Ventral pallidal regulation of motivated behaviors and reinforcement

Elevation of extracellular glutamate by blockade of astrocyte glutamate transporters inhibits cocaine reinforcement in rats via a NMDA-GluN2B receptor mechanism

(2022) Hong-Ju Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cocaine induces input and cell-type-specific synaptic plasticity in ventral pallidum-projecting nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons

(2022) Kineret Inbar et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

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

(2022) Carina Soares-Cunha et al.   Cell Reports

Transcriptome profiling of the ventral pallidum reveals a role for pallido-thalamic neurons in cocaine reward

(2022) Michel Engeln et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Activity of a direct VTA to ventral pallidum GABA pathway encodes unconditioned reward value and sustains motivation for reward

(2022) Wen-Liang Zhou et al.   Science Advances

Molecular, Circuit, and Stress Response Characterization of Ventral Pallidum Npas1-Neurons

(2022) Gessynger Morais-Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral arkypallidal neurons inhibit accumbal firing to promote reward consumption

(2021) Yvan M. Vachez et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral pallidum neurons dynamically signal relative threat

(2021) Mahsa Moaddab et al.   Communications Biology

Projections from D2 Neurons in Different Subregions of Nucleus Accumbens Shell to Ventral Pallidum Play Distinct Roles in Reward and Aversion

(2021) Yun Yao et al.   Neuroscience Bulletin

Characterization of basal forebrain glutamate neurons suggests a role in control of arousal and avoidance behavior

(2021) James T. McKenna et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Neurodevelopmental origins of substance use disorders: Evidence from animal models of early‐life adversity and addiction

(2021) Sophia C. Levis et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral Pallidum GABA Neurons Mediate Motivation Underlying Risky Choice

(2021) Mitchell R. Farrell et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Striatal Direct Pathway Targets Npas1+ Pallidal Neurons

(2021) Qiaoling Cui et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dissociable Roles of Pallidal Neuron Subtypes in Regulating Motor Patterns

(2021) Qiaoling Cui et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral pallidum DRD3 potentiates a pallido-habenular circuit driving accumbal dopamine release and cocaine seeking

(2021) Horia Pribiag et al.   NEURON

Ventral pallidum cellular and pathway specificity in drug seeking

(2021) Yonatan Kupchik et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Chemogenetic modulation reveals distinct roles of the subthalamic nucleus and its afferents in the regulation of locomotor sensitization to amphetamine in rats

(2021) K. G. Nakata et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Behavioral Engagement With Playable Objects Resolves Stress-Induced Adaptive Changes by Reshaping the Reward System

(2021) Jin-Young Park et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Deep brain stimulation effect on anterior pallidum reduces motor impulsivity in Parkinson's disease

(2021) Khaled Moussawi et al.   Brain Stimulation

A distinct D1-MSN subpopulation down-regulates dopamine to promote negative emotional state

(2021) Zhiyuan Liu et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Astrocytes in the ventral pallidum extinguish heroin seeking through GAT-3 upregulation and morphological plasticity at D1-MSN terminals

(2021) Anna Kruyer et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

The mouse cortico–basal ganglia–thalamic network

(2021) Nicholas N. Foster et al.   NATURE

Illuminating subcortical GABAergic and glutamatergic circuits for reward and aversion

(2021) Adam Gordon-Fennell et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Whole-Brain Reconstruction of Neurons in the Ventral Pallidum Reveals Diverse Projection Patterns

(2021) Qiru Feng et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

GABAergic basal forebrain projections to the periaqueductal gray promote food consumption, reward and predation

(2021) Ciorana Roman-Ortiz et al.   Scientific Reports

Opposing Contributions of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Ventral Pallidal Neurons to Motivational Behaviors

(2020) Marcus Stephenson-Jones et al.   NEURON

Excitatory transmission from ventral pallidum to lateral habenula mediates depression

(2020) Bin Liu et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Opposing Regulation of Cocaine Seeking by Glutamate and GABA Neurons in the Ventral Pallidum

(2020) Jasper A. Heinsbroek et al.   Cell Reports

Dissociable roles of ventral pallidum neurons in the basal ganglia reinforcement learning network

(2020) Alexander Kaplan et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

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

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

Glutamatergic Systems and Memory Mechanisms Underlying Opioid Addiction

(2020) Jasper A. Heinsbroek et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Anatomic resolution of neurotransmitter-specific projections to the VTA reveals diversity of GABAergic inputs

