Nucleus accumbens acetylcholine regulates appetitive learning and motivation for food via activation of muscarinic receptors.

abstract：:Only the function relating the required pulse frequency to the interburst interval discriminates between the priming effect and the rewarding effect: Separating two short bursts of pulses has no effect on their combined rewarding effect, but it enhances their priming effect. There are significant nonscalar differences...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sax L,Gallistel CR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work from our laboratory demonstrates that both young and adult rats show a preference for directional responding over place navigation in the Morris water task. Based on these findings, previous studies on the postnatal development of spatial learning have most likely assessed the ontogeny of directional respo...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Akers KG,Candelaria-Cook FT,Rice JP,Johnson TE,Hamilton DA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social signals play a primary role in regulating social relationships among male mice. The present series of experiments investigated the neural mechanisms underlying an induction of amicable cues that facilitate social approach in male mice of the C57BL/6 (B6) and BALB/c (BALB) strains. Male mice exhibit approach beh...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Arakawa H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the role of the amygdala in mediating the effects of glucocorticoids on spatial memory in rats. Adrenalectomy (ADX) induced 4-5 days prior to training impaired memory in a water-maze spatial task. This effect was reversed by a posttraining injection of dexamethasone (0.3 mg/kg sc) but not by cortic...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Roozendaal B,Portillo-Marquez G,McGaugh JL

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult rats that were isolated from the mother and nest for 1 hr per day from Postnatal Day 2 to 9 were studied. Controls consisted of handled littermates as well as separate litters that were never handled. As adults, animals were given either a pharmacological challenge (1.0 or 2.0 mg/kg amphetamine) or an environmen...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kehoe P,Shoemaker WJ,Triano L,Callahan M,Rappolt G

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed with male rats categorized as sexually naive (SN), sexually active (SA), or sexually inactive (SI). In a first experiment the effects of dopamine (DA) D2 agonist SND 919 (0.05, 1, and 10 mg/kg) on the copulatory behavior of SN, SA and SI rats were assessed. In a second experiment the DA D2 ago...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Giuliani D,Ferrari F

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure to light at night (LAN) is a circadian disruptor and may be linked to various health risks, including mood disorders. We recently demonstrated that chronic exposure to dim (5 lux) LAN provokes depressive-like behaviors and reduced hippocampal CA1 dendritic spine density in female hamsters. Whether thi...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Bedrosian TA,Weil ZM,Nelson RJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated male murine accessory sex glands as potential sources of a urinary aggression-promoting chemosignal. Experiments 1-4 were designed to determine whether the removal of the following glands would eliminate voided urine chemosignal activity: vesicular and coagulating glands, Cowper's gland,...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Ingersoll DW,Morley KT,Benvenga M,Hands C

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several experiments were conducted to examine the effects of intracranial injection of opioid peptides and antagonists on learning and memory in the chick. Pretraining injection of [leu5]enkephalin and the selective delta receptor agonist [D-Pen2,L-Pen5]enkephalin (DPLPE) into the intermediate medial hyperstriatum ven...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Patterson TA,Schulteis G,Alvarado MC,Martinez JL Jr,Bennett EL,Rosenzweig MR,Hruby VJ

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available evidence indicates that common genes influence alcohol and tobacco abuse in humans. The studies reported here used mouse models to evaluate the hypothesis that genetically determined variability in the alpha4beta2* nicotinic receptor modulates genetically determined variability in the intake of both nicotine...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Butt CM,King NM,Hutton SR,Collins AC,Stitzel JA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly developed odor learning was shown in the terrestrial slug Limax maximus. In addition, several key cellular elements of the neural network that controls ingestive feeding have been identified. The results of 3 experiments demonstrate an interaction between odor input and ingestive feeding in that olfactory stimu...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sahley CL,Martin KA,Gelperin A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampus has been implicated in anxiety, novelty detection, spatial- contextual processing, and hyperactivity. Accordingly, the authors contrasted the role of the dorsal hippocampus (DH) and the basolateral amygdala complex (BLA) in an open field task that presents the onset and termination of a bright light gr...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Godsil BP,Stefanacci L,Fanselow MS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptors are thought to modulate aversion, whereas the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) is a common pathway for the integration of fear behaviors. The authors determined whether injection of an NK-1 agonist (GR73632) into subregions of the PAG would alter fear-related behaviors. Behavioral...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Mongeau R,De Oca BM,Fanselow MS,Marsden CA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val158met polymorphism has received attention in schizophrenia due to its role in prefrontal dopamine catabolism. Given the rich dopaminergic innervations of the olfactory bulb and the influence of dopamine on the transmission of olfactory signals, the authors examined the influ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kamath V,Moberg PJ,Gur RE,Doty RL,Turetsky BI

