Behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine: empirical and conceptual problems with the anhedonia hypothesis

JD Salamone, MS Cousins, BJ Snyder - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 1997 - Elsevier
Nucleus accumbens (DA) has been implicated in a number of different behavioral functions,
but most commonly it is said to be involved in “reward” or “reinforcement”. In the present …

Motivational views of reinforcement: implications for understanding the behavioral functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine

JD Salamone, M Correa - Behavioural brain research, 2002 - Elsevier
Although the Skinnerian 'Empirical Law of Effect'does not directly consider the fundamental
properties of stimuli that enable them to act as reinforcers, such considerations are critical for …

Nucleus accumbens dopamine and the regulation of effort in food-seeking behavior: implications for studies of natural motivation, psychiatry, and drug abuse

JD Salamone, M Correa, S Mingote… - Journal of Pharmacology …, 2003 - ASPET
For several decades, it has been suggested that dopamine (DA), especially in nucleus
accumbens, mediates the primary reinforcing characteristics of natural stimuli such as food …

Nucleus accumbens dopamine and rate of responding: Neurochemical and behavioral studies

JD Salamone, JE Aberman, JD Sokolowski… - Psychobiology, 1999 - Springer
It has been suggested that accumbens dopamine (DA) is involved in the process of enabling
organisms to expend energy in various situations, including foraging, maze running, and …

Effort-related functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine and associated forebrain circuits

JD Salamone, M Correa, A Farrar, SM Mingote - Psychopharmacology, 2007 - Springer
Background Over the last several years, it has become apparent that there are critical
problems with the hypothesis that brain dopamine (DA) systems, particularly in the nucleus …

Mesolimbic dopamine and the regulation of motivated behavior

JD Salamone, M Pardo, SE Yohn, L López-Cruz… - Behavioral …, 2016 - Springer
It has been known for some time that nucleus accumbens dopamine (DA) is involved in
aspects of motivation, but theoretical approaches to understanding the functions of DA have …

The involvement of nucleus accumbens dopamine in appetitive and aversive motivation

JD Salamone - Behavioural brain research, 1994 - Elsevier
In recent years, considerable emphasis has been placed upon the putative role of nucleus
accumbens dopamine systems in appetitive motivation and positive reinforcement …

Beyond the reward hypothesis: alternative functions of nucleus accumbens dopamine

JD Salamone, M Correa, SM Mingote… - Current opinion in …, 2005 - Elsevier
According to the dopamine (DA) hypothesis of reward, DA systems in the brain, particularly
in the nucleus accumbens, are thought to directly mediate the rewarding or primary …

Dopamine, behavioral economics, and effort

JD Salamone, M Correa, AM Farrar… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2009 - frontiersin.org
There are numerous problems with the hypothesis that brain dopamine (DA) systems,
particularly in the nucleus accumbens, directly mediate the rewarding or primary …

The role of nucleus accumbens dopamine in motivated behavior: a unifying interpretation with special reference to reward-seeking

S Ikemoto, J Panksepp - Brain Research Reviews, 1999 - Elsevier
Studies addressing behavioral functions of dopamine (DA) in the nucleus accumbens septi
(NAS) are reviewed. A role of NAS DA in reward has long been suggested. However, some …