(2020) Marta E. Soden et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A quantitative reward prediction error signal in the ventral pallidum

(2020) David J. Ottenheimer et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

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

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

Ventral pallidal GABAergic neurons control wakefulness associated with motivation through the ventral tegmental pathway

(2020) Ya-Dong Li et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Improving translation of animal models of addiction and relapse by reverse translation

(2020) Marco Venniro et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Signaling incentive and drive in the primate ventral pallidum for motivational control of goal-directed action

(2019) Atsushi Fujimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral pallidum is the primary target for accumbens D1 projections driving cocaine seeking

(2019) Thibaut R. Pardo-Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Topological Organization of Ventral Tegmental Area Connectivity Revealed by Viral-Genetic Dissection of Input-Output Relations

(2019) Kevin T. Beier et al.   Cell Reports

Anterior nucleus of paraventricular thalamus mediates chronic mechanical hyperalgesia

(2019) Ya-Ting Chang et al.   PAIN

c-Fos immunoreactivity in the hypothalamus and reward system of young rats after social novelty exposure

(2019) Yvette M. Gómez-Gómez et al.   NEUROREPORT

The lateral preoptic area and ventral pallidum embolden behavior

(2019) Rhett A. Reichard et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Dissociable effects of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors on compulsive ingestion and pivoting movements elicited by disinhibiting the ventral pallidum

(2019) Rhett A. Reichard et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Dissociable dopamine dynamics for learning and motivation

(2019) Ali Mohebi et al.   NATURE

Recruitment and disruption of ventral pallidal cue encoding during alcohol seeking

(2019) David J. Ottenheimer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Preproenkephalin-expressing ventral pallidal neurons control inhibitory avoidance learning

(2019) Tom Macpherson et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Persistent effects of the orexin-1 receptor antagonist SB-334867 on motivation for the fast acting opioid remifentanil

(2019) Aida Mohammadkhani et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons subtypes signal both reward and aversion

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

Ventral pallidum is essential for cocaine relapse after voluntary abstinence in rats

(2019) Mitchell R. Farrell et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The Projection Targets of Medium Spiny Neurons Govern Cocaine-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens

(2019) Corey Baimel et al.   Cell Reports

Orexin-1 Receptor Signaling in Ventral Pallidum Regulates Motivation for the Opioid Remifentanil

(2019) Aida Mohammadkhani et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Chemogenetic modulation of accumbens direct or indirect pathways bidirectionally alters reinstatement of heroin-seeking in high- but not low-risk rats

(2019) Timothy J. O’Neal et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Understanding Addiction Using Animal Models

(2019) Brittany N. Kuhn et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Salience processing by glutamatergic neurons in the ventral pallidum

(2019) Fang Wang et al.   Science Bulletin

Mapping excessive “disgust” in the brain: Ventral pallidum inactivation recruits distributed circuitry to make sweetness “disgusting”

(2019) Hammad A. Khan et al.   COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Complementary Roles for Ventral Pallidum Cell Types and Their Projections in Relapse

(2019) Asheeta A. Prasad et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Projection-Specific Potentiation of Ventral Pallidal Glutamatergic Outputs after Abstinence from Cocaine

(2019) Liran A. Levi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cocaine Dysregulates Dynorphin Modulation of Inhibitory Neurotransmission in the Ventral Pallidum in a Cell-Type-Specific Manner

(2019) Kineret Inbar et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Npas1+-Nkx2.1+ Neurons Are an Integral Part of the Cortico-pallido-cortical Loop

(2019) Zachary A. Abecassis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Involvement of ventral pallidal vasopressin in the sex-specific regulation of sociosexual motivation in rats

(2019) Brett T. DiBenedictis et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Glutamatergic Ventral Pallidal Neurons Modulate Activity of the Habenula–Tegmental Circuitry and Constrain Reward Seeking

(2018) Jessica Tooley et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

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

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

Opponent control of behavioral reinforcement by inhibitory and excitatory projections from the ventral pallidum

(2018) Lauren Faget et al.   Nature Communications

Cocaine Inhibition of Synaptic Transmission in the Ventral Pallidum Is Pathway-Specific and Mediated by Serotonin

(2018) Aya Matsui et al.   Cell Reports

Ventral pallidal encoding of reward-seeking behavior depends on the underlying associative structure

