S., Soeda F., Shin M.-C., Misumi S., Yamamura K., Takahama K.

  GIRK potassium channels role in ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neuron excitability locomotor activity and response to stress in mice: antitussive tiperidine effects
  Honda, I., Araki K., Honda S., Soeda F., Shin M.-C., Misumi S., Yamamura K., Takahama K. - 2018

  ACETYLCHOLINE   STRESS   DOPAMINE   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY
Contained in: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2018: 115, 198-203

Differential regulation of striatal motor behavior and related cellular responses by dopamine D2L and D2S isoforms

Authors: Radl, D., Chiacchiaretta M., Lewis R.G., Brami-Cherrier K., Arcuri L., Borrelli E.

  Striatal D2 receptor role in basal locomotion, rearing, grooming and response to cocaine in mice
  Radl, D., Chiacchiaretta M., Lewis R.G., Brami-Cherrier K., Arcuri L., Borrelli E. - 2018

  DOPAMINE   LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY   STRIATUM   PROTEINS AND GENES   SUBSTANTIA NIGRA   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   STEROTYPED BEHAVIORS
Contained in: Neuroscience, 2018: 370, 27-36

Glycogenolysis, an astrocyte-specific reaction, is essential for both astrocytic and neuronal activities involved in learning

Authors: Hertz, L., Chen Y.

  Glycogenolysis, astricytes and neurons in learning and memory processes - Review
  Hertz, L., Chen Y. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   PROTEINS AND GENES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   γ-AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID (GABA)   EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE   GLUTAMATE
Contained in: Physiol. Behav., 2018: 184, 211-219

A cannabinoid receptor antagonist attentuates ghrelin-induced activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system in mice

Authors: Kalafateli, A.L., Vallof D., Jornulf J.W., Heilig M., Jerlhag E.

  Cannabinoid modulation on ghrelin-induced ventral tegmental are and nucleus accumbens dopaminergic activity, locomotor activity and food intake in mice
  Kalafateli, A.L., Vallof D., Jornulf J.W., Heilig M., Jerlhag E. - 2018

  CANNABINOIDS   NEUROPEPTIDES   DOPAMINE   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY   FEEDING AND DRINKING
Contained in: Psychopharmacology, 2018: 235, 447-458

Phytocannabinoids modulate emotional memory processing through interactions with the ventral hippocampus and mesolimbic dopamine system: implications for neuropsychiatric pathology

Authors: Hudson, R., Rushlow W., Laviolette S.R.

  Cannabinoid modulation on ventral hippocampus and ventral tegmental area dopaminergic system in emotional memory processing - Review
  Hudson, R., Rushlow W., Laviolette S.R. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   CANNABINOIDS   HIPPOCAMPUS, FORNIX AND SUBICULUM   DOPAMINE   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   SEROTONIN
Contained in: Curr. Op. Neurobiol., 2018: 48, 17-29

Dopaminergic dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders: recent advances and synergistic technologies to aid basic research

Authors: Robinson, J.E., Gradinaru V.

  Neurodevelopmental disorder, dopaminergic system and rodent animal models - Review
  Robinson, J.E., Gradinaru V. - 2018

  DOPAMINE   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   PROTEINS AND GENES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   SUBSTANTIA NIGRA   CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LESIONS
Contained in: Curr. Op. Neurobiol., 2018: 48, 146-152

Local and long-range circuit elements for cerebellar function

Authors: Xiao, L., Scheiffele P.

  Cerebellum and autism-related mouse models - Review
  Xiao, L., Scheiffele P. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   CEREBELLUM   STRIATUM   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   CEREBRAL CORTEX
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 97, 181-194

A role for the superior colliculus in decision criteria

Authors: Crapse, T.B., Lau H., Basso M.A.

  Superior colliculus neuron firing related to decision making in monkeys
  Crapse, T.B., Lau H., Basso M.A. - 2018

  MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS APPLIED TO BEHAVIOR   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   OPERANT CONDITIONING   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 97, 5-7

How the midbrain helps us decide

Authors: McGinty, V.B.

  Superior colliculus role in decision making in primates - Commentary
  McGinty, V.B. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   OPERANT CONDITIONING
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 97, 406-417

A non-canonical reticular-limbic central auditory pathway via medial septum contributes to fear conditioning

Authors: Zhang, G.-W., Sun W.-J., Zingg B., Shen L., He J., Xiong Y., Tao H.W., Zhang L.I.

