Nucleus accumbens dopamine increases sexual motivation in sexually satiated male rats.

abstract：RATIONALE:The contribution of dopamine receptor subtypes in mediating the discriminative stimulus effects of cocaine is not fully established. Many drug discrimination studies use food to maintain responding, necessitating food restriction, which can alter drug effects. OBJECTIVE:This study established stimulus contro...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Baladi MG,Newman AH,France CP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Schizophrenia is a disorder with cognitive deficits that could stem from cholinergic dysfunction. OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to examine if donepezil administered to stable, medicated outpatients with schizophrenia improves cognition and psychopathology. METHODS:We conducted a double-blind placebo-controlled tri...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Freudenreich O,Herz L,Deckersbach T,Evins AE,Henderson DC,Cather C,Goff DC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Schizophrenia is a severe, persistent, and fairly common mental illness. Haloperidol is widely used and is effective against the symptoms of psychosis seen in schizophrenia. Chronic oral haloperidol administration decreased the number of astrocytes in the parietal cortex of macaque monkeys (Konopaske et al., ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Konopaske GT,Bolo NR,Basu AC,Renshaw PF,Coyle JT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of olanzapine [LY 170053; 2-methyl-4-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-10H-thieno[2, 3b] [1,5]benzodiazepine), a potential atypical antipsychotic, were determined in pigeons whose keypeck responding was punished. These effects were compared to the anxiolytic agents chlordiazepoxide and pentobarbital, and to other a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Benvenga MJ,Leander JD

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Despite the critical role attributed to phosphorylated extracellular signal regulated kinase (pERK1/2) in the nucleus accumbens (Acb) in the actions of addictive drugs, the effects of morphine on ERK1/2 phosphorylation in this area are still controversial. OBJECTIVES:In order to investigate further this issu...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rosas M,Porru S,Fenu S,Ruiu S,Peana AT,Papale A,Brambilla R,Di Chiara G,Acquas E

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are becoming popular alternatives for smokers, but there has been limited study of their abuse liability. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the abuse liability of three Vuse Solo ECs, ranging from 14 to 36 mg in nicotine content, relative to high- and low-abus...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Stiles MF,Campbell LR,Graff DW,Jones BA,Fant RV,Henningfield JE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Excess consumption of alcohol leads to impaired cognition and decision making; hence, alcohol-containing products and advertising contain warning messages about the adverse effects of excess drinking. However, there is a need to understand how alcohol influences the processing of advisory messages. METHOD:The curr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Phillips JG,Ogeil RP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Psychopharmacology needs novel quantitative measures and theoretical approaches based on computational modelling that can be used to help translate behavioural findings from experimental animals to humans, including patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. OBJECTIVES:This brief review exemplifies this appro...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Robbins TW,Cardinal RN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments investigated the effect of alcohol on retrieval of lexical information. In each, volunteers received alcohol (1 ml per kg body weight) in one session and no alcohol in another in counterbalanced order. Experiment 1 was a computerised version of the Mill Hill vocabulary test in which subjects were requi...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Maylor EA,Rabbitt PM,Kingstone AF

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The noradrenergic and dopaminergic systems are targets for antidepressants and are stimulated by serotonergic antidepressant drugs. The COMT enzyme inactivates catecholamines, and the COMT Val(108/158)Met polymorphism (rs4680) influences the enzyme activity. Clinical studies on the effect of rs4680 on antidep...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Benedetti F,Colombo C,Pirovano A,Marino E,Smeraldi E

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE:Estradiol decline has been associated with depression and anxiety in post-menopausal women. Agomelatine (Ago) is an agonist of the melatonergic MT1/MT2 receptors and an antagonist of the serotonergic 5-HT2c receptors. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of combining Ago with 17β-estr...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： El-Khatib YA,Sayed RH,Sallam NA,Zaki HF,Khattab MM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:It is widely assumed that various forms of neural and behavioral plasticity, including sensitization, are strongly dependent on the activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-receptors, but evidence also exists to suggest that not all forms of sensitization are unequivocally blocked by NMDA-receptor antagonism...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Tzschentke TM,Schmidt WJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, balanced crossover study, eight healthy male volunteers ingested either DL-308 (10 mg), DL-308 (20 mg), oxazepam (30 mg) or placebo. Subjective estimates of coordination and anxiety, objective performance measurements and cardiovascular measurements were taken at 1, 3, 5 and 8 h after ingestion. DL-...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Herbert M,Standen PJ,Short AH,Birmingham AT

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Therapeutic efficacy of antidepressant drugs appears to be related to their ability in producing neuroadaptive changes that restore normal brain function. Activity-regulated cytoskeletal associated protein (Arc) is an effector immediate early gene that plays a fundamental role in activity-dependent neural pla...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Molteni R,Calabrese F,Mancini M,Racagni G,Riva MA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was depleted in rats by intraventricular injection with 5,7-dihyroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT) prior to feeding rats a liquid diet containing ethanol. After withdrawal of ethanol, withdrawal reactions were significantly less severe in 5-HT-depleted rats than control rats. Sleeping times afte...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Wood JM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supersensitivity to serotonin during migraine attack has been previously observed. Since the attack has been attributed to a critical lowering of morphine-like factors, we can expect serotonin supersensitivity during morphine abstinence. Slight signs of morphine abstinence have also been induced in volunteers after mi...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Sicuteri F,Del Bianco PL,Anselmi B

