Stimuli, including contexts, which predict the availability or onset of a drug effect, can acquire
conditioned incentive motivational properties. These conditioned properties endure after …

Besides enhanced feeding, the orexigenic peptide ghrelin activates the mesolimbic
dopamine system to cause reward as measured by locomotor stimulation, dopamine release …

Rationale Translational research, especially research that bridges studies with humans and
nonhuman species, is critical to advancing our understanding of human disorders such as …

Rationale The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), a forebrain region that regulates cognitive
function and reward-motivated behaviors, has been implicated in the neuropathological …

Nitric oxide (NO) produced by neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) has a role in late-
phase long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term memory (LTM) formation. Our recent …

Rationale Repeated cocaine administration induces behavioral sensitization in about 50%
of treated animals. Nitric oxide could be involved in the acquisition and maintenance of …

Drug reinforcement learning is relevant for the development of addiction. The present study
investigated how changes in the magnitude of drug‐unconditioned stimulus during …

Mephedrone, a popular psychostimulating substance widely used illegally in recreational
purposes, exerts in rodents that regularly and intermittently were exposed to it a sensitized …

Rational Cue-induced craving memories, linked to drug-seeking behaviors, require key
molecular processes for memory reconsolidation. Lidocaine, a sodium channel blocker …

It is well‐documented that feedforward cardiovascular responses occur at the onset of
exercise, but it is unclear if such responses are associated with other types of movements. In …