State-dependent μ-opioid modulation of social motivation

The role of opioid processes in reward and decision-making

(2014) Vincent Laurent et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Opioid Hedonic Hotspot in Nucleus Accumbens Shell: Mu, Delta, and Kappa Maps for Enhancement of Sweetness "Liking" and "Wanting"

(2014) D. C. Castro et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Rewards of beauty: the opioid system mediates social motivation in humans

(2014) O Chelnokova et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Reward and motivation in pain and pain relief

(2014) Edita Navratilova et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Autistic-Like Syndrome in Mu Opioid Receptor Null Mice is Relieved by Facilitated mGluR4 Activity

(2014) Jérôme AJ Becker et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The multiple facets of opioid receptor function: implications for addiction

(2013) Pierre-Eric Lutz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Neuroscience of affect: brain mechanisms of pleasure and displeasure

(2013) Kent C Berridge et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Dopamine or opioid stimulation of nucleus accumbens similarly amplify cue-triggered ‘wanting’ for reward: entire core and medial shell mapped as substrates for PIT enhancement

(2013) Susana Peciña et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

IACUC Review of Nonhuman Primate Research

(2013) S. D. Tardif et al.   ILAR JOURNAL

 -Opioid Receptors within Subregions of the Striatum Mediate Pair Bond Formation through Parallel Yet Distinct Reward Mechanisms

(2013) S. L. Resendez et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Response of the μ-opioid system to social rejection and acceptance

(2013) D T Hsu et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Neuroanatomical distribution of μ-opioid receptor mRNA and binding in monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and non-monogamous meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

(2013) K. Inoue et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Why social attachment and oxytocin protect against addiction and stress: Insights from the dynamics between ventral and dorsal corticostriatal systems

(2013) Mattie Tops et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

Dynamics of the temporal structures of playing clusters and cliques among wild chimpanzees in Mahale Mountains National Park

(2013) Masaki Shimada   PRIMATES

Early play may predict later dominance relationships in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

(2013) D. T. Blumstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Presence of a pair-mate regulates the behavioral and physiological effects of opioid manipulation in the monogamous titi monkey (Callicebus cupreus)

(2013) Benjamin J. Ragen et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Aversive motivation and the maintenance of monogamous pair bonding

(2013) Shanna L. Resendez et al.   REVIEWS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES

Social tolerance and adult play in macaque societies: a comparison with different human cultures

(2012) Francesca Ciani et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Which cue to ‘want’? Opioid stimulation of central amygdala makes goal-trackers show stronger goal-tracking, just as sign-trackers show stronger sign-tracking

(2012) Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Endogenous Opioid Release in the Human Brain Reward System Induced by Acute Amphetamine Administration

(2012) Alessandro Colasanti et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

The pain of social disconnection: examining the shared neural underpinnings of physical and social pain

(2012) Naomi I. Eisenberger   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Bridging the bonding gap: the transition from primates to humans

(2012) R. I. M. Dunbar   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) variation, oxytocin levels and maternal attachment in free-ranging rhesus macaques Macaca mulatta.

(2011) James P. Higham et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

The brain opioid theory of social attachment: a review of the evidence

(2011) A.J. Machin et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Opioid Receptor Modulation of Hedonic Taste Preference and Food Intake: A Single-Dose Safety, Pharmacokinetic, and Pharmacodynamic Investigation With GSK1521498, a Novel μ-Opioid Receptor Inverse Agonist

(2011) Pradeep J. Nathan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Nucleus Accumbens  -Opioid Receptors Mediate Social Reward

(2011) V. Trezza et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Identification of a Dopamine Receptor-Mediated Opiate Reward Memory Switch in the Basolateral Amygdala-Nucleus Accumbens Circuit

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

Activation of μ-Opioid Receptors in the Dorsal Striatum is Necessary for Adult Social Attachment in Monogamous Prairie Voles

(2011) James P Burkett et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Facial attractiveness: evolutionary based research

(2011) A. C. Little et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Within-litter variation in maternal care received by individual pups correlates with adolescent social play behavior in male rats

(2011) F.N. van Hasselt et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Cross-Species Affective Neuroscience Decoding of the Primal Affective Experiences of Humans and Related Animals

(2011) Jaak Panksepp   PLoS One

Ontogenetic Trajectories of Chimpanzee Social Play: Similarities with Humans

(2011) Giada Cordoni et al.   PLoS One

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

(2011) Stephen V. Mahler et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Evaluating the rewarding nature of social interactions in laboratory animals

(2011) Viviana Trezza et al.   Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Influence of the OPRM1 gene polymorphism upon children's degree of withdrawal and brain activation in response to facial expressions

(2011) Eleonora Bertoletti et al.   Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Frequency-modulated 50kHz ultrasonic vocalizations: a tool for uncovering the molecular substrates of positive affect

(2010) Jeffrey Burgdorf et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Preference or fat? Revisiting opioid effects on food intake

(2010) Sharif A. Taha   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

When play is a family business: adult play, hierarchy, and possible stress reduction in common marmosets

(2010) Ivan Norscia et al.   PRIMATES

Social hedonic capacity is associated with the A118G polymorphism of the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) in adult healthy volunteers and psychiatric patients

(2010) Alfonso Troisi et al.   Social Neuroscience

Play and social dynamics in a captive herd of gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada)

(2009) Giada Mancini et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Reconstructing the Evolution of Laughter in Great Apes and Humans

(2009) Marina Davila Ross et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Dissecting components of reward: ‘liking’, ‘wanting’, and learning

(2009) Kent C Berridge et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY

Variation in the  -opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) is associated with dispositional and neural sensitivity to social rejection

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

Towards a functional neuroanatomy of pleasure and happiness

(2009) Morten L. Kringelbach et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

A118G Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Human μ-Opioid Receptor Gene Influences Pain Perception and Patient-controlled Intravenous Morphine Consumption after Intrathecal Morphine for Postcesarean Analgesia

(2008) Alex T. Sia et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

The Runner's High: Opioidergic Mechanisms in the Human Brain

(2008) H. Boecker et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

The influence of natural variations in maternal care on play fighting in the rat

(2008) Carine I. Parent et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Cannabinoid and opioid modulation of social play behavior in adolescent rats: Differential behavioral mechanisms

(2008) Viviana Trezza et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

A common neurobiology for pain and pleasure

(2008) Siri Leknes et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Evidence for endogenous opioid release in the amygdala during positive emotion

(2008) M KOEPP et al.   NEUROIMAGE

The social role of touch in humans and primates: Behavioural function and neurobiological mechanisms

(2008) R.I.M. Dunbar   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Variation at the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) influences attachment behavior in infant primates

(2008) Christina S. Barr et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Affective neuroscience of pleasure: reward in humans and animals

(2008) Kent C. Berridge et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY