[HTML][HTML] A primer on foraging and the explore/exploit trade-off for psychiatry research

MA Addicott, JM Pearson, MM Sweitzer… - …, 2017 - nature.com
Foraging is a fundamental behavior, and many types of animals appear to have solved
foraging problems using a shared set of mechanisms. Perhaps the most common foraging …

[HTML][HTML] The missing, the short, and the long: L-Dopa responses and dopamine actions

RL Albin, DK Leventhal - Annals of neurology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We attempt to correlate the clinical pharmacology of dopamine replacement therapy (DRT)
in Parkinson Disease with known features of striatal dopamine actions. Despite its obvious …

[HTML][HTML] High fructose corn syrup induces metabolic dysregulation and altered dopamine signaling in the absence of obesity

AM Meyers, D Mourra, JA Beeler - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The contribution of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to metabolic disorder and obesity,
independent of high fat, energy-rich diets, is controversial. While high-fat diets are widely …

A novel operant task to assess social reward and motivation in rodents

JM Borland, KJ Frantz, LM Aiani, KN Grantham… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Social reward plays a critical role in the development of beneficial social
relationships, and disorders of the mechanisms controlling social reward are involved in the …

Altered reward anticipation: Potential explanation for weight gain in schizophrenia?

O Grimm, S Kaiser, MM Plichta, PN Tobler - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2017 - Elsevier
Obesity and weight gain are severe complications of mental illness, especially
schizophrenia. They result from changes in lifestyle and nutrition, side effects of medication …

A temporary deficiency in self‐control: Can heightened motivation overcome this effect?

CL Kelly, TJ Crawford, E Gowen… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐control is important for everyday life and involves behavioral regulation. Self‐control
requires effort, and when completing two successive self‐control tasks, there is typically a …

Genetic Architecture of Natural Variation Underlying Adult Foraging Behavior That Is Essential for Survival of Drosophila melanogaster

YCG Lee, Q Yang, W Chi, SA Turkson… - Genome biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Foraging behavior is critical for the fitness of individuals. However, the genetic basis of
variation in foraging behavior and the evolutionary forces underlying such natural variation …