Browsing by Subject "Nucleus accumbens"

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Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Sexual Experience-Dependent Neuroplasticity of the Nucleus Accumbens after in Syrian Hamsters

Sidibe, David (2016)

This study is an aims to clarify the role of delta fos-b in the reinforcement of sexual behavior in Syrian (Golden) hamsters. We used a one-way ANOVA to compare levels of delta fos-b expression from experienced animals to ...
Naturally Motivated Behavior and Neuroplasticity: How Sexual Experience Affects Neural Activation During Sexual Behavior in Female Syrian Hamsters

Caron, Madeline F. (2016)

Naturally motivated behaviors, like sexual behavior, are subject to behavioral plasticity, which can affect neuronal function. The purpose of this study was to investigate the plasticity of sexual behavior and neural ...
Neuroplasticity after Sexual Experience in the Nucleus Accumbens of Syrian hamsters

Acabá, Luis (2016)

Research over the past three decades has demonstrated that many neural changes occur in response to rewarding stimuli and behavior. However, most of this research has focused on the changes that occur following drug use ...
Oxytocin Receptor Plasticity Following a Hormone-Simulated Pregnancy in Syrian Hamsters: Implications for Postpartum Mood Disorders

Benedetto, Lauren E. (2018)

Despite the fact that approximately 15‒20% of women develop postpartum depression and/or anxiety, and that the resulting outcomes for both the mother and her child are negative, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms ...
Postpartum oxytocin receptor plasticity in Syrian hamsters: Implications for the treatment of peripartum mood disorders

Heaton, Elizabeth C. (2018)

Peripartum mood disorders, if left untreated, result in negative outcomes for both the mother and child. Despite these severe consequences, the neurobiology of peripartum mood disorders is not well understood. The present ...
The Impact of Sexual Experience On Sexual Behavior and Neural Activation in Female Syrian Hamsters

Walsh, Olivia (2016)

Natural rewards and drug reinforcement cause an increase in frequency in motivated behaviors that are aimed at obtaining different rewards. These changes in behavior are reflecting changes in neurobiology. The majority of ...
The Shaping of Sex Behavior, Odor Perception, and Neural Activation by Sex Experience: The Role of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis’s Projections to the Nucleus Accumbens

Williams, Alexis (2016)

Research has demonstrated that drugs of abuse lead to changes in both behavior and in neural activation. Drugs of abuse activate the same reward pathway in the brain as natural rewards, such as sex behavior. In order to ...
ΔFosB and the Nucleus Accumbens: Explanations for Peripartum Mood Disorders

Valentine, Alissa (2019)

Current research fails to determine the underlying neurological explanations of peripartum mood disorder (PMD) and its many behavioral components. In particular, peripartum anxiety behavior has been found to have increased ...
ΔFosB Induction in D1 Versus D2 Dopamine Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens Following a Hormone-Simulated Pregnancy: An Exploratory Study

Carson, Paige (2018)

Postpartum mood disorders (PMD) are a worldwide health concern, yet the neurobiological etiology is still widely unknown. In the present study we replicated the hormone-simulated pregnancy method developed by Liisa Galea ...

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