  Pontine reticular nucleus-medial septum-entorhinal cortex circuit involved in acoustic fear conditioning of mice: optogenetic study
  Zhang, G.-W., Sun W.-J., Zingg B., Shen L., He J., Xiong Y., Tao H.W., Zhang L.I. - 2018

  UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   ENTORHINAL CORTEX   SEPTUM   FEAR AND RELATED BEHAVIORS   NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 97, 434-449

Nucleus accumbens subnucleui regulate motivated behavior via direct inhibition and disinhibition of VTA dopamine subpopulations

Authors: Yang, H., de Jong J.W., Tak Y., Peck J., Bateup H.S., Lammel S.

  Accumbal-ventral tegmental area dopaminergic subcircuits involved in Pavlovian/operant rewarded responding of mice: optogenetic study
  Yang, H., de Jong J.W., Tak Y., Peck J., Bateup H.S., Lammel S. - 2018

  NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   DOPAMINE   γ-AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID (GABA)   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   CLASSICAL PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING   OPERANT CONDITIONING
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 97, 261-262

Spiraling connectivity of NAc-VTA circuitry

Authors: Pignatelli, M., Bonci A.

  Accumbal-ventral tegmental area circuits and motivated behaviors in mammlas - Commentary
  Pignatelli, M., Bonci A. - 2018

  NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   γ-AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID (GABA)   DOPAMINE
Contained in: Behav. Brain Res., 2018: 339, 239-248

REM sleep deprivation and dopaminergic D2 receptors modulation increase recognition memory in an animal model of Parkinson's disease

Authors: Targa, A.D.S., Noseda A.C.D., Rodrigues L.S., Aurich M.F., Lima M.M.S.

  REM sleep deprivation, pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus and substantia nigra lesions or intra-striatal D2 agonists or antagonists on locomotor activity and object recognition performance in rats
  Targa, A.D.S., Noseda A.C.D., Rodrigues L.S., Aurich M.F., Lima M.M.S. - 2018

  SLEEP   DOPAMINE   SUBSTANTIA NIGRA   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   STRIATUM   CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LESIONS   LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY
Contained in: Behav. Brain Res., 2018: 339, 269-277

Influence of the anteromedial thalamus on social defeat-associated contextual fear memory

Authors: Rangel Jr., M.J., Baldo M.V.C., Canteras N.S.

  Anteromedial thalamic nucleus and nucleus reuniens lesions on locomotion, exploration, grooming, rearing behavior, aggressiveness, conditioned and unconditioned fear response in rats
  Rangel Jr., M.J., Baldo M.V.C., Canteras N.S. - 2018

  FEAR AND RELATED BEHAVIORS   CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LESIONS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   STEROTYPED BEHAVIORS   EXPLORATORY ACTIVITY   LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 97, 769-785

Neuromodulation of attention

Authors: Thiele, A., Bellgrove M.A.
Contained in: Trends Neurosci., 2018: 41, 137-149

Mechanisms of memory disruption in depression

Authors: Dillon, D.G., Pizzagalli D.A.
Contained in: Neuropharmacology, 2018: 128, 76-85

Lateral septum stimulation disinhibits dopaminergic bneurons in the antero-ventral region of the ventral tegmental area: role of GABA-A alpha 1 receptors

Authors: Vega-Quiroga, I., Yarur H.E., Gysling K.

  Lateral septum stimulation on ventral tegmental area neuron c-fos expression and dopamine and GABA release in rats
  Vega-Quiroga, I., Yarur H.E., Gysling K. - 2018

  UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   SEPTUM   DOPAMINE   γ-AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID (GABA)   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   LATERALITY AND ASYMMETRICAL INTERVENTIONS   PROTEINS AND GENES
Contained in: Neurosci. Lett., 2018: 668, 7-12

Effects of BDNF receptor antagonist on the severity of physical and psychological dependence, morphine-induced locomotor sensitization and the ventral tegmental atrea-nucleus accumbens BDNF levels in morphine-dependent and withdrawal rats

Authors: Khalil-Khalili, M., Rashidy-Pour A., Bandegi A.R., Yousefi B., Jorjani H., Miladi-Gorji H.

  Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulation on morphine-induced accumbal. ventral tegmental area brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels locomotor sensitization and exploratory activity changes in rats
  Khalil-Khalili, M., Rashidy-Pour A., Bandegi A.R., Yousefi B., Jorjani H., Miladi-Gorji H. - 2018

  NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   OPIOIDS   LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY   EXPLORATORY ACTIVITY
Contained in: Neurosci. Res., 2018: 129, 2-7

Prefrontal-hippocampal interactions for spatial navigation

Authors: Ito, H.T.

  Hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and spatial navigation - Review
  Ito, H.T. - 2018

  SPATIAL ORIENTATION AND SPATIAL MEMORY   CEREBRAL CORTEX   HIPPOCAMPUS, FORNIX AND SUBICULUM   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES
Contained in: Neuroscience, 2018: 372, 306-315

Onhibiting mesolimbic dopamine neurons reduces the initiation and mainetnance of instrumental responding

Authors: Fischbach-Weiss, S., Reese R.M., Janak P.H.

  Dopaminergic mesolimbic neuron inactivation on operant responding in mice: optogenetic study
  Fischbach-Weiss, S., Reese R.M., Janak P.H. - 2018

  DOPAMINE   OPERANT CONDITIONING   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION
Contained in: Behav. Brain Res., 2018: 342, 79-88

Reversible inactivation of interpeduncular nucleus impairs memory consolidation and retrieval but not learning in rats: a behavioral and molecular study

Authors: Khatami, L., Khodagholi F., Motamedi F.

  Interpeduncular nucelus inactivation on hippocampal CREB, c-fos p70 kinase expression, passive avoidance and Morris water maze acquisition, consolidation and retrieval in rats
  Khatami, L., Khodagholi F., Motamedi F. - 2018

  NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS   CONSOLIDATION   RECALL AND RECONSOLIDATION   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   AVOIDANCE   SPATIAL ORIENTATION AND SPATIAL MEMORY   PROTEINS AND GENES   HIPPOCAMPUS, FORNIX AND SUBICULUM   PROTEIN KINASES   DARK/LIGHT CONTEXT
Contained in: Cell, 2018: 173, 166-180

Brain-wide electrical spatiotemporal dynamics encode depression vulnerability

Authors: Hultman, R., Ulrich K., Sachs B.D., Blount C., Carlson D.E., Ndubuizu N., Bagot R.C., Parise E.M., Vu M.-A.T., Gallagher N.M., Wang J., Silva A.J., Deisseroth K., Mague S.D., Caron M.G., Nestler E.J., Carin L., Dzirasa K.

  Early maternal deprivation on forced social interaction and related fear circuit network activation in adult mice
  Hultman, R., Ulrich K., Sachs B.D., Blount C., Carlson D.E., Ndubuizu N., Bagot R.C., Parise E.M., Vu M.-A.T., Gallagher N.M., Wang J., Silva A.J., Deisseroth K., Mague S.D., Caron M.G., Nestler E.J., Carin L., Dzirasa K. - 2018

  N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE (NMDA)   CEREBRAL CORTEX   STRESS   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   AMYGDALA   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   HIPPOCAMPUS, FORNIX AND SUBICULUM   AGGRESSIVE AND DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR
Contained in: Nat. Neurosci., 2018: 21, 589-597

A common neural circuit mechanism for internally guided and externally reinforced forms of motor learning

Authors: Hisey, E., Kearney M.G., Mooney R.

  Ventral tegmental area-basal ganglia.cortical circuit on song behavior learning in juvenile and adult male zebrafishes: optogenetic study
  Hisey, E., Kearney M.G., Mooney R. - 2018

  MOTOR LEARNING   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   STRIATUM   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   DOPAMINE   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 98, 192-207

A hypothalamic midbrain pathway essential for driving maternla behaviors

Authors: Fang, Y.-Y., Yamaguchi T., Song S.C., Tritsch N.X., Lin D.

  Medial preoptic area an to ventral tegmental area projection role in maternal care behavior in mice: optogenetic study
  Fang, Y.-Y., Yamaguchi T., Song S.C., Tritsch N.X., Lin D. - 2018

  HYPOTHALAMUS   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   DOPAMINE   GONADAL HORMONES