ERK2: a logical AND gate critical for drug-induced plasticity? (2006)

ERK  is another molecule activated by drugs of abuse and natural rewards. When blocked no addiction occurs. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2007 Feb;7(1):77-85. Epub 2006 Nov 7. Girault JA, Valjent E, Caboche J, Hervé D. Source INSERM, UMR-S536, F-75005, Paris, France. [email protected] Abstract Drug addiction results in part from the distortion of dopamine-controlled plasticity, and extracellular […]

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Sexual experience in female rodents: cellular mechanisms and functional consequences (2006)

Brain Res. 2006 Dec 18;1126(1):56-65. Epub 2006 Sep 15. Meisel RL, Mullins AJ. Source Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. [email protected] Abstract The neurobiology of female sexual behavior has largely focused on mechanisms of hormone action on nerve cells and how these effects translate into the display […]

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Dopamine Signaling in reward-related behaviors (2013)

Front Neural Circuits. 2013 Oct 11;7:152. Baik JH. Source Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Korea University Seoul, South Korea. Abstract Dopamine (DA) regulates emotional and motivational behavior through the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway. Changes in DA mesolimbic neurotransmission have been found to modify behavioral responses to various environmental stimuli associated with reward behaviors. Psychostimulants, […]

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Impaired decisional impulsivity in pathological videogamers (2013)

PLoS One. 2013 Oct 16;8(10):e75914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075914. Irvine MA, Worbe Y, Bolton S, Harrison NA, Bullmore ET, Voon V. Source Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Abstract Background Pathological gaming is an emerging and poorly understood problem. Impulsivity is commonly impaired in disorders of behavioural and substance addiction, hence we sought to […]

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Natural Rewards, Neuroplasticity, and Non-Drug Addictions (2011)

Neuropharmacology. 2011 December; 61(7): 1109–1122. Published online 2011 April 1. doi:  10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.03.010 PMCID: PMC3139704  NIHMSID: NIHMS287046 Christopher M. Olsen, Ph.D.1,2,3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neuropharmacology See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Go to: Abstract There is […]

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