Reduced caudate and nucleus accumbens response to rewards in unmedicated individuals with major depressive disorder (2009)

Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;166(6):702-10. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08081201. Epub 2009 May 1. Pizzagalli DA, Holmes AJ, Dillon DG, Goetz EL, Birk JL, Bogdan R, Dougherty DD, Iosifescu DV, Rauch SL, Fava M. Source Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 1220 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: Major depressive disorder is characterized […]

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The Mysterious Motivational Functions of Mesolimbic Dopamine (2012)

John D. Salamone, Mercè Correa Neuron – 8 November 2012 (Vol. 76, Issue 3, pp. 470-485) Summary Nucleus accumbens dopamine is known to play a role in motivational processes, and dysfunctions of mesolimbic dopamine may contribute to motivational symptoms of depression and other disorders, as well as features of substance abuse. Although it has become traditional […]

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The role of the nucleus accumbens and rostral anterior cingulate cortex in anhedonia: Integration of resting EEG, fMRI, and volumetric techniques (2009)

Neuroimage. 2009 May 15;46(1):327-37. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.01.058. Epub 2009 Feb 6. Jan Wacker,1,2 Daniel G. Dillon,2 and Diego A. Pizzagalli2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Neuroimage See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Go to: Abstract Anhedonia, the reduced […]

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Reflections at 60 days – On relapsing, habit, guilt. obsessive thoughts, and getting help.

I am writing this on Day 60 of my reboot process, following my worst relapse yet. Sharing what I’ve learned. Please let me know if you find anything useful or if you can relate to anything. Apologies for the rambling. On Relapsing: On a good day, the idea of relapsing seems impossible. I feel that […]

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Regulation of DeltaFosB stability by phosphorylation (2006)

J Neurosci. 2006 May 10;26(19):5131-42. Ulery PG, Rudenko G, Nestler EJ. Source Department of Psychiatry, Center for Basic Neuroscience, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9070, USA. Abstract The transcription factor DeltaFosB (also referred to as FosB2 or FosB[short form]) is an important mediator of the long-term plasticity induced in brain by […]

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DeltaFosB indirectly regulates Cck promoter activity (2010)

Brain Res. 2010 May 6; 1329: 10–20. Published online 2010 March 11. doi:  10.1016/j.brainres.2010.02.081 PMCID: PMC2876727 John F. Enwright, III,1 Megan Wald,1 Madison Paddock,1 Elizabeth Hoffman,1 Rachel Arey,2 Scott Edwards,2 Sade Spencer,2 Eric J. Nestler,3 and Colleen A. McClung2,* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article […]

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