Estrous cycle impacts on dendritic spine plasticity in rat nucleus accumbens core and shell and caudate–putamen
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DOI: 10.1002/cne.25460
Abstract: An important factor that can modulate neuron properties is sex‐specific hormone fluctuations, including the human menstrual cycle and rat estrous cycle in adult females. Considering the striatal brain regions, the nucleus accumbens (NAc) core, NAc… read more here.
Keywords: estrous cycle; nac shell; cycle; dendritic spine ... See more keywords
Coordinated Reductions in Excitatory Input to the Nucleus Accumbens Underlie Food Consumption
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.07.051
Abstract: Reward-seeking behavior is regulated by a diverse collection of inputs to the nucleus accumbens (NAc). The information encoded in each excitatory afferent to the NAc is unknown, in part because it is unclear when these… read more here.
Keywords: input; nac shell; coordinated reductions; nucleus accumbens ... See more keywords
Kappa-opioid receptor stimulation in the nucleus accumbens shell and ethanol drinking: Differential effects by rostro-caudal location and level of drinking
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DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01850-1
Abstract: Although the kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) and its endogenous ligand, dynorphin, are believed to be involved in ethanol drinking, evidence on the direction of their effects has been mixed. The nucleus accumbens (NAc) shell densely expresses… read more here.
Keywords: shell; drinking; drinking females; ethanol drinking ... See more keywords
Long‐term subregion‐specific encoding of enhanced ethanol intake by D1DR medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens
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DOI: 10.1111/adb.12526
Abstract: The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a critical component of the mesocorticolimbic system and is involved in mediating the motivational and reinforcing aspects of ethanol consumption. Chronic intermittent ethanol (CIE) exposure is a reliable model to… read more here.
Keywords: long term; nac shell; medium spiny; spiny neurons ... See more keywords
Augmenting glutamatergic, but not dopaminergic, activity in the nucleus accumbens shell disrupts responding to a discrete alcohol cue in an alcohol context
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DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16231
Abstract: Discrete alcohol cues and contexts are relapse triggers for people with alcohol use disorder exerting particularly powerful control over behaviour when they co‐occur. Here, we investigated the neural substrates subserving the capacity for alcohol‐associated contexts… read more here.
Keywords: alcohol context; alcohol; nac shell; discrete alcohol ... See more keywords
Differences in Nicotine Encoding Dopamine Release between the Striatum and Shell Portion of the Nucleus Accumbens
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DOI: 10.1177/0963689718775382
Abstract: The aim of this work was to determine the effect of nicotine desensitization on dopamine (DA) release in the dorsal striatum and shell of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) from brain slices. In vitro fast-scan cyclic… read more here.
Keywords: nicotine desensitization; dopamine release; striatum; nac shell ... See more keywords
Nucleus accumbens shell modulates seizure propagation in a mouse temporal lobe epilepsy model
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DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1031872
Abstract: Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of epilepsy with focal seizures which in some conditions can develop into secondarily generalized tonic–clonic seizures by the propagation of epileptic activities in the temporal lobe… read more here.
Keywords: msn; temporal lobe; shell; nac shell ... See more keywords
Neuronal activity of the medial prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, and basolateral amygdala in conditioned taste aversion and conditioned place preference induced by different doses of morphine administrations in rats
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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1062169
Abstract: To re-examine the paradoxical effect hypothesis of abused drugs, the present study concerned whether different doses of morphine disparately affect neuronal activity and associations among the subareas of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC: cingulate cortex… read more here.
Keywords: nac core; different doses; doses morphine; cortex ... See more keywords