From prediction error to incentive salience: mesolimbic computation of reward motivation

KC Berridge - European Journal of neuroscience, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Reward contains separable psychological components of learning, incentive motivation and
pleasure. Most computational models have focused only on the learning component of …

Dopamine transporter gene moderates response to behavioral parent training in children with ADHD: a pilot study.

BJ van den Hoofdakker, MH Nauta… - Developmental …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
There is great variability in the degree to which children with attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) improve through behavioral treatments. This study investigates the …

Acetaldehyde oral self‐administration: Evidence from the operant‐conflict paradigm

S Cacace, F Plescia, I Barberi… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Acetaldehyde (ACD), ethanol's first metabolite, has been reported to interact
with the dopaminergic reward system, and with the neural circuits involved in stress …

Mesocorticolimbic Generation of Desire and Dread along a Rostrocaudal Gradient in Medial Shell of Nucleus Accumbens.

JM Richard - 2012 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Behaviors related to desire versus dread are generated by localized inhibitions along a
rostrocaudal anatomical gradient within medial shell of nucleus accumbens of the rat. Either …