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A cannabinoid mechanism in relapse to cocaine seeking.

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A grandparent-influenced locus for alcohol preference on mouse chromosome 2.

scientific article published in September 2009

Acute and constitutive increases in central serotonin levels reduce social play behaviour in peri-adolescent rats.

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Adaptations in pre- and postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptor function and cocaine supersensitivity in serotonin transporter knockout rats.

scientific article published on 27 June 2008

Adolescent Alcohol Exposure Amplifies the Incentive Value of Reward-Predictive Cues Through Potentiation of Phasic Dopamine Signaling.

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Altered performance in a rat gambling task after acute and repeated alcohol exposure

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Altering endocannabinoid neurotransmission at critical developmental ages: impact on rodent emotionality and cognitive performance.

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Amphetamine and cocaine suppress social play behavior in rats through distinct mechanisms.

scientific article published on 22 September 2013

Amygdala 14-3-3ζ as a novel modulator of escalating alcohol intake in mice.

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Animal studies of addictive behavior

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Anti-obesity drugs and neural circuits of feeding.

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Augmented reinforcer value and accelerated habit formation after repeated amphetamine treatment.

scientific article published in February 2007

Behavioral studies on the putative gamma-type endorphin receptor using different antibodies.

scientific article published in June 1995

Bidirectional cannabinoid modulation of social behavior in adolescent rats.

scientific article published on 6 December 2007

Bremazocine reduces unrestricted free-choice ethanol self-administration in rats without affecting sucrose preference.

scientific article published in March 1999

Cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonist rimonabant (SR141716) increases striatal dopamine D2 receptor availability.

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Cannabis and the developing brain: insights from behavior.

scientific article published on 18 March 2008

Cellular activation in limbic brain systems during social play behaviour in rats

scientific article published on 14 May 2013

Central melanocortins regulate the motivation for sucrose reward

scientific article published on 26 March 2015

Compartment-specific changes in striatal neuronal activity during expression of amphetamine sensitization are the result of drug hypersensitivity.

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Compulsive drug use and its neural substrates.

scientific article published on January 2012

Contrasting Roles of Dopamine and Noradrenaline in the Motivational Properties of Social Play Behavior in Rats.

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Corticolimbic Mechanisms of Behavioral Inhibition under Threat of Punishment

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Current approaches to the laboratory assessment of abuse potential

scientific article published in September 2013

Deep brain stimulation reveals a dissociation of consummatory and motivated behaviour in the medial and lateral nucleus accumbens shell of the rat.

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Delayed occurrence of enhanced striatal preprodynorphin gene expression in behaviorally sensitized rats: differential long-term effects of intermittent and chronic morphine administration.

scientific article published in January 1997

Detrimental effects of the 'bath salt' methylenedioxypyrovalerone on social play behavior in male rats

scientific article published on 07 June 2020

Disrupted social development enhances the motivation for cocaine in rats

scientific article published on 06 December 2013

Dissociable effects of monoamine reuptake inhibitors on distinct forms of impulsive behavior in rats.

scientific article published on 3 December 2011

Dissociable roles of mGlu5 and dopamine receptors in the rewarding and sensitizing properties of morphine and cocaine ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Distinct contributions of dopamine in the dorsolateral striatum and nucleus accumbens shell to the reinforcing properties of cocaine.

scientific article published on 14 September 2011

Distinct roles of the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol in social behavior and emotionality at different developmental ages in rats.

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Dizocilpine (MK801): use or abuse?

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Does dizocilpine (MK-801) inhibit the development of morphine-induced behavioural sensitization in rats?

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Dopaminergic mechanisms mediating the long-term expression of locomotor sensitization following pre-exposure to morphine or amphetamine

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Drug seeking becomes compulsive after prolonged cocaine self-administration.

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Early Social Experience Is Critical for the Development of Cognitive Control and Dopamine Modulation of Prefrontal Cortex Function ⬇️

scientific article published on February 12, 2013

Early social isolation augments alcohol consumption in rats.

scientific article published on October 2015

Effects of morphine on different aspects of social play in juvenile rats

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Endocannabinoids in amygdala and nucleus accumbens mediate social play reward in adolescent rats.

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Ethanol, like psychostimulants and morphine, causes long-lasting hyperreactivity of dopamine and acetylcholine neurons of rat nucleus accumbens: possible role in behavioural sensitization.

scientific article published in September 1997

Evaluating the rewarding nature of social interactions in laboratory animals

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Functional integrity of the habenula is necessary for social play behaviour in rats.

scientific article published on 16 September 2013

Getting to the core of relapse: The role of the nucleus accumbens core in the incubation of methamphetamine seeking after choice-based abstinence

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

Glucocorticoid receptor antagonism disrupts the reconsolidation of social reward-related memories in rats

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Impaired neurocognitive functions affect social learning processes in oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: implications for interventions

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Inactivation of the prelimbic or infralimbic cortex impairs decision-making in the rat gambling task.

