The purpose of this article was to explore how individuals' position in a socioeconomic
hierarchy is related to health behaviours that are related to socioeconomic disparities in …

Cannabis sativa, like all known drugs of abuse, leads to increased dopamine activation
within the mesolimbic pathway. Consequent dopamine release within terminal regions of the …

Abstract Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the intoxicating constituent of cannabis and is
responsible for the drug's reinforcing effects. Retrospective human studies suggest that …

Rewarding and aversive outcomes have opposing effects on behavior, facilitating approach
and avoidance, although we need to accurately anticipate each type of outcome to behave …

The nucleus accumbens (NAc), consisting of core (NAcC) and shell (NAcS) sub-regions, has
primarily been studied as a locus mediating the effects of drug reward and addiction …

Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are neuromodulators that influence a wide range of neural
systems and behaviors. In the current review, we describe our recent research showing how …

Background Dopamine neurotransmission plays a critical role in reward in drug abuse and
drug addiction. However, the role of dopamine in the recognition of drug-associated …

Background: Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder with complicated biological
mechanisms. Few studies explore the transcriptional features that are shared in brain tissue …

The ability of neurons to dynamically and flexibly encode synaptic inputs via short-and long-
term plasticity is critical to an organism's ability to learn and adapt to the environment …

Motivational and attentional processes energize action sequences to facilitate evolutionary
competition and promote behavioral fitness. Decades of neuropharmacology …