Anhedonia or anergia? Effects of haloperidol and nucleus accumbens dopamine depletion on instrumental response selection in a T-maze cost/benefit procedure
Two experiments were conducted to study the role of dopamine in the performance of a
novel cost/benefit procedure. Rats were trained on a T-maze task in which one arm …
novel cost/benefit procedure. Rats were trained on a T-maze task in which one arm …
Nucleus accumbens dopamine depletions alter relative response allocation in a T-maze cost/benefit task
MS Cousins, A Atherton, L Turner… - Behavioural brain …, 1996 - Elsevier
This experiment was conducted to study the role of nucleus accumbens dopamine in the
performance of a novel T-maze cost/benefit procedure. Rats were trained on a T-maze task …
performance of a novel T-maze cost/benefit procedure. Rats were trained on a T-maze task …
Nucleus accumbens dopamine depletions in rats affect relative response allocation in a novel cost/benefit procedure
MS Cousins, JD Salamone - Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 1994 - Elsevier
Rats were tested on days 1, 3, and 5 of a 5-day test week in an operant chamber in which
they could either lever press on a fixed-ratio 5 (FR5) schedule to obtain food pellets …
they could either lever press on a fixed-ratio 5 (FR5) schedule to obtain food pellets …
The adenosine A2A antagonist MSX-3 reverses the effects of the dopamine antagonist haloperidol on effort-related decision making in a T-maze cost/benefit …
Rationale Mesolimbic dopamine (DA) is a critical component of the brain circuitry regulating
behavioral activation and effort-related processes. Research involving choice tasks has …
behavioral activation and effort-related processes. Research involving choice tasks has …
Different effects of nucleus accumbens and ventrolateral striatal dopamine depletions on instrumental response selection in the rat
MS Cousins, JD Sokolowski, JD Salamone - … Biochemistry and Behavior, 1993 - Elsevier
This experiment was undertaken to investigate dopaminergic involvement in food-related
instrumental behavior. Rats were tested in an operant chamber in which there was a choice …
instrumental behavior. Rats were tested in an operant chamber in which there was a choice …
Haloperidol and nucleus accumbens dopamine depletion suppress lever pressing for food but increase free food consumption in a novel food choice procedure
JD Salamone, RE Steinpreis, LD McCullough… - …, 1991 - Springer
An important aspect of motivated behavior is that organisms will perform complex
instrumental behaviors to gain access to stimuli such as food. In the present study, food …
instrumental behaviors to gain access to stimuli such as food. In the present study, food …
Dopamine modulates effort-based decision making in rats.
ME Bardgett, M Depenbrock, N Downs… - Behavioral …, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous research has implicated dopamine as a modulating factor in choice behavior
based on effort. The purpose of the present study was to determine the individual …
based on effort. The purpose of the present study was to determine the individual …
Effects of dopamine antagonists and accumbens dopamine depletions on time-constrained progressive-ratio performance
JE Aberman, SJ Ward, JD Salamone - Pharmacology Biochemistry and …, 1998 - Elsevier
Four experiments were conducted to determine the effects of dopamine (DA) antagonists
and DA depletions on progressive-ratio responding for food reinforcement. On this schedule …
and DA depletions on progressive-ratio responding for food reinforcement. On this schedule …
Haloperidol differentially affects reinforcement and motivational processes in rats running an alley for intravenous heroin
K McFarland, A Ettenberg - Psychopharmacology, 1995 - Springer
The role of drug-paired environmental stimuli in opiate self-administration was investigated
by exposing animals to discrete cues that were predictive of the availability or unavailability …
by exposing animals to discrete cues that were predictive of the availability or unavailability …
Haloperidol induces a partial reinforcement extinction effect in rats: implications for a dopamine involvement in food reward
A Ettenberg, CH Camp - Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 1986 - Elsevier
The hypothesis that dopamine antagonist drugs attenuate the reinforcing properties of food
was investigated in hungry rats trained to traverse a straight runaway for food reward …
was investigated in hungry rats trained to traverse a straight runaway for food reward …