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Individual Variation in Alcohol Intake Predicts Reinforcement, Motivation, and Compulsive Alcohol Use in Rats

scientific article published in December 2015

Inflexible and indifferent alcohol drinking in male mice.

scientific article published on 7 May 2010

Influence of environmental factors on social play behavior of juvenile rats

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Intermittent morphine treatment causes a protracted increase in cholinergic striatal neurotransmission measured ex vivo

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Involvement of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens core and shell in inhibitory response control.

scientific article published on 14 September 2006

Involvement of the dorsal striatum in cue-controlled cocaine seeking.

scientific article published in September 2005

Kicking the habit: the neural basis of ingrained behaviors in cocaine addiction.

scientific article published on 25 January 2010

Lack of alpha2-adrenoceptor autoregulation of noradrenaline release in rat nucleus accumbens slices.

scientific article published in January 1998

Lack of cross-sensitization of the locomotor effects of morphine in amphetamine-treated rats

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Limbic substrates of the effects of neuropeptide Y on intake of and motivation for palatable food

scientific article published on 19 February 2014

Low control over palatable food intake in rats is associated with habitual behavior and relapse vulnerability: individual differences.

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Methylphenidate and atomoxetine inhibit social play behavior through prefrontal and subcortical limbic mechanisms in rats.

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Mifepristone prevents the expression of long-term behavioural sensitization to amphetamine

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Modeling autism-relevant behavioral phenotypes in rats and mice: Do 'autistic' rodents exist?

scientific article published on September 2015

Modulation of value-based decision making behavior by subregions of the rat prefrontal cortex

scientific article published on 06 February 2020

Morphine-induced long-term sensitization to the locomotor effects of morphine and amphetamine depends on the temporal pattern of the pretreatment regimen

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

Neurobiology of overeating and obesity: the role of melanocortins and beyond.

scientific article published on 02 February 2011

Neutral antagonism at the cannabinoid 1 receptor: a safer treatment for obesity.

scientific article published on 16 October 2012

Non-traditional drug targets in behavioural pharmacology

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Nucleus Accumbens μ-Opioid Receptors Mediate Social Reward ⬇️

scientific article published on April 27, 2011

Olanzapine and sibutramine have opposing effects on the motivation for palatable food ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

On the interaction between drugs of abuse and adolescent social behavior.

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Pharmacological approaches to feeding behaviour and eating disorders

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

Pharmacological approaches to the study of social behaviour

scientific article published in September 2015

Prosocial effects of nicotine and ethanol in adolescent rats through partially dissociable neurobehavioral mechanisms.

scientific article published on 05 August 2009

Putting a spin on the dorsal-ventral divide of the striatum.

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Reduced psychostimulant effects on dopamine dynamics in the nucleus accumbens of mu-opioid receptor knockout mice.

scientific article published on 13 June 2006

Reducing Ventral Tegmental Dopamine D2 Receptor Expression Selectively Boosts Incentive Motivation

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Risky Decision Making in Substance Dependent Adolescents with a Disruptive Behavior Disorder ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Seeking–taking chain schedules of cocaine and sucrose self-administration: effects of reward size, reward omission, and α-flupenthixol ⬇️

scientific article published on October 12, 2011

Sequential analysis of social play behavior in juvenile rats: effects of morphine.

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Simultaneous blockade of dopamine and noradrenaline reuptake promotes disadvantageous decision making in a rat gambling task.

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Social Play Behavior in Adolescent Rats is Mediated by Functional Activity in Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Striatum ⬇️

scientific article published on 08 April 2013

Social isolation and social interaction alter regional brain opioid receptor binding in rats.

scientific article published in June 1995

Social play alters regional brain opioid receptor binding in juvenile rats.

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Social play behavior, ultrasonic vocalizations and their modulation by morphine and amphetamine in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats.

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Stable immediate early gene expression patterns in medial prefrontal cortex and striatum after long-term cocaine self-administration

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Strain- and context-dependent effects of the anandamide hydrolysis inhibitor URB597 on social behavior in rats.

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

THC reduces the anticipatory nucleus accumbens response to reward in subjects with a nicotine addiction.

scientific article published on 26 February 2013

The behavioural pharmacology of stress

scientific article published in September 2014

The behavioural pharmacology of the basal ganglia: in memory of Lex Cools

scientific article published in February 2015

The feeling of motivation in the developing brain.

scientific article published on 12 August 2011

The neurobiology of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: Altered functioning in three mental domains ⬇️

scientific article published on July 17, 2012

The neuropharmacology of impulsive behaviour

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The nucleus accumbens shell and the dorsolateral striatum mediate the reinforcing effects of cocaine through a serial connection

scientific article published in February 2015

The pleasures of play: pharmacological insights into social reward mechanisms

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Towards an animal model of food addiction.

scientific article published on 19 April 2012

Using conditioned suppression to investigate compulsive drug seeking in rats

scientific article published on 8 July 2014

What the laboratory rat has taught us about social play behavior: role in behavioral development and neural mechanisms.

scientific article published on January 2014

Within-litter variation in maternal care received by individual pups correlates with adolescent social play behavior in male rats.

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

β-Adrenoreceptor stimulation mediates reconsolidation of social reward-related memories

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μ- and κ-opioid receptor-meiated opioid effects on social play in juvenile rats ⬇️

scientific article published on April 4, 1995

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