Repeated methamphetamine use leads to neuronal maladaptations resulting in addictions.
Mechanisms that underpin such adaptations have high energy requirements, implicating …

We describe the use of the Raturn™ for investigation of behavior associated with contingent
and non-contingent (or experimenter applied) intracranial electrical stimulation in the rat …

In the long-term clinical course of epilepsy, there is an increased incidence of the
development of schizophrenia-like paranoid symptoms, such as delusion and hallucination …

The present study was designed to determine the involvement of cholinergic projections to
the ventral tegmental area in the rewarding effects of cocaine. Bilateral intracranial injections …

The psychomotor activating effects of amphetamine and cocaine are determined by many
factors, including dose, prior drug experience, and the context of drug administration. Here it …

Repeated exposure to psychostimulant drugs leads to changes in the synaptic connectivity
and dendritic arborization of neurons in the terminal regions of the mesolimbic dopamine …

It is well known that the repeated administration of a psychostimulant drug to adult rodents,
aka “priming”, induces behavioral sensitization, an enhanced behavioral response to the …

Birdsong is a motivated behavior used for courtship and territorial defense. Juvenile male
Bengalese finches learn song from their fathers, and over time produce an increasingly …