Persistent structural modifications in nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex neurons produced by previous experience with amphetamine

TE Robinson, B Kolb - Journal of neuroscience, 1997 - Soc Neuroscience
… other forms of experience-… experience-dependent plasticity. Because the behaviors that
are sensitized by amphetamine are mediated in part by drug actions in the nucleus accumbens

… behavior induction of c-Fos in the nucleus accumbens and amphetamine-stimulated locomotor activity are sensitized by previous sexual experience in female Syrian …

KC Bradley, RL Meisel - Journal of Neuroscience, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
… female sexual behavior activates nucleus accumbens neurons and whether past sexual
experience cross-sensitizes neuronal responses in the nucleus accumbens to amphetamine. …

The role of nucleus accumbens dopamine in motivated behavior: a unifying interpretation with special reference to reward-seeking

S Ikemoto, J Panksepp - Brain Research Reviews, 1999 - Elsevier
Studies addressing behavioral functions of dopamine (DA) in the nucleus accumbens septi (NAS)
are reviewed. A role of NAS DA in reward has long been suggested. However, some …

The influence of ΔFosB in the nucleus accumbens on natural reward-related behavior

DL Wallace, V Vialou, L Rios… - Journal of …, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
… The transcription factor deltaFosB (ΔFosB), induced in nucleus accumbens (NAc) by chronic
… In addition, we show that animals with previous sexual experience, which exhibit increased …

[HTML][HTML] Natural reward experience alters AMPA and NMDA receptor distribution and function in the nucleus accumbens

KK Pitchers, S Schmid, AR Di Sebastiano, X Wang… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… subunit following sexual experience may be indicative of sex experience-induced silent …
It has been shown that previous cocaine exposure can generate silent synapses throughout …

[HTML][HTML] Encoding of aversion by dopamine and the nucleus accumbens

JE McCutcheon, SR Ebner, AL Loriaux… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
… state and learning from previous experience can also have … of most importance for the
aversive experience. In this light, the … many of the aversive experiences we will discuss have also …

[HTML][HTML] Previous exposure to psychostimulants enhances the reinstatement of cocaine seeking by nucleus accumbens AMPA

N Suto, LM Tanabe, JD Austin, E Creekmore… - …, 2004 - nature.com
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Cocaine experience controls bidirectional synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens

S Kourrich, PE Rothwell, JR Klug… - Journal of …, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
experience changes neural function to impact future behavior. In animal models of addiction,
glutamatergic signaling in the nucleus accumbens … how or when experience with drugs may …

Synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens: lessons learned from experience

BD Turner, DT Kashima, KM Manz… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
… As a key node in the reward pathway, the nucleus accumbens (NAc) is important for …
Experience-dependent plasticity mechanisms within the NAc vary depending on the distinct …

Nucleus accumbens and impulsivity

K Basar, T Sesia, H Groenewegen… - Progress in …, 2010 - Elsevier
… The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a key component of the neural processes regulating
impulsivity. In this review, we discuss the findings of lesion studies in animals and functional …