All Relations between nac and nucleus accumbens

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Rachel Ashwell, Rutsuko It. Excitotoxic lesions of the infralimbic, but not prelimbic cortex facilitate reversal of appetitive discriminative context conditioning: the role of the infralimbic cortex in context generalization. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience. vol 8. 2014-03-11. PMID:24616678. to investigate this functional differentiation in motivated behavior further, this study employed a novel radial maze task previously shown to be dependent on the integrity of the hippocampus and its functional connection to the nucleus accumbens (nac) shell, to investigate the effects of selective excitotoxic lesions of the prelimbic (pl) and infralimbic (il) upon the spatial contextual control over reward learning. 2014-03-11 2023-08-12 rat
Jingyuan Li, Jing Li, Xiaojun Liu, Shanshan Qin, Yanzhong Guan, Yuwei Liu, Yunhui Cheng, Xiuwen Chen, Wen Li, Shenming Wang, Ming Xiong, Eldo V Kuzhikandathil, Jiang-Hong Ye, Chunxiang Zhan. MicroRNA expression profile and functional analysis reveal that miR-382 is a critical novel gene of alcohol addiction. EMBO molecular medicine. vol 5. issue 9. 2014-03-10. PMID:23873704. here, we determined the expression profile of micrornas (mirnas) in the nucleus accumbens (nac) of rats treated with alcohol. 2014-03-10 2023-08-12 rat
Hassan Azhdari-Zarmehri, Zahra Reisi, Anoumid Vaziri, Amir Haghparast, Pariya Shaigani, Abbas Haghparas. Involvement of orexin-2 receptors in the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens in the antinociception induced by the lateral hypothalamus stimulation in rats. Peptides. vol 47. 2014-03-10. PMID:23891649. both kinds of orexin-1 (ox1) and orexin-2 (ox2) receptors have been found at high density in the ventral tegmental area (vta) and nucleus accumbens (nac). 2014-03-10 2023-08-12 rat
Meaghan C Creed, Niels R Ntamati, Kelly R Ta. VTA GABA neurons modulate specific learning behaviors through the control of dopamine and cholinergic systems. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience. vol 8. 2014-03-10. PMID:24478655. the mesolimbic reward system is primarily comprised of the ventral tegmental area (vta) and the nucleus accumbens (nac) as well as their afferent and efferent connections. 2014-03-10 2023-08-12 Not clear
Kai Yuan, Ling Zhao, Ping Cheng, Dahua Yu, Limei Zhao, Tao Dong, Lihong Xing, Yanzhi Bi, Xuejuan Yang, Karen M von Deneen, Fanrong Liang, Qiyong Gong, Wei Qin, Jie Tia. Altered structure and resting-state functional connectivity of the basal ganglia in migraine patients without aura. The journal of pain. vol 14. issue 8. 2014-03-06. PMID:23669074. reduced volume in the left caudate and the right nucleus accumbens (nac) was detected in the migraine group compared with healthy controls; meanwhile, increased functional connectivity between the bg and several brain regions within nociceptive and somatosensory processing pathways was observed. 2014-03-06 2023-08-12 Not clear
Maryam Radahmadi, Effat Ramshini, Nasrin Hosseini, Sara Karimi, Hojjatallah Alae. Effect of electrical stimulation of nucleus accumbens with low, median and high currents intensities on conditioned place preference induced by morphine in rats. Advanced biomedical research. vol 3. 2014-03-06. PMID:24600598. in this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of electrical stimulation of nucleus accumbens (nac) with different currents intensities on conditioned place preference (cpp) induced by morphine. 2014-03-06 2023-08-12 rat
L Naef, L Moquin, A Gratton, C-D Walke. Reduced anticipatory dopamine responses to food in rats exposed to high fat during early development. International journal of obesity (2005). vol 37. issue 6. 2014-03-03. PMID:22964789. the goal of the present experiments was to examine the long-term consequences of early exposure to hf on anticipatory and consumatory nucleus accumbens (nac) da responses to hf food rewards. 2014-03-03 2023-08-12 rat
L Becerra, E Navratilova, F Porreca, D Borsoo. Analogous responses in the nucleus accumbens and cingulate cortex to pain onset (aversion) and offset (relief) in rats and humans. Journal of neurophysiology. vol 110. issue 5. 2014-03-03. PMID:23785130. in humans, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (acc) and the nucleus accumbens (nac) appears to reflect affective and motivational aspects of pain. 2014-03-03 2023-08-12 rat
Jennifer Francois, John Huxter, Michael W Conway, John P Lowry, Mark D Tricklebank, Gary Gilmou. Differential contributions of infralimbic prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens during reward-based learning and extinction. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. vol 34. issue 2. 2014-03-03. PMID:24403158. such cue-outcome associations are thought to depend on mesolimbic circuitry involving the nucleus accumbens (nac) and prefrontal cortex (pfc). 2014-03-03 2023-08-12 human
Lindsay Naef, Alain Gratton, Claire-Dominique Walke. Exposure to high fat during early development impairs adaptations in dopamine and neuroendocrine responses to repeated stress. Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands). vol 16. issue 5. 2014-02-28. PMID:23786443. the goal of the present study was to investigate nucleus accumbens (nac) da and hpa responses to acute and repeated stress in high fat exposed (hfd, 30% fat) and control (cd, 5% fat) offspring. 2014-02-28 2023-08-12 Not clear
