Effort-related functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine and associated forebrain circuits
Background Over the last several years, it has become apparent that there are critical
problems with the hypothesis that brain dopamine (DA) systems, particularly in the nucleus …
problems with the hypothesis that brain dopamine (DA) systems, particularly in the nucleus …
[HTML][HTML] Dopamine, behavioral economics, and effort
JD Salamone, M Correa, AM Farrar… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2009 - frontiersin.org
There are numerous problems with the hypothesis that brain dopamine (DA) systems,
particularly in the nucleus accumbens, directly mediate the rewarding or primary …
particularly in the nucleus accumbens, directly mediate the rewarding or primary …
Nucleus accumbens dopamine and the forebrain circuitry involved in behavioral activation and effort-related decision making: implications for understanding anergia …
The notion that motivated behaviors having an energetic or activational component is an old
one, and there are numerous examples of this idea from the literatures of psychology and …
one, and there are numerous examples of this idea from the literatures of psychology and …
Nucleus accumbens dopamine and the regulation of effort in food-seeking behavior: implications for studies of natural motivation, psychiatry, and drug abuse
For several decades, it has been suggested that dopamine (DA), especially in nucleus
accumbens, mediates the primary reinforcing characteristics of natural stimuli such as food …
accumbens, mediates the primary reinforcing characteristics of natural stimuli such as food …
Mesolimbic dopamine and the regulation of motivated behavior
It has been known for some time that nucleus accumbens dopamine (DA) is involved in
aspects of motivation, but theoretical approaches to understanding the functions of DA have …
aspects of motivation, but theoretical approaches to understanding the functions of DA have …
Motivational views of reinforcement: implications for understanding the behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine
JD Salamone, M Correa - Behavioural brain research, 2002 - Elsevier
Although the Skinnerian 'Empirical Law of Effect'does not directly consider the fundamental
properties of stimuli that enable them to act as reinforcers, such considerations are critical for …
properties of stimuli that enable them to act as reinforcers, such considerations are critical for …
The behavioral pharmacology of effort‐related choice behavior: dopamine, adenosine and beyond
For many years, it has been suggested that drugs that interfere with dopamine (DA)
transmission alter the “rewarding” impact of primary reinforcers such as food. Research and …
transmission alter the “rewarding” impact of primary reinforcers such as food. Research and …
Behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine: empirical and conceptual problems with the anhedonia hypothesis
JD Salamone, MS Cousins, BJ Snyder - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 1997 - Elsevier
Nucleus accumbens (DA) has been implicated in a number of different behavioral functions,
but most commonly it is said to be involved in “reward” or “reinforcement”. In the present …
but most commonly it is said to be involved in “reward” or “reinforcement”. In the present …
Beyond the reward hypothesis: alternative functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine
According to the dopamine (DA) hypothesis of reward, DA systems in the brain, particularly
in the nucleus accumbens, are thought to directly mediate the rewarding or primary …
in the nucleus accumbens, are thought to directly mediate the rewarding or primary …
[HTML][HTML] The mysterious motivational functions of mesolimbic dopamine
JD Salamone, M Correa - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Nucleus accumbens dopamine is known to play a role in motivational processes, and
dysfunctions of mesolimbic dopamine may contribute to motivational symptoms of …
dysfunctions of mesolimbic dopamine may contribute to motivational symptoms of …