Female mice demonstrated similar shifts under the ... those promoting female preference directed to the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and a different path that promoted male preference leading to ...

A study published January 8 in Science has found that the brain circuits engaged during empathetic behaviors in mice differ depending on the emotion ... and the nucleus accumbens (NAc), while ...

Chronic high-fat diets blunt the brain’s pleasure response to rich foods by impairing NAcLat→VTA signaling in mice. Neurotensin dysfunction underlies this effect, but restoring its signaling revives ...

studied the D1 and D2 neurons of the NAc to understand how they distinguish between stimuli and influence learning. By tracking hundreds of neurons in mice exposed to appetitive and aversive ...

studied the D1 and D2 neurons of the NAc to understand how they distinguish between stimuli and influence learning. By tracking hundreds of neurons in mice exposed to appetitive and aversive ...

A new study in Engineering explores the role of astrocytic G protein-coupled receptors in drug addiction. It shows that these receptors, including ...

In separate cohorts of mouse pups, NAC (50 mg/kg) was injected an hour before the administration of PBS or LPS. This dosage of NAC used was chosen based on past findings, which demonstrated that ...

Young mice continued to eat the food for as long as ... the BLA becomes more strongly connected to the nucleus accumbens (NAc), which is associated with aversion, and we become more proactive ...

studied the D1 and D2 neurons of the NAc to understand how they distinguish between stimuli and influence learning. By tracking hundreds of neurons in mice exposed to appetitive and aversive ...