The development of novel pharmacological agents for the treatment of psychostimulant use
disorders is an important research imperative. One potential target system that has been …

How does a small molecule blocking a few receptors change a patients' passionately held
paranoid belief that the FBI is out to get him? To address this central puzzle of antipsychotic …

Dopamine (DA) neurons respond to unexpected food delivery and are inhibited during the
omission of expected reward. DA receptor blockade mimics some, but not all, aspects of …

Brain microdialysis has been a valuable technique in the neuroscience field for more than
20 years. In vivo microdialysis in freely-moving rats allows measurement of neurotransmitter …

Discussions on the underlying processes involved in food cravings are presented, focusing
on the mechanisms common to the control of both eating and drug-taking. Also, the effects of …