Dopamine (DA) plays a key role in reward processing and is implicated in psychological
disorders such as depression, substance use, and schizophrenia. The role of DA in reward …

Rewards are appetitive events that elicit approach. Ground-breaking findings from
neurophysiological experiments in animals, alongside neuropharmacology and …

Objective: The purpose of this article is to review some of the basic aspects of the
dopaminergic system and its role in reward and pleasure behaviour. We also discuss the …

Reward related behaviour is linked to dopaminergic neurotransmission. Our aim was to gain
insight into dopaminergic involvement in the human reward system. Combining functional …

The last sixty years of research have provided extraordinary advances of our knowledge of
the reward system. Since its initial discovery as a neurotransmitter by Carlsson and …

Dopamine neurotransmission influences approach toward rewards and reward-related
cues. The best cited interpretation of this effect proposes that dopamine mediates the …

Rationale The dopaminergic system, particularly D2-like dopamine receptors, has been
strongly implicated in reward processing. Animal studies have emphasized the role of …

There is general consensus among preclinical researchers that dopamine plays an
important role in the development and persistence of addiction. However, the precise role of …

Research on dopamine (DA) transmission has emphasized the importance of increased
phasic DA cell firing in the presence of unpredictable rewards. Using [11C] raclopride PET …

Mesolimbic dopaminergic neurons are thought to serve as a final common neural pathway
for mediating reinforcement processes. However, several recent findings have challenged …