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

Instant Transformation of Learned Repulsion into Motivational “Wanting”

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Lateral hypothalamic involvement in feeding elicited from the ventral pallidum

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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”

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The orexin1 receptor antagonist SB-334867 dissociates the motivational properties of alcohol and sucrose in rats

(2011) Bianca Jupp et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

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

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

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A role for hypocretin/orexin in motivation

(2010) Jennifer L. Thompson et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The role of orexin-A in food motivation, reward-based feeding behavior and food-induced neuronal activation in rats

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Hypothesis-driven structural connectivity analysis supports network over hierarchical model of brain architecture

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Lateral hypothalamic orexin/hypocretin neurons: A role in reward-seeking and addiction

(2009) Gary Aston-Jones et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

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

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

Orexin A/Hypocretin-1 Selectively Promotes Motivation for Positive Reinforcers

(2009) S. L. Borgland et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Orexin/hypocretin is necessary for context-driven cocaine-seeking

(2009) Rachel J. Smith et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

The role of the ventral pallidum in psychiatric disorders

(2009) T Celeste Napier et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The Reward Circuit: Linking Primate Anatomy and Human Imaging

(2009) Suzanne N Haber et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

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

Ventral pallidum roles in reward and motivation

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

Widespread reward-system activation in obese women in response to pictures of high-calorie foods

(2008) Luke E. Stoeckel et al.   NEUROIMAGE

The Brain, Appetite, and Obesity

(2007) Hans-Rudolf Berthoud et al.   Annual Review of Psychology