Decreased motivation during chronic pain requires long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens

Galanin-induced decreases in nucleus accumbens/striatum excitatory postsynaptic potentials and morphine conditioned place preference require both galanin receptor 1 and galanin receptor 2

(2013) Emily B. Einstein et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Reward-related ventral striatum reactivity mediates gender-specific effects of a galanin remote enhancer haplotype on problem drinking

(2013) Y. S. Nikolova et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Concurrent activation of striatal direct and indirect pathways during action initiation

(2013) Guohong Cui et al.   NATURE

Social reward requires coordinated activity of nucleus accumbens oxytocin and serotonin

(2013) Gül Dölen et al.   NATURE

Galanin, through GalR1 but not GalR2 receptors, decreases motivation at times of high appetitive behavior

(2012) Maria E. Anderson et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Severe stress switches CRF action in the nucleus accumbens from appetitive to aversive

(2012) Julia C. Lemos et al.   NATURE

Anhedonia requires MC4R-mediated synaptic adaptations in nucleus accumbens

(2012) Byung Kook Lim et al.   NATURE

Corticostriatal functional connectivity predicts transition to chronic back pain

(2012) Marwan N Baliki et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The Mysterious Motivational Functions of Mesolimbic Dopamine

(2012) John D. Salamone et al.   NEURON

Deconstructing the Neuropathic Pain Phenotype to Reveal Neural Mechanisms

(2012) Christian A. von Hehn et al.   NEURON

Diversity in NMDA Receptor Composition

(2012) Antonio Sanz-Clemente et al.   NEUROSCIENTIST

Inflammation-induced decrease in voluntary wheel running in mice: A nonreflexive test for evaluating inflammatory pain and analgesia

(2012) Enrique J. Cobos et al.   PAIN

The novel adenosine A2A antagonist prodrug MSX-4 is effective in animal models related to motivational and motor functions

(2012) Jessica L. Santerre et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

A Time-Dependent History of Mood Disorders in a Murine Model of Neuropathic Pain

(2011) Ipek Yalcin et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Dopamine-Galanin Receptor Heteromers Modulate Cholinergic Neurotransmission in the Rat Ventral Hippocampus

(2011) E. Moreno et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cocaine-induced metaplasticity in the nucleus accumbens: Silent synapse and beyond

(2011) Brian R. Lee et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Behavioral indices of ongoing pain are largely unchanged in male mice with tissue or nerve injury-induced mechanical hypersensitivity

(2011) Rochelle Urban et al.   PAIN

Biological mechanisms of chronic fatigue

(2011) K. B. Norheim et al.   RHEUMATOLOGY

The Striatal Balancing Act in Drug Addiction: Distinct Roles of Direct and Indirect Pathway Medium Spiny Neurons

(2011) Mary Kay Lobo et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Symptoms and side effects in chronic non-cancer pain: patient report vs. systematic assessment

(2010) T. JONSSON et al.   ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

The Flexible Approach Hypothesis: Unification of Effort and Cue-Responding Hypotheses for the Role of Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine in the Activation of Reward-Seeking Behavior

(2010) S. M. Nicola   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Assessment and Treatment of Psychosocial Comorbidities in Patients With Neuropathic Pain

(2010) Dennis C. Turk et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Genome-wide association study of major depressive disorder: new results, meta-analysis and lessons learned

(2010) N R Wray et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

A calcineurin/AKAP complex is required for NMDA receptor–dependent long-term depression

(2010) Sandra Jurado et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Postsynaptic TRPV1 triggers cell type–specific long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens

(2010) Brad A Grueter et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Nucleus accumbens and effort-related functions: behavioral and neural markers of the interactions between adenosine A2A and dopamine D2 receptors

(2010) A.M. Farrar et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Transition to Addiction Is Associated with a Persistent Impairment in Synaptic Plasticity

(2010) F. Kasanetz et al.   SCIENCE

Evaluation of study design variables and their impact on food-maintained operant responding in mice

(2009) Desirae M. Haluk et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Pain

(2009) Allan I. Basbaum et al.   CELL

D2R striatopallidal neurons inhibit both locomotor and drug reward processes

(2009) Pierre F Durieux et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Analyzing the validity of GalR1 and GalR2 antibodies using knockout mice

(2009) Xiaoying Lu et al.   NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERGS ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY

Human and Rodent Homologies in Action Control: Corticostriatal Determinants of Goal-Directed and Habitual Action

(2009) Bernard W Balleine et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Drd1a-tdTomato BAC Transgenic Mice for Simultaneous Visualization of Medium Spiny Neurons in the Direct and Indirect Pathways of the Basal Ganglia

(2008) J. A. Shuen et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Dysphoric Component of Stress Is Encoded by Activation of the Dynorphin  -Opioid System

(2008) B. B. Land et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Regulation of NMDA receptor subunit expression and its implications for LTD, LTP, and metaplasticity

(2008) Koji Yashiro et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Polymorphisms in the galanin gene are associated with symptom–severity in female patients suffering from panic disorder

(2007) Paul G. Unschuld et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS