The Detection of Novelty Relies on Dopaminergic Signaling: Evidence from Apomorphine’s Impact on the Novelty N2 (2013)

PLoS One. 2013; 8(6): e66469. Published online 2013 Jun 20. doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0066469 Mauricio Rangel-Gomez,1,* Clayton Hickey,1 Therese van Amelsvoort,2 Pierre Bet,3 and Martijn Meeter1 Stefano L. Sensi, Editor Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Despite much research, […]

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Cognitive neuroscience of self-regulation failure (2011)

Trends Cogn Sci. 2011 Mar;15(3):132-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.12.005. FULL STUDY Heatherton TF, Wagner DD. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, 6207 Moore Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. [email protected] Abstract Self-regulatory failure is a core feature of many social and mental health problems. Self-regulation can be undermined by failures to transcend overwhelming temptations, negative moods […]

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The role of orbitofrontal cortex in drug addiction: a review of preclinical studies (2008)

Biol Psychiatry. 2008 February 1; 63(3): 256–262. Published online 2007 August 23. doi:  10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.06.003 PMCID: PMC2246020 NIHMSID: NIHMS38474 Geoffrey Schoenbaum1,2 and Yavin Shaham3 Abstract Studies using brain imaging methods have shown that neuronal activity in the orbitofrontal cortex, a brain area thought to promote the ability to control behavior according to likely outcomes or consequences, […]

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