2018

Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 98, 208-221

A basal ganglia circuit sufficient to guide birdsong learning

Authors: Xiao, L., Chattree G., Oscos F.G., Cao M., Wanat M.J., Roberts T.F.

  Ventral tegmental area to basal ganglia projection on bird song learning in zebrafishes: optogenetic study
  Xiao, L., Chattree G., Oscos F.G., Cao M., Wanat M.J., Roberts T.F. - 2018

  ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   STRIATUM   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION
Contained in: Hippocampus, 2018: 28, 297-311

Inactivation of nucleus reuniens impairs spatial working memory and behavioral flexibility in the rat

Authors: Viena, T.D., Linley S.B., Vertes R.P.

  Nucleus reuniens inactivation on spatial working memory performance in rats
  Viena, T.D., Linley S.B., Vertes R.P. - 2018

  UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS   SPATIAL ORIENTATION AND SPATIAL MEMORY   HIPPOCAMPUS, FORNIX AND SUBICULUM   CEREBRAL CORTEX
Contained in: Neuroscience, 2018: 376, 108-116

Sex differences in the neuroadaptations of reward-related circuits in response to subchronic variable stress

Authors: Zhang, S., Zhang, H., Ku S.M., Juarez B., Morel C., Tzavaras N., Montgomery S., Hodes G.E., Brancato A., Russo S.J., Cao J.-L., Han M.-H.

  Stress effects on subcessive locus-coeruleus-ventral tegmental area, lateral habenula-ventral tegmental area and ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neuron firing and neophobia in male and female mice
  Zhang, S., Zhang, H., Ku S.M., Juarez B., Morel C., Tzavaras N., Montgomery S., Hodes G.E., Brancato A., Russo S.J., Cao J.-L., Han M.-H. - 2018

  GENDER   STRESS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   DOPAMINE   NEOPHOBIA
Contained in: Psychopharmacology, 2018: 235, 999-1014

Transient inactivation of the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus enhances cue-induced reinstatement in goal-trackers, but not sign-trackers

Authors: Kuhn, B.N., Klumper M.S., Covelo I.R., Campus P., Flagel S.B.

  Operant cocaine self-administration pre-reinstatement thalamic paraventricular nucleus inactivation effects in rats
  Kuhn, B.N., Klumper M.S., Covelo I.R., Campus P., Flagel S.B. - 2018

  UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   DOPAMINE   EXTINCTION   RECALL AND RECONSOLIDATION   NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS   OPERANT CONDITIONING   CLASSICAL PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING
Contained in: Trends Cogn. Sci., 2018: 22, 422-437

Normalization and the cholinergic microcircuit: a unified basis for attention

Authors: Schmitz, T.W., Duncan J.

  Cholinergic basal forebrain, "normalization" and association cortices on attention process - Review
  Schmitz, T.W., Duncan J. - 2018

  ACETYLCHOLINE   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   CEREBRAL CORTEX   MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS APPLIED TO BEHAVIOR   NUCLEUS BASALIS MAGNOCELLULARIS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION
Contained in: Neurobiol. Learn. Mem., 2018: 150, 25-35

Distinct recruitment of the hippocampal, thalamic, and amygdalar neurons projecting to the prelimbic cortex in male and female rats during conetxt-mediate renewal of responding to food cues

Authors: Anderson, L.C., Petrovich G.D.

  Thalamic paraventricular nucleus/hippocampus/basolateral amygdala/prefrontal cortex c-fos expression related to extinguished Pavlovian appetitive conditioning renewal in male and female rats
  Anderson, L.C., Petrovich G.D. - 2018

  HIPPOCAMPUS, FORNIX AND SUBICULUM   AMYGDALA   CEREBRAL CORTEX   RECALL AND RECONSOLIDATION   GENDER   PROTEINS AND GENES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   EXTINCTION   CLASSICAL PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING
Contained in: Curr. Op. Neurobiol., 2018: 49, 99-107

Advances in understanding neural mechanisms of social dominance

Authors: Zhou, T., Sandi C., Hu H.

  Neural/neuroendocrine mechanisms and social dominance in rodents - Review
  Zhou, T., Sandi C., Hu H. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   AGGRESSIVE AND DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   CEREBRAL CORTEX   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   GONADAL HORMONES
Contained in: Curr. Op. Neurobiol., 2018: 49, 148-157

Learning rules for aversive associative memory formation

Authors: Ozawa, T., Johansen J.P.

