Leptin/LepRb in the Ventral Tegmental Area Mediates Anxiety-Related Behaviors

Cooperative interaction between leptin and amylin signaling in the ventral tegmental area for the control of food intake

(2015) Elizabeth G. Mietlicki-Baase et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Dentate gyrus-CA3 glutamate release/NMDA transmission mediates behavioral despair and antidepressant-like responses to leptin

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Aversive behavior induced by optogenetic inactivation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons is mediated by dopamine D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens

(2014) T. Danjo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plasma levels of leptin in reproductive-aged women with mild depressive and anxious states

(2014) Hiromi Yoshida-Komiya et al.   PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES

Plasma leptin concentrations are highly correlated to emotional states throughout the day

(2014) J Licinio et al.   Translational Psychiatry

Leptin receptor deficiency confers resistance to behavioral effects of fluoxetine and desipramine via separable substrates

(2014) M Guo et al.   Translational Psychiatry

Presynaptic Leptin Action Suppresses Excitatory Synaptic Transmission onto Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons

(2013) Jennifer L. Thompson et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states

(2013) Joshua H. Jennings et al.   NATURE

Experience-dependent effects of context and restraint stress on corticolimbic c-Fos expression

(2013) Ann N. Hoffman et al.   STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS

Selective deletion of leptin receptors in adult hippocampus induces depression-related behaviours

(2012) Ming Guo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Activation of VTA GABA Neurons Disrupts Reward Consumption

(2012) Ruud van Zessen et al.   NEURON

GABA Neurons of the VTA Drive Conditioned Place Aversion

(2012) Kelly R. Tan et al.   NEURON

Involvement of the Ventral Tegmental Area in a Rodent Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

(2012) Nadia S Corral-Frias et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Anorexic effects of intra-VTA leptin are similar in low-fat and high-fat-fed rats but attenuated in a subgroup of high-fat-fed obese rats

(2012) Adrie W. Bruijnzeel et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

Modulation of ventral tegmental area dopamine receptors inhibit nicotine-induced anxiogenic-like behavior in the central amygdala

(2012) Mohammad Reza Zarrindast et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Inhibition of immobilization stress-induced anorexia, behavioral deficits, and plasma corticosterone secretion by injected leptin in rats

(2012) Zeba Haque et al.   STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS

Forebrain glutamatergic neurons mediate leptin action on depression-like behaviors and synaptic depression

(2012) M Guo et al.   Translational Psychiatry

Effects of d-cycloserine on MPTP-induced behavioral and neurological changes: Potential for treatment of Parkinson's disease dementia

(2011) Ying-Jui Ho et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Leptin levels are associated with decreased depressive symptoms in women across the weight spectrum, independent of body fat

(2011) Elizabeth A. Lawson et al.   CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Mesocorticolimbic Glutamatergic Pathway

(2011) T. Yamaguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Aversive Stimuli Alter Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neuron Activity via a Common Action in the Ventral Hippocampus

(2011) O. Valenti et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Selective deletion of the leptin receptor in dopamine neurons produces anxiogenic-like behavior and increases dopaminergic activity in amygdala

(2011) J Liu et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Leptin restores adult hippocampal neurogenesis in a chronic unpredictable stress model of depression and reverses glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of GSK-3β/β-catenin signaling

(2011) J C Garza et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Glucocorticoid receptors in the prefrontal cortex regulate stress-evoked dopamine efflux and aspects of executive function

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

Increased phasic activity of VTA dopamine neurons in mice 3 weeks after repeated social defeat

(2010) Maria Razzoli et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Leptin reduces hyperactivity in an animal model for anorexia nervosa via the ventral tegmental area

(2010) Linda A.W. Verhagen et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Ventral Tegmental Area Leptin Receptor Neurons Specifically Project to and Regulate Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Neurons of the Extended Central Amygdala

(2010) R. L. Leshan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons in the Brain Reward Circuit Mediate Susceptibility to Social Defeat and Antidepressant Action

(2010) J.-L. Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Substantia nigra, nucleus basalis magnocellularis and basolateral amygdala roles in extinction of contextual fear conditioning in the rat

(2010) Elisabetta Baldi et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

Dopamine in Motivational Control: Rewarding, Aversive, and Alerting

(2010) Ethan S. Bromberg-Martin et al.   NEURON

Effects of stress and aversion on dopamine neurons: Implications for addiction

(2010) Mark A. Ungless et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Leptin-deficient mice retain normal appetitive spatial learning yet exhibit marked increases in anxiety-related behaviours

(2010) Beate C. Finger et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The action of leptin in the ventral tegmental area to decrease food intake is dependent on Jak-2 signaling

(2009) Gregory J. Morton et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Leptin targets in the mouse brain

(2009) Michael M. Scott et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Central leptin action improves skeletal muscle AKT, AMPK, and PGC1α activation by hypothalamic PI3K-dependent mechanism

(2009) Erika A.F.R. Roman et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Increased phasic dopamine signaling in the mesolimbic pathway during social defeat in rats

(2009) K.K. Anstrom et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Infusions of bicuculline to the ventral tegmental area attenuates sexual, exploratory, and anti-anxiety behavior of proestrous rats

(2009) Cheryl A. Frye et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

Phasic excitation of dopamine neurons in ventral VTA by noxious stimuli

(2009) F. Brischoux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acute administration of leptin produces anxiolytic-like effects: a comparison with fluoxetine

(2009) Jing Liu et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Role of dopamine receptors in the ventral tegmental area in conditioned fear

(2008) Amanda Ribeiro de Oliveira et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Stereological estimates of dopaminergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra and retrorubral field in the rat

(2008) R.G. Nair-Roberts et al.   NEUROSCIENCE