(2018) Jocelyn M Richard et al.   eLife

Molecular Diversity and Specializations among the Cells of the Adult Mouse Brain

(2018) Arpiar Saunders et al.   CELL

Histamine Excites Rat GABAergic Ventral Pallidum Neurons via Co-activation of H1 and H2 Receptors

(2018) Miao-Jin Ji et al.   Neuroscience Bulletin

Ventral pallidal modulation of aversion processing

(2018) Andreas B. Wulff et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

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

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

Cell-Type-Specific Afferent Innervation of the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell

(2018) Zhao Li et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Pallidal circuits for aversive motivation and learning

(2018) Marcus Stephenson-Jones   Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Optogenetic Inhibition of Ventral Pallidum Neurons Impairs Context-Driven Salt Seeking

(2017) Stephen E. Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

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

Somatostatin Neurons in the Basal Forebrain Promote High-Calorie Food Intake

(2017) Chen Zhu et al.   Cell Reports

Lateral Preoptic Control of the Lateral Habenula through Convergent Glutamate and GABA Transmission

(2017) David J. Barker et al.   Cell Reports

Selective Enhancement of Dopamine Release in the Ventral Pallidum of Methamphetamine-Sensitized Mice

(2016) Kristen A. Stout et al.   ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Abstinence From Drug Dependence After Bilateral Globus Pallidus Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury

(2016) Khaled Moussawi et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Ventral Pallidum Encodes Contextual Information and Controls Aversive Behaviors

(2016) Yosuke Saga et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Neural Activity in the Ventral Pallidum Encodes Variation in the Incentive Value of a Reward Cue

(2016) Allison M. Ahrens et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral Pallidum Output Pathways in Context-Induced Reinstatement of Alcohol Seeking

(2016) Asheeta A. Prasad et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Loss of Plasticity in the D2-Accumbens Pallidal Pathway Promotes Cocaine Seeking

(2016) Jasper A. Heinsbroek et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

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

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

Lateral hypothalamic circuits for feeding and reward

(2016) Garret D Stuber et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine reward prediction-error signalling: a two-component response

(2016) Wolfram Schultz   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2016) Jocelyn M. Richard et al.   NEURON

Convergence of Reinforcing and Anhedonic Cocaine Effects in the Ventral Pallidum

(2016) Meaghan Creed et al.   NEURON

Distributed and Mixed Information in Monosynaptic Inputs to Dopamine Neurons

(2016) Ju Tian et al.   NEURON

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

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

Appetitive Pavlovian-instrumental Transfer: A review

(2016) Emilio Cartoni et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

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

(2016) Erin S. Calipari et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons co-release GABA and promote positive reinforcement

(2016) Ji Hoon Yoo et al.   Nature Communications

Afferent Inputs to Neurotransmitter-Defined Cell Types in the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2016) Lauren Faget et al.   Cell Reports

Anxiolytic effect of neurotensin microinjection into the ventral pallidum

(2015) Tamás Ollmann et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Positive reinforcing effect of neurotensin microinjection into the ventral pallidum in conditioned place preference test

(2015) Tamás Ollmann et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Sign-tracking predicts increased choice of cocaine over food in rats

(2015) Brendan J. Tunstall et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes Mediate Depression-Related Outcomes to Social Defeat Stress

(2015) T. Chase Francis et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Circuit Architecture of VTA Dopamine Neurons Revealed by Systematic Input-Output Mapping

(2015) Kevin T. Beier et al.   CELL

Chemogenetic manipulation of ventral pallidal neurons impairs acquisition of sign-tracking in rats

(2015) Stephen E. Chang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sources of input to the rostromedial tegmental nucleus, ventral tegmental area, and lateral habenula compared: A study in rat

(2015) Leora Yetnikoff et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Prototypic and Arkypallidal Neurons in the Dopamine-Intact External Globus Pallidus

(2015) A. Abdi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral Pallidal Projections to Mediodorsal Thalamus and Ventral Tegmental Area Play Distinct Roles in Outcome-Specific Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer

(2015) B. K. Leung et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Parvalbumin+ Neurons and Npas1+ Neurons Are Distinct Neuron Classes in the Mouse External Globus Pallidus

(2015) V. M. Hernandez 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

Pleasure Systems in the Brain

(2015) Kent C. Berridge et al.   NEURON

Distinct Subpopulations of Nucleus Accumbens Dynorphin Neurons Drive Aversion and Reward

