The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is a heterogeneous brain structure that serves a central role in motivation and reward processing. Abnormalities in the function of VTA dopamine …
M Hamon, P Blier - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Extensive studies showed that monoaminergic neurotransmission that involves serotonin (5- HT), norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) exerts major influence on brain circuits …
BACKGROUND: Treatment-resistant major depressive disorder is a prevalent and debilitating condition. Deep brain stimulation to different targets has been proposed as a …
A study that goes beyond the debate over functional specialization to describe the ways that emotion and cognition interact and are integrated in the brain. The idea that a specific brain …
Recent behavioral studies in both humans and rodents have found evidence that performance in decision-making tasks depends on two different learning processes; one …
F Fuhrmann, D Justus, L Sosulina, H Kaneko, T Beutel… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Before the onset of locomotion, the hippocampus undergoes a transition into an activity-state specialized for the processing of spatially related input. This brain-state transition is …
For over three decades, Allan N. Schore has authored numerous volumes, chapters, and articles on regulation theory, a biopsychosocial model of the development …
J Le Merrer, JAJ Becker, K Befort… - Physiological …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
The opioid system consists of three receptors, mu, delta, and kappa, which are activated by endogenous opioid peptides processed from three protein precursors, proopiomelanocortin …
FG Ashby, AM Isen - Psychological review, 1999 - psycnet.apa.org
Positive affect systematically influences performance on many cognitive tasks. A new neuropsychological theory is proposed that accounts for many of these effects by assuming …