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors measured the effects of centrally infused peptides on social approach behaviors in goldfish (Carassius auratus), a social teleost. Vasotocin (VT) inhibited approach responses toward the visual stimuli of conspecifics in the absence of aggressive or sexual olfactory contextual cues in males, and a V1 recept...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Thompson RR,Walton JC

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats implanted with cannula tips placed above the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) were trained to obtain food pellets placed in 2 arms of a Y maze and then given a footshock in 1 arm of the maze. The rats then received bilateral injections of lidocaine or buffer into the NTS and peripheral injections of saline or ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Williams CL,McGaugh JL

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relative roles of distinct striatal areas in response processing. Rats were trained on a reaction time task that enabled performance on each side of the rat's body to be assessed independently. Rats then received unilateral lesions of the whole dorsal striatum or restricted medial or lateral le...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Brasted PJ,Robbins TW,Dunnett SB

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhesus monkeys were trained on 2 versions of delayed nonmatching-to-sample, one with multiple pairs of objects and the other with a single pair, to evaluate their ability to remember objects. They then received either bilateral aspiration lesions of the anterior rhinal cortex or bilateral excitotoxic lesions of the am...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Murray EA,Gaffan EA,Flint RW Jr

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding-related gustatory, olfactory, and visual activation of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) decreases following satiety. Previous neurophysiological studies have concentrated on the caudolateral OFC (clOFC). We describe satiety-induced modulation of 23 gustatory, 5 water, and 15 control neurons in the medial OFC (mO...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Pritchard TC,Nedderman EN,Edwards EM,Petticoffer AC,Schwartz GJ,Scott TR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high level of dopaminergic activation such as that produced by a high dose of amphetamine suppresses eating, whereas a low level such as that produced by a low dose can have the opposite effect. Like a high dose of amphetamine, a high level of wheel running also suppresses eating. It was hypothesized that this suppr...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Lett BT,Grant VL,Gaborko LL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hippocampal formation (comprising the hippocampus proper, the dentate gyrus, and the subiculum) has been repeatedly implicated in information storage models of the mammalian brain. The precise nature of the hippocampal role in the storage of information has, however, remained elusive. Here it is proposed that the ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Teyler TJ,DiScenna P

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fear reactions of rats given bilateral lesions to the septum, hippocampus, or amygdala were compared with those of rats given sham lesions, in 2 animal models of anxiety: the shock-probe burying test and the elevated plus-maze test. Septal lesions produced anxiolytic effects in both tests (i.e., an increase in open-ar...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Treit D,Menard J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has demonstrated an important role for adrenergic receptors in memory processes in fear and drug conditioning paradigms. Recent studies have also demonstrated alterations in extinction in these paradigms using drug treatments targeting beta- and alpha2-adrenergic receptors, but little is known about the ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Bernardi RE,Lattal KM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six females rats were trained to lever press under a free operant shock-postponement schedule. Each subject had a yoked control which received shock whenever the subject did. The shock-postponement interval (R-S) was varied from 5, 10, 20, 40, to 80 s over blocks of sessions. Corticosteroid levels were taken prior to ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Herrmann TF,Hurwitz HM,Levine S

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immature gustatory system of the neonatal rat is characterized by sensitivity to disruption by early interventions such as receptor or nerve damage. The present studies examined the effect of chorda tympani transection (neoCTX) of neonates on adult preference for salt and nonsalt stimuli. NeoCTX at 10 days of age ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sollars SI,Bernstein IL

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial judgment is impaired in Parkinson's disease (PD), with previous research suggesting that disruptions in attention and executive function are likely contributors. If judgment of center places demands on frontal systems, performance on tests of attention/executive function may correlate with extent of bias in PD...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Salazar RD,Moon KLM,Neargarder S,Cronin-Golomb A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common assumption that perceptual sensitivities are related to neural representations of sensory stimuli has seldom been directly demonstrated. The authors analyzed the similarity of spike trains evoked by complex sounds in the rat auditory cortex and related cortical responses to performance in an auditory task. ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Orduña I,Mercado E 3rd,Gluck MA,Merzenich MM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present series of three experiments was concerned with the effects of morphine and the morphine antagonist naloxone on the development of a classical aversive heart rate (HR) conditioned response (CR) to a tone conditioned stimulus (CS) paired with an electric shock unconditioned stimulus (US). In the first study,...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Mahalik T,Fitzgerald RD

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microstructural analysis of licking behavior in the rat was conducted (a) to describe in detail the characteristics of benzodiazepine-induced changes in ingestion and (b) to determine if the changes are consistent with an alteration in palatability. The effects of the benzodiazepine receptor (BZR) agonist midazolam (0...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Higgs S,Cooper SJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses an operant, behavioral model to assess the daily changes in the decay rate of short-term memory, motivation, and motor ability in rats exposed to chronic restraint. Restraint decreased reward-related motivation by 50% without altering memory decay rate or motor ability. Moreover, chronic restraint impa...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kleen JK,Sitomer MT,Killeen PR,Conrad CD

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00