  Aversive/avoidance reaction learning and memory processing - Review
  Ozawa, T., Johansen J.P. - 2018

  FEAR AND RELATED BEHAVIORS   AMYGDALA   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   CEREBRAL CORTEX   AVOIDANCE
Contained in: Curr. Op. Neurobiol., 2018: 49, 184-191

Neurocircuitry of aggression and aggression seeking behavior: nose poking into brain cicruitry controlling aggression

Authors: Aleyasin, H., Flanigan M.E., Russo S.J.

  Brain circuits controlling aggressive behavior - Review
  Aleyasin, H., Flanigan M.E., Russo S.J. - 2018

  AGGRESSIVE AND DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   HYPOTHALAMUS   AMYGDALA   CEREBRAL CORTEX   SEPTUM   DORSAL AND MEDIAL RAPHE NUCLEI   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   FEAR AND RELATED BEHAVIORS
Contained in: Nat. Rev. Neurosci., 2018: 19, 302-316

Feeding circuit development and early-life influences on future feeding behaviour

Authors: Zeltser, L.M.

  Ontogeny of feeding circuits and related behaviors - Review
  Zeltser, L.M. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   FEEDING AND DRINKING   AGE   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   AMYGDALA   HYPOTHALAMUS   PARABRACHIAL NUCLEI   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   TASTE
Contained in: Brain Res., 2018: 1688, 22-32

Impact of 36 h pf total sleep deprivation on resting-state dynamic functional connectivity

Authors: Xu, H., Shen H., Wang L., Zhong Q., Lei Y., Yang L., Zeng L.-L., Zhou Z., Hu D., Yang Z.

  Sleep deprivation on brain functional connectivity in humans
  Xu, H., Shen H., Wang L., Zhong Q., Lei Y., Yang L., Zeng L.-L., Zhou Z., Hu D., Yang Z. - 2018

  SLEEP   BRAIN IMAGING   CEREBRAL CORTEX   CEREBELLUM   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION
Contained in: Brain Res., 2018: 1689, 89-97

The role of ventral striatum in reward-based attentional bias

Authors: Meffert, H., Penner E., VanTieghem M.R., Sypher I., Leshin J., Blair R.J.R.

  Ventral striatum role on reward modulated attention in humans
  Meffert, H., Penner E., VanTieghem M.R., Sypher I., Leshin J., Blair R.J.R. - 2018

  BRAIN IMAGING   LATERALITY AND ASYMMETRICAL INTERVENTIONS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   STRIATUM   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   OPERANT CONDITIONING   CEREBRAL CORTEX
Contained in: NeuroReport, 2018: 29, 615-620

Ketamine effects on mammalian target of rapamycin signaling in the mouse limbic system depend on functional dopamine D3 receptors

Authors: Chiamulera, C., di Chio M., Cavalleri L., Venniro M., Padovani L., Collo G.

  Dopamine D3 receptor modulation on ketamine effects on brain rapamycin signaling in mice
  Chiamulera, C., di Chio M., Cavalleri L., Venniro M., Padovani L., Collo G. - 2018

  N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE (NMDA)   DOPAMINE   PROTEIN KINASES   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   AMYGDALA   HIPPOCAMPUS, FORNIX AND SUBICULUM   CEREBRAL CORTEX   SUBSTANTIA NIGRA   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION
Contained in: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2018: 115, E4274-E4283

Desynchronization of slow oscillations in the basal ganglia during natural sleep

Authors: Mizrahi-Kliger, A.D., Kaplan A., Israel Z., Bergman H.

  Subcortical slow oscillation desynchronization during sleep in monkeys
  Mizrahi-Kliger, A.D., Kaplan A., Israel Z., Bergman H. - 2018

  STRIATUM   SLEEP   SUBSTANTIA NIGRA   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   CEREBRAL CORTEX   LATERALITY AND ASYMMETRICAL INTERVENTIONS
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 98, 366-379

Reciprocal circuits linking the prefrontal cortex with dorsal and ventral thalamic nuclei

Authors: Collins, D.P., Anastasiades P.G., Marlin J.J., Carter A.G.

  Prefrontal cortex-thalamus reciprocal circuit neuron excitability in mice: optogenetic study
  Collins, D.P., Anastasiades P.G., Marlin J.J., Carter A.G. - 2018

  CEREBRAL CORTEX   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   PROTEINS AND GENES
Contained in: Neuron, 2018: 98, 616-629

The medial prefrontal cortex shapes dopamine reward predicition errors under state uncertainty

Authors: Starkweather, C.K., Gershman S.J., Uchida N.

  Prefrontal cortex role in ilfactory rewarded classical conditioning and related ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neuron firing in mice: functional inactivation and computational modeling study
  Starkweather, C.K., Gershman S.J., Uchida N. - 2018

  CEREBRAL CORTEX   DOPAMINE   CLASSICAL PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING   SMELL   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NEURAL REVERSIBLE INACTIVATIONS   MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS APPLIED TO BEHAVIOR
Contained in: Neuroscience, 2018: 378, 175-188

Mechanisms of neurofeedback: a computation-theoretic approach

Authors: Davelaar, E.J.

  Electroencephalographic neurofeedback learning computational-theoretic approach - Review - Methods
  Davelaar, E.J. - 2018

  STRIATUM   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   CEREBRAL CORTEX   MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS APPLIED TO BEHAVIOR   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIOR
Contained in: Psychopharmacology, 2018: 235, 1711-1726

Ethanol actions on the ventral tegmental area: novel potential targets on reward pathway neurons

Authors: You, C., Vandegrift B., Brodie M.S.

  Ventral tegmental area, epigenetics and ethanol use disorder - Review
  You, C., Vandegrift B., Brodie M.S. - 2018

  UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   DOPAMINE   PROTEINS AND GENES   GENDER   GONADAL HORMONES   OPERANT CONDITIONING   REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES
Contained in: Psychopharmacology, 2018: 235, 1415-1426

Nicotine drug discrimination and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in differentially reared rats

Authors: Bockman, C.S., Zeng W., Hall J., Mittelstet B., Schwarzkopf L., Stairs D.J.

  Ventral tegmental area/accumbal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression and operant nicotine self-administration in isolation and enriched environment condition reared rats
  Bockman, C.S., Zeng W., Hall J., Mittelstet B., Schwarzkopf L., Stairs D.J. - 2018

  ACETYLCHOLINE   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   DOPAMINE   OPERANT CONDITIONING   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS
Contained in: Neuroscience, 2018: 379, 415-427

EGR-1 expression in cathecholamine-synthesizing neurons reflects auditory learning and correlates with responses in auditory processing areas

Authors: Dai, J.B., Chen Y., Sakata J.T.

  Brain cathecholaminergic neuron EGR-1 expression related to auditory learning in song bird zebrafinches
  Dai, J.B., Chen Y., Sakata J.T. - 2018

  PROTEINS AND GENES   EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   SUBSTANTIA NIGRA   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION
Contained in: Eur. J. Neurosci., 2018: 47, 1110-1126

Single unit activity of periaqueductal gray and deep mesencephalic nucleus neurons involved in sleep stage switching in the mosue

Authors: Sakai, K.

  Periaqueductal gray and deep mesencephalic nucleus neuron activity related to sleep in mice
  Sakai, K. - 2018

  SLEEP   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION
Contained in: Neuroscience, 2018: 381, 11-21

Sex- and age-dependent effects of orexin 1 receptor blockade on open-field behavior and neuronal activity

Authors: Blume, S.R., Nam H., Luz S., Bangasser D.A., Bhatnagar S.

  Orexin 1 receptor modulation on brain c-fos expression and locomotion/exploration in male and female rats of different age
  Blume, S.R., Nam H., Luz S., Bangasser D.A., Bhatnagar S. - 2018

  NEUROPEPTIDES   GENDER   AGE   EXPLORATORY ACTIVITY   PROTEINS AND GENES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   AMYGDALA   CEREBRAL CORTEX
Contained in: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2018: 115, 5792-5797

A neural pathway controlling motivation to exert effort

Authors: Proulx, C.D., Aronson S., Milivojevic D., Molina C., Loi A., Monk B., Shabel S.J., Malinow R.

  Lateral habenula-rostromedial tegmental nucleus pathway on response to stress, locomotion/exploration and operant responding in rats: optogenetics study
  Proulx, C.D., Aronson S., Milivojevic D., Molina C., Loi A., Monk B., Shabel S.J., Malinow R. - 2018

  UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   STRESS   EXPLORATORY ACTIVITY   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   OPERANT CONDITIONING   LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY
Contained in: Trends Cogn. Sci., 2018: 22, 491-503

How memory replay in sleep boosts creative problem-solving

Authors: Lewis, P.A., Knoblich G., Poe G.

  Sleep and creative problem solving - Review
  Lewis, P.A., Knoblich G., Poe G. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NEUROGENESIS AND PLASTICITY
Contained in: Behav. Brain Res., 2018: 347, 108-115

Lateral habenular norepinephrine contributes to states of arousal and anxiety in male rats

Authors: Purvis, E.M., Klein A.K., Ettenberg A.

