Natural Reward Experience Alters AMPA and NMDA Receptor Distribution and Function in the Nucleus Accumbens

Hippocampus, amygdala, and stress: interacting systems that affect susceptibility to addiction

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Concurrent Exposure to Methamphetamine and Sexual Behavior Enhances Subsequent Drug Reward and Causes Compulsive Sexual Behavior in Male Rats

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Calcium-Permeable AMPA Receptors Are Present in Nucleus Accumbens Synapses after Prolonged Withdrawal from Cocaine Self-Administration But Not Experimenter-Administered Cocaine

(2011) J. E. McCutcheon et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A Silent Synapse-Based Mechanism for Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Sensitization

(2011) T. E. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Excitatory transmission from the amygdala to nucleus accumbens facilitates reward seeking

(2011) Garret D. Stuber et al.   NATURE

Dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex in addiction: neuroimaging findings and clinical implications

(2011) Rita Z. Goldstein et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Lesions of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Cause Maladaptive Sexual Behavior in Male Rats

(2010) Jon F. Davis et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

ΔFosB in the nucleus accumbens is critical for reinforcing effects of sexual reward

(2010) K. K. Pitchers et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Exposure to Cocaine Dynamically Regulates the Intrinsic Membrane Excitability of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons

(2010) P. Mu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2010) Vincent Vialou et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

AMPA receptor plasticity in the nucleus accumbens after repeated exposure to cocaine

(2010) Marina E. Wolf et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Addiction, compulsive drug seeking, and the role of frontostriatal mechanisms in regulating inhibitory control

(2010) Jodie Feil et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

The Bermuda Triangle of cocaine-induced neuroadaptations

(2010) Marina E. Wolf   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Central dopaminergic circuitry controlling food intake and reward: implications for the regulation of obesity

(2010) Zivjena Vucetic et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Systems Biology and Medicine

Neuroplasticity in the Mesolimbic System Induced by Natural Reward and Subsequent Reward Abstinence

(2009) Kyle K. Pitchers et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Mixing pleasures: Review of the effects of drugs on sex behavior in humans and animal models

(2009) Karla S. Frohmader et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Signaling pathway adaptations and novel protein kinase A substrates related to behavioral sensitization to cocaine

(2009) Amy C. Boudreau et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Behavioral sensitization to amphetamine is not accompanied by changes in glutamate receptor surface expression in the rat nucleus accumbens

(2009) Christopher L. Nelson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Prolonged Withdrawal from Repeated Noncontingent Cocaine Exposure Increases NMDA Receptor Expression and ERK Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens

(2009) J. Schumann et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Similar Neurons, Opposite Adaptations: Psychostimulant Experience Differentially Alters Firing Properties in Accumbens Core versus Shell

(2009) S. Kourrich et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Homeostatic Synapse-Driven Membrane Plasticity in Nucleus Accumbens Neurons

(2009) M. Ishikawa et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sugar and Fat Bingeing Have Notable Differences in Addictive-like Behavior

(2009) Nicole M. Avena et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

N-Acetylcysteine reverses cocaine-induced metaplasticity

(2009) Khaled Moussawi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Cocaine-evoked synaptic plasticity: persistence in the VTA triggers adaptations in the NAc

(2009) Manuel Mameli et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The glutamate homeostasis hypothesis of addiction

(2009) Peter W. Kalivas   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

In Vivo Cocaine Experience Generates Silent Synapses

(2009) Yanhua H. Huang et al.   NEURON

The Role of Glutamate Receptor Redistribution in Locomotor Sensitization to Cocaine

(2009) Carrie R Ferrario et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Behavioral sensitization to cocaine is associated with increased glutamate receptor trafficking to the postsynaptic density after extended withdrawal period

(2009) M.B. Ghasemzadeh et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Molecular Mechanisms of Psychostimulant-induced Structural Plasticity

(2009) D. M. Dietz et al.   PHARMACOPSYCHIATRY

Binge Eating: Neurochemical Insights from Animal Models

(2009) Nicole M. Avena   Eating Disorders

Neuroplasticity in the mesolimbic dopamine system and cocaine addiction

(2008) M J Thomas et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Sexual reward in male rats: Effects of sexual experience on conditioned place preferences associated with ejaculation and intromissions

(2008) Christine M. Tenk et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Dopamine receptors regulate NMDA receptor surface expression in prefrontal cortex neurons

(2008) Can Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Renewed Cocaine Exposure Produces Transient Alterations in Nucleus Accumbens AMPA Receptor-Mediated Behavior

(2008) R. K. Bachtell et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Phosphorylation-Dependent Trafficking of GluR2-Containing AMPA Receptors in the Nucleus Accumbens Plays a Critical Role in the Reinstatement of Cocaine Seeking

(2008) K. R. Famous et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Influence of  FosB in the Nucleus Accumbens on Natural Reward-Related Behavior

(2008) D. L Wallace et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Formation of accumbens GluR2-lacking AMPA receptors mediates incubation of cocaine craving

(2008) Kelly L. Conrad et al.   NATURE

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

(2008) Billy T. Chen et al.   NEURON

Contributions of the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex to incentive cue responding

(2008) A. Ishikawa et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

After daily bingeing on a sucrose solution, food deprivation induces anxiety and accumbens dopamine/acetylcholine imbalance

(2008) Nicole M. Avena et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR