The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has long been known to be involved in the mediation of complex
behavioral responses. Considerable research efforts are directed towards refining the …

Electrical stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle can reward arbitrary acts or motivate
biologically primitive, species‐typical behaviors like feeding or copulation. The subsystems …

Activation of a variety of anatomically distinct sites in the central nervous system can
produce rewarding states. Four central reward phenomena are amphetamine injections into …

This book was conceived many years ago as an abstract goal for a father-son team when
the father was working in university administration and the son was just getting into the …

Drug addiction is associated with long-lasting neuronal adaptations including alterations in
dopamine and glutamate receptors in the brain reward system. Treatment strategies for …

Progress in Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology, Volume 9 reviews developments
in the fields of psychobiology and physiological psychology, with emphasis on selected …

Histological sections of the mammalian striatum reveal a “matrix” that is histochemically
distinguishable from patches, or “striosomes”. The latter are cross sections of a compartment …

The results of collision and refractory period tests were used to compute conduction velocity
estimates for reward-relevant neurons activated by electrodes aimed approximately 3 mm …

El consumo de sustancias de abuso, legales e ilegales, constituye un problema social con
importantes repercusiones en diferentes campos y ámbitos. Cuando se intenta definir la …

The boundaries and relative sensitivities of the substrates of septal and cortical brain
stimulation reward were mapped in relation to the dopamine terminal fields in these regions …