  Lateral habenula noradrenergic modulation on locomotion/exploration and startle reflex response in rats
  Purvis, E.M., Klein A.K., Ettenberg A. - 2018

  EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE   EXPLORATORY ACTIVITY   LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY   STARTLE REFLEX   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION
Contained in: Nature, 2018: 556, 326-331

Functional circuit architecture underlying parental behaviour

Authors: Kohl, J., Babayan B.M., Rubinstein N.D., Autry A.E., Marin-Rodriguez B., Kapoor V., Miyamishi K., Zweifel L.S., Luo L., Uchida N., Dulac C.

  Hypothalamic medial preoptic area galanin-expressing neuron to diverse brain area projections and role in social interaction/parental behavior in male and female mice: optogenetic study
  Kohl, J., Babayan B.M., Rubinstein N.D., Autry A.E., Marin-Rodriguez B., Kapoor V., Miyamishi K., Zweifel L.S., Luo L., Uchida N., Dulac C. - 2018

  HYPOTHALAMUS   NEUROPEPTIDES   GONADAL HORMONES   GENDER   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   STEROTYPED BEHAVIORS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   AMYGDALA   LATERALITY AND ASYMMETRICAL INTERVENTIONS
Contained in: Nat. Neurosci., 2018: 21, 803-807

Chronic CRH depletion from GABAergic, long-range projection neurons in the extended amygdala reduces dopamine release and increases anxiety

Authors: Dedic, N., Kuhne C., Jakovcevski M., Hartmann J., Genewsky A.J., Gomes K.S., Anderzhanova E., Pohlmann M.L., Chang S., Kolarz A., Vogl A.M., Dine J., Metzger M.W., Schmid B., Almada R.C., Ressler K.J., Wotjak C.T., Grinevich V., Chen A., Schmidt M.V., Wurst W., Refojo D., Deussing J.M.

  Amygdala GABAergic neuron projection to ventral tegmental area CRH-expressing neuron role in prefrontal dopamine release, cìnociception, exploratory activity and fear conditioning performance in mice
  Dedic, N., Kuhne C., Jakovcevski M., Hartmann J., Genewsky A.J., Gomes K.S., Anderzhanova E., Pohlmann M.L., Chang S., Kolarz A., Vogl A.M., Dine J., Metzger M.W., Schmid B., Almada R.C., Ressler K.J., Wotjak C.T., Grinevich V., Chen A., Schmidt M.V., Wurst W., Refojo D., Deussing J.M. - 2018

  CORTICO-RELEASING-FACTOR (CRF)   γ-AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID (GABA)   AMYGDALA   DOPAMINE   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   FEAR AND RELATED BEHAVIORS   DARK/LIGHT CONTEXT   NOCICEPTION   GLUCOCORTICOIDS   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   CEREBRAL CORTEX
Contained in: Neurosci. Lett., 2018: 678, 16-21

An alarm pheromone reduces ventral tergmental area-nucleus accumbens shell responsivity

Authors: Gutierrez-Garcia, A.G., Contreras C.M., Saldivar-Lara M.

  Alarm pheromone 2-heptanone on olfactory amygdalo-ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens circuit activation in rats
  Gutierrez-Garcia, A.G., Contreras C.M., Saldivar-Lara M. - 2018

  UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   SMELL   AMYGDALA   ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Contained in: Behav. Brain Res., 2018: 348, 115-126

The dorsal diencephalic conduction system in reward processing: spotlight on the anatomy and functions of the habenular complex

Authors: Fakhoury, M.

  Habenular complex role in dorsal diencephalic conduction system in reward/aversive processes - Review
  Fakhoury, M. - 2018

  REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   DOPAMINE   SEROTONIN   ELECTRIC/MAGNETIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULATION   CLASSICAL PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING   OPERANT CONDITIONING
Contained in: Behav. Brain Res., 2018: 348, 9-21

Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) induced reward behavior is mediated via Gi/o/ dependent phosphorylation of PKA/ERK/CREB pathway

Authors: Somalwar, A.R., Choudhary A.G., Sharma P.R., Nagalakshmi B., Sagarkar S., Sakharkar A.J., Subhedar N.K., Kikare D.M.

  Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide role in operant self hypothalamic elctrical stimulation in rats: accumbal/ventral tegmental area/hypothalamic CREB expression/PKA-ERK signaling role
  Somalwar, A.R., Choudhary A.G., Sharma P.R., Nagalakshmi B., Sagarkar S., Sakharkar A.J., Subhedar N.K., Kikare D.M. - 2018

  DOPAMINE   NEUROPEPTIDES   PROTEIN KINASES   PROTEINS AND GENES   NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS   UNSPECIFIC ASCENDING ACTIVATING SYSTEM PROJECTION   OPERANT CONDITIONING   HYPOTHALAMUS