Dopaminergic and Non-Dopaminergic Value Systems in Conditioning and Outcome-Specific Revaluation [PDF]
, 2007 Animals are motivated to choose environmental options that can best satisfy current needs. To explain such choices, this paper introduces the MOTIVATOR (Matching Objects To Internal Values Triggers Option Revaluations) neural model.
Bullock, Daniel +2 more
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Behavioral Response of Rhyzopertha dominica, Lesser Grain Borer, to Wheat Volatiles [PDF]
, 2018 The lesser grain borer is a grain pest that eats and damages grain products such as rice, corn, wheat, and millet (Edde, 2012). The lesser grain borer has a tendency to to reproduce rapidly and explode into big infestations under optimal conditions ...
Conner, Paige, Scheff, Deanna S.
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Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2008 Background: Experiments indicated that Crocus sativus L. extract may have an interaction with morphine. The effects of C. sativus on the euphoric properties of morphine in female mice did not studied. Objective: In the present study, the effects of water
H Sahraei +5 more
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Female and male Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) discriminate diets according to energetic quantity [PDF]
, 2020 The food choice of animals is influenced by several factors including the quantity and nutrients available. It is not known, however, whether faced with alternatives that present the same amount of food, with similar flavor and obtained with the same ...
Aragon, Davi Casadele +4 more
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Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 2020 Introduction: The GABAergic system of the brain plays a key role in morphine tolerance and sensitization. As isoniazid is a modulator of the GABAergic system, the present study aims to understand whether isoniazid can influence the induction of tolerance
Amir Abbas Barzegari, Kamran Shahabi
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Effects of palmitoylethanolamide in cocaine-induced behaviours [PDF]
, 2016 Aims. Cocaine addiction is a chronically relapsing disorder characterized by the compulsion to seek and take the drug. Previous investigations have demonstrated that several drugs of abuse, as cocaine, can alter the levels of lipid-based signalling ...
Blanco, Eduardo +7 more
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Rolling stock quality - Improvements and user willingness to pay. [PDF]
, 1998 This study has estimated monetary valuations of various types of rolling stock and stock related attributes in relation to each other. It has used a combination of Revealed Preference (RP) and Stated Preference (SP) methods.
Wardman, M., Whelan, G.
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Changes in apoptotic factors in hypothalamus and hippocampus after acute and subchronic stress induction during conditioned place preference paradigm [PDF]
, 2013 The hypothalamus (HYP) and hippocampus (HIP) are important regions involved in stress responses. These areas are also associated with reward processing.
Fatahi, Zahra +3 more
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Behavioral traits predicting cocaine-conditioned place reference in mice: role of anxiety adn the basolateral amygdala [PDF]
, 2016 Aims. The individual susceptibility to cocaine addiction, a factor of interest in the understanding and prevention of this disorder, may be predicted by certain behavioral traits.
Castilla-Ortega, Estela +8 more
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DNMT3a in the hippocampal CA1 is crucial in the acquisition of morphine self‐administration in rats [PDF]
, 2019 Drug‐reinforced excessive operant responding is one fundamental feature of long-lasting addiction‐like behaviors and relapse in animals. However, the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms responsible for the persistent drug‐specific (not natural rewards)
Duan, Ying +8 more
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