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[NMDA-dependent increase of exracellular arginine level in the nucleus accumbens is mediated by NO-synthase activation]

beta-Alanine elevates dopamine levels in the rat nucleus accumbens: antagonism by strychnine.

Subchronic nandrolone administration reduces cocaine-induced dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine outflow in the rat nucleus accumbens.

Differential effects on effort discounting induced by inactivations of the nucleus accumbens core or shell.

A pause in nucleus accumbens neuron firing is required to initiate and maintain feeding.

Electrophysiological characterization of harmane-induced activation of mesolimbic dopamine neurons.

Hippocampal and caudate volume reductions in antipsychotic-naive first-episode schizophrenia.

Muscarinic receptor blockade in the ventral tegmental area attenuates cocaine enhancement of laterodorsal tegmentum stimulation-evoked accumbens dopamine efflux in the mouse.

Early exposure to haloperidol or olanzapine induces long-term alterations of dendritic form.

An in vivo microdialysis assessment of concurrent MDMA and cocaine administration in Sprague-Dawley rats.

Gamma-hydroxybutyrate does not maintain self-administration but induces conditioned place preference when injected in the ventral tegmental area.

Cocaine effects on mouse incentive-learning and human addiction are linked to alpha2 subunit-containing GABAA receptors.

Intra-accumbens infusion of a muscarinic antagonist reduces food intake without altering the incentive properties of food-associated cues.

The role of the nucleus accumbens core in impulsive choice, timing, and reward processing.

When desire collides with reason: functional interactions between anteroventral prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens underlie the human ability to resist impulsive desires.

Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking.

Functional interaction of medial mediodorsal thalamic nucleus but not nucleus accumbens with amygdala and orbital prefrontal cortex is essential for adaptive response selection after reinforcer devaluation.

Essential role of the histone methyltransferase G9a in cocaine-induced plasticity.

Drug-induced plasticity contributing to heightened relapse susceptibility: neurochemical changes and augmented reinstatement in high-intake rats.

Environmental Enrichment Produces a Behavioral Phenotype Mediated by Low Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Response Element Binding (CREB) Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens