Dopamine receptors: from structure to function

C Missale, SR Nash, SW Robinson… - Physiological …, 1998 - journals.physiology.org
Abstract Missale, Cristina, S. Russel Nash, Susan W. Robinson, Mohamed Jaber, and Marc
G. Caron. Dopamine Receptors: From Structure to Function. Physiol. Rev. 78: 189–225 …

Drug addiction, dysregulation of reward, and allostasis

GF Koob, M Le Moal - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent developments in the neurocircuitry and neurobiology of addiction
from a perspective of allostasis. A model is proposed for brain changes that occur during the …

Measuring reward with the conditioned place preference paradigm: a comprehensive review of drug effects, recent progress and new issues

TM Tzschentke - Progress in neurobiology, 1998 - Elsevier
This review gives an overview of recent findings and developments in research on brain
mechanisms of reward and reinforcement from studies using the place preference …

Acetylcholine: a neurotransmitter for learning and memory?

A Blokland - Brain Research Reviews, 1995 - Elsevier
The cholinergic hypothesis claims that the decline in cognitive functions in dementia is
predominantly related to a decrease in cholinergic neurotransmission. This hypothesis has …

The behavioral, anatomical and pharmacological parallels between social attachment, love and addiction

JP Burkett, LJ Young - Psychopharmacology, 2012 - Springer
Rationale Love has long been referred to as an addiction in literature and poetry. Scientists
have often made comparisons between social attachment processes and drug addiction …

Ontogenesis of behavioral sensitization and conditioned place preference induced by psychostimulants in laboratory rodents

E Tirelli, G Laviola, W Adriani - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
The present review deals mainly with the ontogenesis of two important phenomena involved
in vulnerability to several neuropsychiatric disorders, namely with drug-induced sensitization …

Dopamine functions in appetitive and defensive behaviours

JR Blackburn, JG Pfaus, AG Phillips - Progress in neurobiology, 1992 - Elsevier
1.3. The sensorimotor syndrome 2. Dopamine and feeding behaviours 2.1. Dopamine
antagonists and consummatory behaviours 2.1. 1. Initiation of consummatory behaviours …

Dopamine D1-like receptors and reward-related incentive learning

RJ Beninger, R Miller - Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews, 1998 - Elsevier
BENINGER, RJ, R. MILLER. Dopamine D1-like receptors and reward-related incentive
learning. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV 22 (2) 335–345, 1998.—There now is general …

The role of the striatopallidal and extended amygdala systems in drug addiction

GF Koob - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence Suggests that the acute reinforcing actions of drugs of abuse may be mediated by
specific elements of the striatopallidal and extended amygdala systems. These include the …

Effects of alcohol detoxification on dopamine D2 receptors in alcoholics: a preliminary study

ND Volkow, GJ Wang, L Maynard, JS Fowler… - Psychiatry Research …, 2002 - Elsevier
Imaging studies in patients with Type II alcohol dependence have revealed significant
reductions in dopamine (DA) D2 receptor availability. Here we assessed the effects of …