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:We have shown that differences in the level of neural activation to stimuli associated with smoking vs. natural rewards, a biomarker related to reward sensitivity, predict treatment outcome. OBJECTIVES:This paper examined whether this biomarker moderates the impact of bupropion or varenicline on smoking cess...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Cinciripini PM,Green CE,Robinson JD,Karam-Hage M,Engelmann JM,Minnix JA,Wetter DW,Versace F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Children and adolescents will readily abuse household products that contain solvents such as toluene. It is likely that reinforcing exposures to toluene alter brain glucose metabolism. OBJECTIVE:Using an animal model of drug reinforcement, we sought to identify a metabolic signature of toluene abuse in the a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Schiffer WK,Lee DE,Alexoff DL,Ferrieri R,Brodie JD,Dewey SL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Many addictive drugs are known to have effects on learning and memory, and these effects could motivate future drug use. Specifically, addictive drugs may affect memory of emotional events and experiences in ways that are attractive to some users. However, few studies have investigated the effects of addictiv...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Ballard ME,Gallo DA,de Wit H

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, evidence has emerged showing that the behavioural and hormonal features of fear extinction are altered as a result of reproductive experience in both rats and humans. The current set of experiments sought to determine whether reproductive experience also alters the molecular features of fear extinction. In a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Tang S,Graham BM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to determine if acute nicotine attenuated ketamine-induced regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). METHOD:Following 2-4 h of nicotine abstinence, healthy chronic smokers participated in four sets of rCBF studies, H2(15)O positron emission tomography, during a simple sensory motor control...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Rowland LM,Beason-Held L,Tamminga CA,Holcomb HH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of the amplitude and latency of the P3b component of the event-related potential (ERP), simple reaction time (SRT) and four psychomotor tests (VAS, DSST, DSp and CFF) were made on 12 male subjects (aged 19-24 years) 1.0-1.5 and 4.0-4.5 h after single oral doses of triprolidine (7.5 mg), terfenadine (60 mg...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Swire FM,Marsden CA,Barber C,Birmingham AT

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Psychomotor stimulants can induce psychotic states in humans that closely resemble those observed in patients with idiopathic schizophrenia. Attentional and sensorimotor gating impairments are observed in schizophrenic patients using the latent inhibition (LI) and prepulse inhibition (PPI) behavioral assays, ...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Russig H,Murphy CA,Feldon J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In an animal model for vulnerability to drug abuse, rats that are more reactive to a novel environment (high responders, HRs) are more sensitive to behavioral effects of psychostimulants than are less reactive rats (low responders, LRs). In a companion article, we reported that HRs and LRs differ in sensitivi...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： White DA,Kalinichev M,Holtzman SG

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Repetitive cocaine exposure has been shown to induce GABAergic thalamic alterations. Given the key role of T-type (Ca(V)3) calcium channels in thalamocortical physiology, the direct involvement of these calcium channels in cocaine-mediated effects needs to be further explored. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Bisagno V,Raineri M,Peskin V,Wikinski SI,Uchitel OD,Llinás RR,Urbano FJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This laboratory study investigated the mechanisms by which the opioid antagonist, naltrexone, reduces the risk of relapse to heavy drinking in individuals with alcohol dependence. METHODS:Eighteen alcohol-dependent, non-treatment-seeking volunteers were randomized to 50 mg naltrexone or placebo for 6 days a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： O'Malley SS,Krishnan-Sarin S,Farren C,Sinha R,Kreek MJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Impulsivity is related to greater risk of nicotine dependence, perhaps by enhancing sensitivity to nicotine's reinforcing and rewarding effects during initial smoking experiences. OBJECTIVE:We examined the influence of impulsivity characteristics on acute sensitivity to nicotine reward, reinforcement, and ot...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Perkins KA,Lerman C,Coddington SB,Jetton C,Karelitz JL,Scott JA,Wilson AS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of flurazepam (0.0, 0.5, and 3.0 mg/kg) on methylphenidate-induced increases in stereotypy, gnawing, sniffing, and locomotion were evaluated in Swiss-Webster mice in daytime and nighttime experiments. Methylphenidate (50 mg/kg) increased overall stereotypy and stereotyped gnawing behavior; two doses of met...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Risch C,Kripke D,Janowsky D

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormalities of membrane phospholipid metabolism have been described in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated, with the aid of (31)P magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the in vivo intracerebral availability of phosphomonoesters (PME) and phosphodiesters (PDE) in patients with AD. METHODS:Eighteen outpati...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Forlenza OV,Wacker P,Nunes PV,Yacubian J,Castro CC,Otaduy MC,Gattaz WF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of benzodiazepine (triazolam 0.25 and 0.50 mg) on different aspects of cognitive function were assessed. Triazolam impaired free recall and recognition of information presented after drug administration. In contrast to these impairments in explicit memory, a memory function that did not require conscious a...

journal_title：Psychopharmacology

authors： Weingartner HJ,Hommer D,Lister RG,Thompson K,Wolkowitz O

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00