BDNF Overexpression in the Ventral Tegmental Area Prolongs Social Defeat Stress-induced Cross-Sensitization to Amphetamine and Increases ΔFosB Expression in Mesocorticolimbic Regions of Rats

Different Roles of BDNF in Nucleus Accumbens Core versus Shell during the Incubation of Cue-Induced Cocaine Craving and Its Long-Term Maintenance

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 FosB differentially modulates nucleus accumbens direct and indirect pathway function

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Escalated or Suppressed Cocaine Reward, Tegmental BDNF, and Accumbal Dopamine Caused by Episodic versus Continuous Social Stress in Rats

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Viral depletion of VTA BDNF in rats modulates social behavior, consequences of intermittent social defeat stress, and long-term weight regulation

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ΔFosB in brain reward circuits mediates resilience to stress and antidepressant responses

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Short- and long-term effects of intermittent social defeat stress on brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in mesocorticolimbic brain regions

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Chronic Stress, Drug Use, and Vulnerability to Addiction

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Long-lasting alteration in mesocorticolimbic structures after repeated social defeat stress in rats: time course of µ-opioid receptor mRNA and FosB/ΔFosB immunoreactivity

(2008) Ella M. Nikulina et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

BDNF is essential to promote persistence of long-term memory storage

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