Distinct role of nucleus accumbens D2-MSN projections to ventral pallidum in different phases of motivated behavior

Dopamine D2 receptors in discrimination learning and spine enlargement

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Nucleus Accumbens Cell Type- and Input-Specific Suppression of Unproductive Reward Seeking

(2020) Christopher K. Lafferty et al.   Cell Reports

A quantitative reward prediction error signal in the ventral pallidum

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Neurons of The Ventral Tegmental Area Encode Individual Differences in Motivational “Wanting” for Reward Cues

(2020) Lindsay M. Ferguson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cell-type-specific asynchronous modulation of PKA by dopamine in learning

(2020) Suk Joon Lee et al.   NATURE

Specialized coding of sensory, motor and cognitive variables in VTA dopamine neurons

(2019) Ben Engelhard et al.   NATURE

Dissociable dopamine dynamics for learning and motivation

(2019) Ali Mohebi et al.   NATURE

Nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons subtypes signal both reward and aversion

(2019) Carina Soares-Cunha et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Role of laterodorsal tegmentum projections to nucleus accumbens in reward-related behaviors

(2019) Bárbara Coimbra et al.   Nature Communications

Dopamine neurons create Pavlovian conditioned stimuli with circuit-defined motivational properties

(2018) Benjamin T. Saunders et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Paradoxical accentuation of motivation following accumbens-pallidum disconnection

(2018) Stephen E. Chang et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

Cocaine Place Conditioning Strengthens Location-Specific Hippocampal Coupling to the Nucleus Accumbens

(2018) Lucas Sjulson et al.   NEURON

Accumbens dopamine D2 receptors increase motivation by decreasing inhibitory transmission to the ventral pallidum

(2018) Eduardo F. Gallo et al.   Nature Communications

Optogenetic self-stimulation in the nucleus accumbens: D1 reward versus D2 ambivalence

(2018) Shannon L. Cole et al.   PLoS One

Ventral pallidum encodes relative reward value earlier and more robustly than nucleus accumbens

(2018) David Ottenheimer et al.   Nature Communications

Ventrolateral Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons Positively Regulate Food-Incentive, Goal-Directed Behavior Independently of D1 and D2 Selectivity

(2017) Akiyo Natsubori et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Spatiotemporal Organization of the Striatum Encodes Action Space

(2017) Andreas Klaus et al.   NEURON

Decreasing Striatopallidal Pathway Function Enhances Motivation by Energizing the Initiation of Goal-Directed Action

(2016) Fernanda Carvalho Poyraz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cue-Evoked Dopamine Release Rapidly Modulates D2 Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens During Motivated Behavior

(2016) Catarina Owesson-White et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Nucleus accumbens D2R cells signal prior outcomes and control risky decision-making

(2016) Kelly A. Zalocusky et al.   NATURE

Reward and choice encoding in terminals of midbrain dopamine neurons depends on striatal target

(2016) Nathan F Parker et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral Pallidum Neurons Encode Incentive Value and Promote Cue-Elicited Instrumental Actions

(2016) Jocelyn M. Richard et al.   NEURON

Reappraising striatal D1- and D2-neurons in reward and aversion

(2016) Carina Soares-Cunha et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

In vivo imaging identifies temporal signature of D1 and D2 medium spiny neurons in cocaine reward

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Activation of D2 dopamine receptor-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens increases motivation

(2016) Carina Soares-Cunha et al.   Nature Communications

Differential Dopamine Release Dynamics in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell Reveal Complementary Signals for Error Prediction and Incentive Motivation

(2015) Michael P. Saddoris et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Coding the direct/indirect pathways by D1 and D2 receptors is not valid for accumbens projections

(2015) Yonatan M Kupchik et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Optogenetic Excitation of Central Amygdala Amplifies and Narrows Incentive Motivation to Pursue One Reward Above Another

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Phasic Dopamine Release in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens Symmetrically Encodes a Reward Prediction Error Term

(2014) Andrew S. Hart et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Phasic Mesolimbic Dopamine Signaling Encodes the Facilitation of Incentive Motivation Produced by Repeated Cocaine Exposure

(2014) Sean B Ostlund et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Reward and reinforcement activity in the nucleus accumbens during learning

(2014) John T. Gale et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Phasic excitation of ventral tegmental dopamine neurons potentiates the initiation of conditioned approach behavior: parametric and reinforcement-schedule analyses

(2014) Anton Ilango et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Opioid Modulation of Ventral Pallidal Afferents to Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons

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Strengthening the accumbal indirect pathway promotes resilience to compulsive cocaine use

(2013) Roland Bock et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

From prediction error to incentive salience: mesolimbic computation of reward motivation

(2012) Kent C. Berridge   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct roles for direct and indirect pathway striatal neurons in reinforcement

(2012) Alexxai V Kravitz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Modulation of Striatal Projection Systems by Dopamine

(2011) Charles R. Gerfen et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Roles of Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell in Incentive-Cue Responding and Behavioral Inhibition

(2011) F. Ambroggi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Nucleus accumbens neurons encode predicted and ongoing reward costs in rats

(2010) Jeremy J. Day et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cell Type-Specific Loss of BDNF Signaling Mimics Optogenetic Control of Cocaine Reward

(2010) M. K. Lobo et al.   SCIENCE