(2015) Ream Al-Hasani et al.   NEURON

The ventral pallidum: Subregion-specific functional anatomy and roles in motivated behaviors

(2015) David H. Root et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Mapping Social Behavior-Induced Brain Activation at Cellular Resolution in the Mouse

(2015) Yongsoo Kim et al.   Cell Reports

Corelease of acetylcholine and GABA from cholinergic forebrain neurons

(2015) Arpiar Saunders et al.   eLife

Delta-opioid receptor blockade in the ventral pallidum increases perceived palatability and consumption of saccharin solution in rats

(2014) Tadashi Inui et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Excessive disgust caused by brain lesions or temporary inactivations: mapping hotspots of the nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum

(2014) Chao-Yi Ho et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

GABAergic and glutamatergic efferents of the mouse ventral tegmental area

(2014) Seth R. Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Cocaine Dysregulates Opioid Gating of GABA Neurotransmission in the Ventral Pallidum

(2014) Yonatan M. Kupchik et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Designer receptors show role for ventral pallidum input to ventral tegmental area in cocaine seeking

(2014) Stephen V Mahler et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Motivational activation: a unifying hypothesis of orexin/hypocretin function

(2014) Stephen V Mahler et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Loss of BDNF Signaling in D1R-Expressing NAc Neurons Enhances Morphine Reward by Reducing GABA Inhibition

(2014) Ja Wook Koo et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Distribution of Fos-immunoreactive cells in rat forebrain and midbrain following social defeat stress and diazepam treatment

(2014) B. Lkhagvasuren et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Positive Reinforcement Mediated by Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Requires D1 and D2 Receptor Activation in the Nucleus Accumbens

(2014) Elizabeth E. Steinberg et al.   PLoS One

Anxiolytic effects of oxytocin in cue-induced cocaine seeking behavior in rats

(2014) Amarilys Morales-Rivera et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

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

A possible mechanism of the nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum 5-HT1B receptors underlying the antidepressant action of ketamine: a PET study with macaques

(2014) H Yamanaka et al.   Translational Psychiatry

Accumbal and pallidal dopamine, glutamate and GABA overflow during cocaine self-administration and its extinction in rats

(2013) Karolina Wydra et al.   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Amygdala-Ventral Pallidum Pathway Decreases Dopamine Activity After Chronic Mild Stress in Rats

(2013) Chun-hui Chang et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Comparison of the locomotor-activating effects of bicuculline infusions into the preoptic area and ventral pallidum

(2013) Daniel S. Zahm et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Neurons in the Basal Forebrain Project to the Cortex in a Complex Topographic Organization that Reflects Corticocortical Connectivity Patterns: An Experimental Study Based on Retrograde Tracing and 3D Reconstruction

(2013) Laszlo Zaborszky et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Cocaine-induced adaptations in D1 and D2 accumbens projection neurons (a dichotomy not necessarily synonymous with direct and indirect pathways)

(2013) Rachel J Smith et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Negative reinforcement in drug addiction: the darkness within

(2013) George F Koob   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

A role for the ventral pallidum in context-induced and primed reinstatement of alcohol seeking

(2013) Christina J. Perry et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Ventral Striato-Pallidal Pathway Mediates the Effect of Predictive Learning on Choice between Goal-Directed Actions

(2013) B. K. Leung et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Optogenetic Evidence That Pallidal Projections, Not Nigral Projections, from the Nucleus Accumbens Core Are Necessary for Reinstating Cocaine Seeking

(2013) M. T. Stefanik et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Opioid Modulation of Ventral Pallidal Afferents to Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons

(2013) G. O. Hjelmstad et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states

(2013) Joshua H. Jennings et al.   NATURE

Strengthening the accumbal indirect pathway promotes resilience to compulsive cocaine use

(2013) Roland Bock et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

On the motivational properties of reward cues: Individual differences

(2013) Terry E. Robinson et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

An Orexin Hotspot in Ventral Pallidum Amplifies Hedonic ‘Liking’ for Sweetness

(2013) Chao-Yi Ho et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Serotonin2C receptors in the ventral pallidum regulate motor function in rats

(2013) Steven M. Graves et al.   NEUROREPORT

Optogenetic inhibition of D1R containing nucleus accumbens neurons alters cocaine-mediated regulation of Tiam1

(2013) Ramesh Chandra et al.   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Optogenetic inhibition of cocaine seeking in rats

(2012) Michael T. Stefanik et al.   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

The rostral subcommissural ventral pallidum is a mix of ventral pallidal neurons and neurons from adjacent areas: an electrophysiological study

(2012) Yonatan M. Kupchik et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Axonal branching patterns of ventral pallidal neurons in the rat

(2012) Anushree Tripathi et al.   Brain Structure & Function

On lateral septum-like characteristics of outputs from the accumbal hedonic “hotspot” of Peciña and Berridge with commentary on the transitional nature of basal forebrain “boundaries”

(2012) Daniel S. Zahm et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Differential roles of ventral pallidum subregions during cocaine self-administration behaviors

(2012) David H. Root et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Fos Activation of Selective Afferents to Ventral Tegmental Area during Cue-Induced Reinstatement of Cocaine Seeking in Rats

(2012) S. V. Mahler et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Transient stimulation of distinct subpopulations of striatal neurons mimics changes in action value

(2012) Lung-Hao Tai et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct roles for direct and indirect pathway striatal neurons in reinforcement

(2012) Alexxai V Kravitz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The Primate Ventral Pallidum Encodes Expected Reward Value and Regulates Motor Action

(2012) Yoshihisa Tachibana et al.   NEURON

Dichotomous Organization of the External Globus Pallidus

(2012) Nicolas Mallet et al.   NEURON

Whole-Brain Mapping of Direct Inputs to Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2012) Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida et al.   NEURON

Opioidergic Modulation of Ethanol Self-Administration in the Ventral Pallidum

(2011) Heidi Kemppainen et al.   ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Modulation of Striatal Projection Systems by Dopamine

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

Evidence that the nucleus accumbens shell, ventral pallidum, and lateral hypothalamus are components of a lateralized feeding circuit

(2011) Thomas R. Stratford et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

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

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

Enhanced GABAergic tone in the ventral pallidum: memory of unpleasant experiences?

(2011) M. Skirzewski et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Disentangling pleasure from incentive salience and learning signals in brain reward circuitry

(2011) K. S. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Slow phasic and tonic activity of ventral pallidal neurons during cocaine self-administration

(2011) David H. Root et al.   SYNAPSE

Axonal branching patterns of nucleus accumbens neurons in the rat

(2010) Anushree Tripathi et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Activation of mGluR7s inhibits cocaine-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior by a nucleus accumbens glutamate-mGluR2/3 mechanism in rats

(2010) Xia Li et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning

(2010) Shelly B. Flagel et al.   NATURE

Transient neuronal inhibition reveals opposing roles of indirect and direct pathways in sensitization

(2010) Susan M Ferguson et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct Roles of Synaptic Transmission in Direct and Indirect Striatal Pathways to Reward and Aversive Behavior

(2010) Takatoshi Hikida et al.   NEURON

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

(2010) M. K. Lobo et al.   SCIENCE

Rapid phasic activity of ventral pallidal neurons during cocaine self-administration

(2010) David H. Root et al.   SYNAPSE

Dynorphin, stress, and depression

(2009) Allison T. Knoll et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Dynamic Computation of Incentive Salience: "Wanting" What Was Never "Liked"

(2009) A. J. Tindell et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The glutamate homeostasis hypothesis of addiction

(2009) Peter W. Kalivas   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 7 Modulates the Rewarding Effects of Cocaine in Rats: Involvement of a Ventral Pallidal GABAergic Mechanism

(2009) Xia Li et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Cortico-Basal Ganglia Reward Network: Microcircuitry

(2009) Susan R Sesack et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Reward Processing by the Opioid System in the Brain

(2009) Julie Le Merrer et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Ventral pallidum roles in reward and motivation

(2008) Kyle S. Smith et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Projections of the paraventricular and paratenial nuclei of the dorsal midline thalamus in the rat

(2008) Robert P. Vertes et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Neurotensin in the Ventral Pallidum Increases Extracellular  -Aminobutyric Acid and Differentially Affects Cue- and Cocaine-Primed Reinstatement

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

Striatal and ventral pallidum dynorphin concentrations are markedly increased in human chronic cocaine users

(2008) Paul S. Frankel et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

The Ventral Pallidum is Critically Involved in the Development and Expression of Morphine-Induced Sensitization

(2008) Amanda L Mickiewicz et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Opposing roles for the nucleus accumbens core and shell in cue-induced reinstatement of food-seeking behavior

(2008) S.B. Floresco et al.   NEUROSCIENCE