Complex motivated behavioral processes, such as those that can go awry following
substance abuse and other neuropsychiatric disorders, are mediated by a distributive …

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is widely acknowledged as a brain structure
that regulates stress and anxiety states, as well as aversive and appetitive behaviours. The …

Behavioural states in mammals, such as the anxious state, are characterized by several
features that are coordinately regulated by diverse nervous system outputs, ranging from …

The central noradrenergic system innervates almost all regions of the brain and, as such, is
well positioned to modulate many neural circuits implicated in behaviors and physiology …

Women are more sensitive to cocaine craving elicited by stimuli associated with relapse.
Ovarian hormones modulate cocaine craving and may therefore function as risk factors or …

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis was first described nearly a century ago and has
since emerged as a region central to motivated behavior and affective states. The last …

Stress and anxiety play an important role in the development and maintenance of drug and
alcohol addiction. The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), a brain region involved in …

Although midbrain dopamine (DA) circuits are central to motivated behaviors, our
knowledge of how experience modifies these circuits to facilitate subsequent behavioral …

Neuroadaptations in brain regions that regulate emotional and reward-seeking behaviors
have been suggested to contribute to pathological behaviors associated with alcohol-use …

The ventral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (vBNST) has been implicated in stress-
induced cocaine use. Here we demonstrate that, in the vBNST, corticotropin releasing factor …