Jonathan P Britt, Antonello Bonc. Optogenetic interrogations of the neural circuits underlying addiction. Current opinion in neurobiology. vol 23. issue 4. 2014-02-27. PMID:23375167. this review highlights recent progress made in identifying the organization, function, and cellular plasticity of the ventral tegmental area (vta) and nucleus accumbens (nac), two brain regions strongly implicated in substance use disorders. 2014-02-27 2023-08-12 Not clear
Jessica A Loweth, Kuei Y Tseng, Marina E Wol. Using metabotropic glutamate receptors to modulate cocaine's synaptic and behavioral effects: mGluR1 finds a niche. Current opinion in neurobiology. vol 23. issue 4. 2014-02-27. PMID:23385114. the same relationship has now been demonstrated in the nucleus accumbens (nac), a region that is critical for cocaine craving. 2014-02-27 2023-08-12 Not clear
Rachel J Smith, Mary Kay Lobo, Sade Spencer, Peter W Kaliva. Cocaine-induced adaptations in D1 and D2 accumbens projection neurons (a dichotomy not necessarily synonymous with direct and indirect pathways). Current opinion in neurobiology. vol 23. issue 4. 2014-02-27. PMID:23428656. cocaine exposure causes enduring neuroadaptations in ventral striatum, or nucleus accumbens (nac), an area critically involved in reward learning and relapse of drug seeking. 2014-02-27 2023-08-12 Not clear
Jessica A Loweth, Andrew F Scheyer, Mike Milovanovic, Amber L LaCrosse, Eden Flores-Barrera, Craig T Werner, Xuan Li, Kerstin A Ford, Tuan Le, M Foster Olive, Karen K Szumlinski, Kuei Y Tseng, Marina E Wol. Synaptic depression via mGluR1 positive allosteric modulation suppresses cue-induced cocaine craving. Nature neuroscience. vol 17. issue 1. 2014-02-24. PMID:24270186. after ~1 month of withdrawal, incubated craving is mediated by ca(2+)-permeable ampa receptors (cp-ampars) that accumulate in the nucleus accumbens (nac). 2014-02-24 2023-08-12 rat
Jessica J Walsh, Allyson K Friedman, Haosheng Sun, Elizabeth A Heller, Stacy M Ku, Barbara Juarez, Veronica L Burnham, Michelle S Mazei-Robison, Deveroux Ferguson, Sam A Golden, Ja Wook Koo, Dipesh Chaudhury, Daniel J Christoffel, Lisa Pomeranz, Jeffrey M Friedman, Scott J Russo, Eric J Nestler, Ming-Hu Ha. Stress and CRF gate neural activation of BDNF in the mesolimbic reward pathway. Nature neuroscience. vol 17. issue 1. 2014-02-24. PMID:24270188. we report that phasic optogenetic activation of this pathway increases bdnf amounts in the nucleus accumbens (nac) of socially stressed mice but not of stress-naive mice. 2014-02-24 2023-08-12 mouse
R Mychasiuk, A Muhammad, C Carroll, B Kol. Does prenatal nicotine exposure alter the brain's response to nicotine in adolescence? A neuroanatomical analysis. The European journal of neuroscience. vol 38. issue 4. 2014-02-19. PMID:23679187. this study examined changes in dendritic morphology and spine density in multiple brain regions [zilles' areas: (i) the cg3 region of the anterior cingulate cortex or the medial prefrontal cortex, layer iii (cg3); (ii) the dorsal agranular insular cortex, layer iii (aid); (iii) the par i region of the parietal cortex, layer iii (par1) and (iv) the nucleus accumbens (nac)]of long-evans rats following exposure to nicotine prenatally, in late adolescence, or both prenatally and in adolescence. 2014-02-19 2023-08-12 rat
Zeng-Bo Ding, Ping Wu, Yi-Xiao Luo, Hai-Shui Shi, Hao-Wei Shen, Shen-Jun Wang, Lin L. Region-specific role of Rac in nucleus accumbens core and basolateral amygdala in consolidation and reconsolidation of cocaine-associated cue memory in rats. Psychopharmacology. vol 228. issue 3. 2014-02-17. PMID:23494234. the nucleus accumbens (nac) and amygdala have been implicated in the consolidation and reconsolidation of emotional memories. 2014-02-17 2023-08-12 rat
Kanako Saji, Yumiko Ikeda, Woochan Kim, Yoshitoshi Shingai, Amane Tateno, Hidehiko Takahashi, Yoshiro Okubo, Haruhisa Fukayama, Hidenori Suzuk. Acute NK₁ receptor antagonist administration affects reward incentive anticipation processing in healthy volunteers. The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology. vol 16. issue 7. 2014-02-10. PMID:23406545. the nucleus accumbens (nac) receives dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area and works as a key brain region for the positive incentive value of rewards. 2014-02-10 2023-08-12 human
Xiaofang Xue, Shuang Shao, Man Li, Feng Shao, Weiwen Wan. Maternal separation induces alterations of serotonergic system in different aged rats. Brain research bulletin. vol 95. 2014-02-10. PMID:23523983. in the present longitudinal study, we investigated the effects of repeated (4h/day) maternal separation during postnatal days 1-21 on serotonergic synthesis and activity in the prefrontal cortex (pfc), nucleus accumbens (nac) and hippocampus of juvenile (post-natal day 21, pnd 21), adolescent (pnd 35) and early adult (pnd 56) male wistar rats. 2014-02-10 2023-08-12 rat
Sailaja A Goda, Joanna Piasecka, Maciej Olszewski, Stefan Kasicki, Mark J Hun. Serotonergic hallucinogens differentially modify gamma and high frequency oscillations in the rat nucleus accumbens. Psychopharmacology. vol 228. issue 2. 2014-02-10. PMID:23525524. the nucleus accumbens (nac) is a site critical for the actions of many drugs of abuse. 2014-02-10 2023-08-12 rat