Large‐scale brain correlates of sweet versus cocaine reward in rats

M Lenoir, S Navailles, Y Vandaele… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cocaine induces many supranormal changes in neuronal activity in the brain, notably in
learning‐and reward‐related regions, in comparison with nondrug rewards—a difference …

Dopaminergic control of neuroeconomic decision making

A Kocharian - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Dopamine in the nucleus accumbens is an important neural substrate for valuation and
decision-making. Dominant theories generally discretize and homogenize decision-making …

Interaction Between Habitual and Goal-Directed Processes in Addiction

Y Vandaele - Habits: Their Definition, Neurobiology, and Role in …, 2024 - Springer
Are individuals suffering from addiction in control of their drug use behavior, and is this
control habitual or goal-directed? The habit theory of addiction posits that compulsion and …

Assessment of behavioral flexibility in mice with conditional deletion of metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 from Emx1-lineage neurons

DS Chang, M Littlepage-Saunders, MJ Hochstein… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Convergent lines of evidence from animal models suggest that disrupted metabotropic
glutamate receptor 2 (mGlu2) function promotes high levels of drug consumption for a …