Orexin in Rostral Hotspot of Nucleus Accumbens Enhances Sucrose ‘Liking’ and Intake but Scopolamine in Caudal Shell Shifts ‘Liking’ Toward ‘Disgust’ and ‘Fear’

Distribution of the orexin-1 receptor (OX1R) in the mouse forebrain and rostral brainstem: A characterisation of OX1R-eGFP mice

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Pleasure Systems in the Brain

(2015) Kent C. Berridge et al.   NEURON

Insulin enhances striatal dopamine release by activating cholinergic interneurons and thereby signals reward

(2015) Melissa A. Stouffer et al.   Nature Communications

Anterior thalamic paraventricular nucleus is involved in intermittent access ethanol drinking: role of orexin receptor 2

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Manipulation of GABA in the ventral pallidum, but not the nucleus accumbens, induces intense, preferential, fat consumption in rats

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

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Opioid Hedonic Hotspot in Nucleus Accumbens Shell: Mu, Delta, and Kappa Maps for Enhancement of Sweetness "Liking" and "Wanting"

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Dopamine or opioid stimulation of nucleus accumbens similarly amplify cue-triggered ‘wanting’ for reward: entire core and medial shell mapped as substrates for PIT enhancement

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

(2013) Chao-Yi Ho et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Overlapping striatal sites mediate scopolamine-induced feeding suppression and mu-opioid-mediated hyperphagia in the rat

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Enkephalin Surges in Dorsal Neostriatum as a Signal to Eat

(2012) Alexandra G. DiFeliceantonio et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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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Mapping brain circuits of reward and motivation: In the footsteps of Ann Kelley

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Local hypocretin-1 modulates terminal dopamine concentration in the nucleus accumbens shell

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Induction of Hyperphagia and Carbohydrate Intake by  -Opioid Receptor Stimulation in Circumscribed Regions of Frontal Cortex

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The lateral hypothalamus as integrator of metabolic and environmental needs: From electrical self-stimulation to opto-genetics

(2011) Hans-Rudi Berthoud et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Optogenetic disruption of sleep continuity impairs memory consolidation

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

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Orexin Signaling Via the Orexin 1 Receptor Mediates Operant Responding for Food Reinforcement

(2010) Ruth Sharf et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Desire and Dread from the Nucleus Accumbens: Cortical Glutamate and Subcortical GABA Differentially Generate Motivation and Hedonic Impact in the Rat

(2010) Alexis Faure et al.   PLoS One

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

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Cholinergic Interneurons Control Local Circuit Activity and Cocaine Conditioning

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Which Cue to "Want?" Central Amygdala Opioid Activation Enhances and Focuses Incentive Salience on a Prepotent Reward Cue

(2009) S. V. Mahler et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cannabinoid in the nucleus accumbens enhances the intake of palatable solution

(2009) Yuhei Shinohara et al.   NEUROREPORT

Muscarinic receptor antagonism causes a functional alteration in nucleus accumbens μ-opiate-mediated feeding behavior

(2008) M PERRY et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The structural basis for mapping behavior onto the ventral striatum and its subdivisions

(2008) Gloria E. Meredith et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Emotional environments retune the valence of appetitive versus fearful functions in nucleus accumbens

(2008) Sheila M Reynolds et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Underweight rats have enhanced dopamine release and blunted acetylcholine response in the nucleus accumbens while bingeing on sucrose

(2008) N.M. Avena et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Pharmacological enhancement of the endocannabinoid system in the nucleus accumbens shell stimulates food intake and increases c-Fos expression in the hypothalamus

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