What and when to “want”? Amygdala-based focusing of incentive salience upon sugar and sex

The role of dopamine in the dorsomedial striatum in general and outcome-selective Pavlovian-instrumental transfer

(2011) Steffi Mareen Pielock et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine/Glutamate Interaction Switches Modes to Generate Desire versus Dread: D1 Alone for Appetitive Eating But D1 and D2 Together for Fear

(2011) J. M. Richard et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

 -Opioid Receptor Activation in the Basolateral Amygdala Mediates the Learning of Increases But Not Decreases in the Incentive Value of a Food Reward

(2011) K. M. Wassum et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The General and Outcome-Specific Forms of Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer Are Differentially Mediated by the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell

(2011) L. H. Corbit et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Opioid receptors in the basolateral amygdala but not dorsal hippocampus mediate context-induced alcohol seeking

(2010) Peter W. Marinelli et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Posterior dorsomedial striatum is critical for both selective instrumental and Pavlovian reward learning

(2010) Laura H. Corbit et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

At the limbic-motor interface: disconnection of basolateral amygdala from nucleus accumbens core and shell reveals dissociable components of incentive motivation

(2010) Michael W. Shiflett et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning

(2010) Shelly B. Flagel et al.   NATURE

Reversible suppression of food reward behavior by chronic mu-opioid receptor antagonism in the nucleus accumbens

(2010) A.C. Shin et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Basolateral amygdala opioids contribute to increased high-fat intake following intra-accumbens opioid administration, but not following 24-h food deprivation

(2010) Kyle E. Parker et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

Behavioral characterization of amygdala involvement in mediating intra-accumbens opioid-driven feeding behavior.

(2009) Matthew J. Will et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

The Basolateral Amygdala Is Critical to the Expression of Pavlovian and Instrumental Outcome-Specific Reinforcer Devaluation Effects

(2009) A. W. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Which Cue to "Want?" Central Amygdala Opioid Activation Enhances and Focuses Incentive Salience on a Prepotent Reward Cue

(2009) S. V. Mahler et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct opioid circuits determine the palatability and the desirability of rewarding events

(2009) K. M. Wassum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Neural Computational Model of Incentive Salience

(2009) Jun Zhang et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Differential effects of neurotoxin-induced lesions of the basolateral amygdala and central nucleus of the amygdala on lithium-induced conditioned disgust reactions and conditioned taste avoidance

(2008) Shadna A. Rana et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The influence of CS-US interval on several different indices of learning in appetitive conditioning.

(2008) Andrew R. Delamater et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL LEARNING AND COGNITION

 -Opioid Receptors Selectively Regulate Basal Inhibitory Transmission in the Central Amygdala: Lack of Ethanol Interactions

(2008) M.-H. Kang-Park et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS

Separable Substrates for Anticipatory and Consummatory Food Chemosensation

(2008) Dana M. Small et al.   NEURON

Basolateral Amygdala Neurons Facilitate Reward-Seeking Behavior by Exciting Nucleus Accumbens Neurons

(2008) Frederic Ambroggi et al.   NEURON

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

(2008) A. Ishikawa et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

A top-down perspective on dopamine, motivation and memory

(2007) Anthony G. Phillips et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR