The pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are still poorly
understood, but psychobiological models have proposed a key role for disturbances in the …

Modern life poses many threats to good-quality sleep, challenging brain health across the
lifespan. Curtailed or fragmented sleep may be particularly damaging during adolescence …

Sex differences in inhibition and self‐regulation at a behavioral level have been widely
described. From an evolutionary point of view, the different selection pressures placed on …

Motivated behaviors are controlled by the mesocorticolimbic dopamine (DA) system,
consisting of projections from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the nucleus accumbens …

Adolescence is pivotal for neural and behavioral development across species. During this
period, maturation occurs in several biological systems, the most well-recognized being …

Choice behavior requires animals to evaluate both short-and long-term advantages and
disadvantages of all potential alternatives. Impulsive choice is traditionally measured in …

Animals continually assess their environment for cues associated with threats, competitors,
allies, mates or prey, and experience is crucial for those associations. The auditory cortex is …

The nucleus accumbens core (AcbC) is a striatal brain region essential for integrating
motivated behavior and reward processing with premotor function. In humans and rodents …

The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is a commonly used and well-studied rodent
model of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Sex differences in the cognitive …

Emerging lines of research suggest that both testosterone and maladaptive reward
processing can modulate behavioral dysregulation. Yet, to date, no integrative account has …