Behavioral neuroscience of psychological pain

MR Papini, PN Fuchs, C Torres - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Pain is a common word used to refer to a wide range of physical and mental states sharing
hedonic aversive value. Three types of pain are distinguished in this article: Physical pain …

Neurobehavioral and neurodevelopmental profiles of a heuristic genetic model of differential schizophrenia-and addiction-relevant features: The RHA vs. RLA rats

A Fernández-Teruel, I Oliveras, T Cañete… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Roman High-(RHA) and Low-(RLA) avoidance rat lines/strains were generated
through bidirectional selective breeding for rapid (RHA) vs. extremely poor (RLA) two-way …

A genetic model of impulsivity, vulnerability to drug abuse and schizophrenia-relevant symptoms with translational potential: the roman high-vs. low-avoidance rats

O Giorgi, MG Corda… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The bidirectional selective breeding of Roman high-(RHA) and low-avoidance (RLA) rats for
respectively rapid vs. poor acquisition of active avoidant behavior has generated two …

Reward loss and addiction: Opportunities for cross-pollination

LA Ortega, JL Solano, C Torres, MR Papini - … Biochemistry and Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Paradigms used to study the response to and consequences of exposure to reward loss
have been underutilized in approaches to the psychobiology of substance use disorders …

Anti-anxiety self-medication in rats: oral consumption of chlordiazepoxide and ethanol after reward devaluation

L Manzo, R Donaire, M Sabariego, MR Papini… - Behavioural brain …, 2015 - Elsevier
Rats increased preference for ethanol after sessions of appetitive extinction, but not after
acquisition (reinforced) sessions (Manzo et al., 2014). Drinking was not influenced by …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and influence of cys407* Grm2 mutation in Hannover-derived Wistar rats: mGlu2 receptor loss links to alcohol intake, risk taking and emotional …

CM Wood, CS Nicolas, SL Choi, E Roman… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
Modulation of metabotropic glutamate 2 (mGlu2) receptor function has huge potential for
treating psychiatric and neurological diseases. Development of drugs acting on mGlu2 …

Relationship between ethanol preference and sensation/novelty seeking

L Manzo, MJ Gómez, JE Callejas-Aguilera… - Physiology & …, 2014 - Elsevier
High-and low-avoidance Roman inbred rat strains (RHA-I, RLA-I) were selected for extreme
differences in two-way active avoidance. RHA-I rats also express less anxiety than RLA-I …

Anti-anxiety self-medication induced by incentive loss in rats

L Manzo, MJ Gómez, JE Callejas-Aguilera… - Physiology & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ethanol can be used to ameliorate negative emotion in anxiety-inducing situations. Two
experiments tested whether rats would increase preference for ethanol immediately after …

Frustrative nonreward and emotional self-medication: Factors modulating alcohol consumption following reward downshift in rats

R Donaire, C Cándido, MR Papini, C Torres - Physiology & behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Life experience involving unexpected incentive loss (eg, loss of job or a significant other)
may result in negative emotional reactions (frustration) and promote alcohol drinking …

Short-term selection for high and low ethanol intake yields differential sensitivity to ethanol's motivational effects and anxiety-like responses in adolescent Wistar rats

MS Fernández, B Báez, A Bordón, L Espinosa… - Progress in Neuro …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alcohol use disorders are modulated by genetic factors, but the identification of specific
genes and their concomitant biological changes that are associated with a higher risk for …