Functional Mapping of the Neural Circuitry of Rat Maternal Motivation: Effects of Site-Specific Transient Neural Inactivation

Maternity: Neural mechanisms, motivational processes, and physiological adaptations.

(2010) Michael Numan et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Inactivation or inhibition of neuronal activity in the medial prefrontal cortex largely reduces pup retrieval and grouping in maternal rats

(2010) Marcelo Febo et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Glutamatergic Signaling by Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens

(2010) F. Tecuapetla et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Flexible Approach Hypothesis: Unification of Effort and Cue-Responding Hypotheses for the Role of Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine in the Activation of Reward-Seeking Behavior

(2010) S. M. Nicola   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The medial preoptic area is necessary for motivated choice of pup- over cocaine-associated environments by early postpartum rats

(2010) M. Pereira et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Transient inactivation of the ventral tegmental area selectively disrupts the expression of conditioned place preference for pup- but not cocaine-paired contexts.

(2009) Katharine M. Seip et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Temporary inactivation of ventral tegmental area neurons with either muscimol or baclofen reversibly disrupts maternal behavior in rats through different underlying mechanisms.

(2009) Michael Numan et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

The changing role of the medial preoptic area in the regulation of maternal behavior across the postpartum period: Facilitation followed by inhibition

(2009) Mariana Pereira et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Rat Prefrontal Cortical Neurons Selectively Code Strategy Switches

(2009) E. L. Rich et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cortico-Basal Ganglia Reward Network: Microcircuitry

(2009) Susan R Sesack et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Dopaminergic projections to the medial preoptic area of postpartum rats

(2009) S.M. Miller et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine neuron glutamate cotransmission: frequency-dependent modulation in the mesoventromedial projection

(2009) N. Chuhma et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Addiction as a pathology in prefrontal cortical regulation of corticostriatal habit circuitry

(2009) Peter W. Kalivas   NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH

Neural Substrates for Sexual Preference and Motivation in the Female and Male Rat

(2008) Yasuo Sakuma   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The roles of accumbal dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in maternal memory in rats.

(2008) Mayte Parada et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Inactivation of the medial prefrontal cortex of the rat impairs strategy set-shifting, but not reversal learning, using a novel, automated procedure

(2008) Stan B. Floresco et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Cortico-limbic-striatal circuits subserving different forms of cost-benefit decision making

(2008) S. B. Floresco et al.   COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Medial preoptic area interactions with dopamine neural systems in the control of the onset and maintenance of maternal behavior in rats

(2008) Michael Numan et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Characterization of maternal motivation in the lactating rat: Contrasts between early and late postpartum responses

(2008) Michael P. Wansaw et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Infusions of naloxone into the medial preoptic area, ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus, and amygdala block conditioned place preference induced by paced mating behavior

(2008) S GARCIAHORSMAN et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Inactivation of the medial preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus by lidocaine reduces male sexual behavior and sexual incentive motivation in male rats

(2008) H.A. Hurtazo et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Overlapping litters in rats: Effects on maternal behavior and offspring emotionality

(2008) Natalia Uriarte et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Incentive salience of cocaine across the postpartum period of the female rat

(2008) Katharine M. Seip et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY