Hub and switches: endocannabinoid signalling in midbrain dopamine neurons

Multiple Functions of Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Brain

(2012) István Katona et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Endocannabinoids at the synapse a decade after thedies mirabilis(29 March 2001): what we still do not know

(2012) Bradley E. Alger   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Activation of VTA GABA Neurons Disrupts Reward Consumption

(2012) Ruud van Zessen et al.   NEURON

Endocannabinoids Shape Accumbal Encoding of Cue-Motivated Behavior via CB1 Receptor Activation in the Ventral Tegmentum

(2012) Erik B. Oleson et al.   NEURON

Novel Use of a Lipid-Lowering Fibrate Medication to Prevent Nicotine Reward and Relapse: Preclinical Findings

(2012) Leigh V Panlilio et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

New insights on endocannabinoid transmission in psychomotor disorders

(2012) Andrea Giuffrida et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Endocannabinoids and the Processing of Value-Related Signals

(2012) Miriam Melis et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Cannabinoid receptor stimulation increases motivation for nicotine and nicotine seeking

(2011) Islam Gamaleddin et al.   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Enzymatic formation of N-acylethanolamines from N-acylethanolamine plasmalogen through N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine-hydrolyzing phospholipase D-dependent and -independent pathways

(2011) Kazuhito Tsuboi et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS

The selective anandamide transport inhibitor VDM11 attenuates reinstatement of nicotine seeking behaviour, but does not affect nicotine intake

(2011) Islam Gamaleddin et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

The anandamide transport inhibitor AM404 reduces the rewarding effects of nicotine and nicotine-induced dopamine elevations in the nucleus accumbens shell in rats

(2011) Maria Scherma et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol inhibits long-term potentiation of glutamatergic synapses onto ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons in mice

(2011) Christian Kortleven et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Use of Fibrates in the United States and Canada

(2011) Cynthia A. Jackevicius   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Mesocorticolimbic Glutamatergic Pathway

(2011) T. Yamaguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons Target Non-Dopaminergic Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2011) Y. Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Opioid-Sensitive GABA Inputs from Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus Synapse onto Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2011) A. Matsui et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Recombinase-Driver Rat Lines: Tools, Techniques, and Optogenetic Application to Dopamine-Mediated Reinforcement

(2011) Ilana B. Witten et al.   NEURON

Inhibitory Inputs from Rostromedial Tegmental Neurons Regulate Spontaneous Activity of Midbrain Dopamine Cells and Their Responses to Drugs of Abuse

(2011) Salvatore Lecca et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Dynamic regulation of midbrain dopamine neuron activity: intrinsic, synaptic, and plasticity mechanisms

(2011) H. Morikawa et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Cannabinoid receptor involvement in stress-induced cocaine reinstatement: potential interaction with noradrenergic pathways

(2011) L.K. Vaughn et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Endocannabinoid influence in drug reinforcement, dependence and addiction-related behaviors

(2011) Antonia Serrano et al.   PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Neuronal circuits underlying acute morphine action on dopamine neurons

(2011) M. Jalabert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibition on neuronal responses to nicotine, cocaine and morphine in the nucleus accumbens shell and ventral tegmental area: involvement of PPAR-α nuclear receptors

(2010) Antonio Luchicchi et al.   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors-Alpha Modulate Dopamine Cell Activity Through Nicotinic Receptors

(2010) Miriam Melis et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Blockade of Nicotine Reward and Reinstatement by Activation of Alpha-Type Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

(2010) Paola Mascia et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Cannabinoid-Dopamine Interaction in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of CNS Disorders

(2010) Javier Fernández-Ruiz et al.   CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics

From Surface to Nuclear Receptors: The Endocannabinoid Family Extends its Assets

(2010) M. Pistis et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Reduced neural response to reward following 7 days treatment with the cannabinoid CB1 antagonist rimonabant in healthy volunteers

(2010) Jamie Horder et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

A Dynamic Role for GABA Receptors on the Firing Pattern of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons

(2010) Collin J. Lobb et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of plasticity of glutamate synapses by endocannabinoids and the cyclic-AMP/protein kinase A pathway in midbrain dopamine neurons

(2010) Samir Haj-Dahmane et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Effects of Drugs of Abuse on Putative Rostromedial Tegmental Neurons, Inhibitory Afferents to Midbrain Dopamine Cells

(2010) Salvatore Lecca et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Brain reward circuitry beyond the mesolimbic dopamine system: A neurobiological theory

(2010) Satoshi Ikemoto   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

A randomized controlled trial of adding the nicotine patch to rimonabant for smoking cessation: efficacy, safety and weight gain

(2009) Nancy A. Rigotti et al.   ADDICTION

Antipsychotic drug-induced increases in ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron population activity via activation of the nucleus accumbens–ventral pallidum pathway

(2009) Ornella Valenti et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Afferents to the GABAergic tail of the ventral tegmental area in the rat

(2009) Jennifer Kaufling et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The mesopontine rostromedial tegmental nucleus: A structure targeted by the lateral habenula that projects to the ventral tegmental area of Tsai and substantia nigra compacta

(2009) Thomas C. Jhou et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Two types of dopamine neuron distinctly convey positive and negative motivational signals

(2009) Masayuki Matsumoto et al.   NATURE

Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Signal Preference for Advance Information about Upcoming Rewards

(2009) Ethan S. Bromberg-Martin et al.   NEURON

The Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus (RMTg), a GABAergic Afferent to Midbrain Dopamine Neurons, Encodes Aversive Stimuli and Inhibits Motor Responses

(2009) Thomas C. Jhou et al.   NEURON

Cortico-Basal Ganglia Reward Network: Microcircuitry

(2009) Susan R Sesack et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Endocannabinoid-Mediated Control of Synaptic Transmission

(2009) Masanobu Kano et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase reduces reinstatement of nicotine seeking but not break point for nicotine self-administration—comparison with CB1 receptor blockade

(2009) Benoit Forget et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Ultrastructural analysis of local collaterals of rat ventral tegmental area neurons: GABA phenotype and synapses onto dopamine and GABA cells

(2009) Natalia Omelchenko et al.   SYNAPSE

Roles for nigrostriatal—not just mesocorticolimbic—dopamine in reward and addiction

(2009) Roy A. Wise   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Inhibition Heightens Anandamide Signaling Without Producing Reinforcing Effects in Primates

(2008) Zuzana Justinova et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Endogenous Fatty Acid Ethanolamides Suppress Nicotine-Induced Activation of Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons through Nuclear Receptors

(2008) M. Melis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Endocannabinoid Signaling Mediates Cocaine-Induced Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2008) B. Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Inhibition of Anandamide Hydrolysis by Cyclohexyl Carbamic Acid 3'-Carbamoyl-3-yl Ester (URB597) Reverses Abuse-Related Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects of Nicotine in Rats

(2008) M. Scherma et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS

Cocaine but Not Natural Reward Self-Administration nor Passive Cocaine Infusion Produces Persistent LTP in the VTA

(2008) Billy T. Chen et al.   NEURON

Blockade of THC-Seeking Behavior and Relapse in Monkeys by the Cannabinoid CB1-Receptor Antagonist Rimonabant

(2008) Zuzana Justinova et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Identification of the sites of 2-arachidonoylglycerol synthesis and action imply retrograde endocannabinoid signaling at both GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses in the ventral tegmental area

(2007) Ferenc Mátyás et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide has effects on motivation and anxiety that are revealed by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibition

(2007) Maria Scherma et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Accumulation of the anandamide precursor and other N-acylethanolamine phospholipids in infant rat models of in vivo necrotic and apoptotic neuronal death

(2003) Henrik H. Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY