Administration of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor in the ventral tegmental area produces a switch from a nicotine nondependent D1R‐mediated motivational state to a nicotine dependent‐like D2R‐mediated motivational state

Motivational State ◽

Sensitized activation of Fos and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the medial prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area accompanies behavioral sensitization to amphetamine

Neuropharmacology ◽

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.04.026 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 558-564 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Sanya Fanous ◽

Michael J. Lacagnina ◽

Ella M. Nikulina ◽

Ronald P. Hammer

Keyword(s):

Prefrontal Cortex ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Medial Prefrontal Cortex ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Behavioral Sensitization ◽

Altered Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in the Ventral Tegmental Area, but not in the Hippocampus, Is Essential for Antidepressant-Like Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy

Biological Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.07.025 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 74 (4) ◽

pp. 305-312 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Dekel Taliaz ◽

Vini Nagaraj ◽

Sharon Haramati ◽

Alon Chen ◽

Abraham Zangen

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Factor Expression ◽

A food restriction protocol that increases drug reward decreases tropomyosin receptor kinase B in the ventral tegmental area, with no effect on brain-derived neurotrophic factor or tropomyosin receptor kinase B protein levels in dopaminergic forebrain regions

Neuroscience ◽

10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.065 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 197 ◽

pp. 330-338 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Y. Pan ◽

L. Chau ◽

S. Liu ◽

M.V. Avshalumov ◽

M.E. Rice ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Food Restriction ◽

Receptor Kinase ◽

Drug Reward ◽

Protein Levels ◽

Role of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor in the ventral tegmental area in social stress‐induced psychomotor sensitization using virus‐mediated gene‐transfer

The FASEB Journal ◽

10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.905.1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 22 (S1) ◽

Author(s):

Sanya Fanous ◽

Caroline Bass ◽

Xianghui Ren ◽

Ernest Terwilliger ◽

Ronald Hammer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Gene Transfer ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Social Stress ◽

Psychomotor Sensitization ◽

Infusion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor into the ventral tegmental area switches the substrates mediating ethanol motivation

European Journal of Neuroscience ◽

10.1111/ejn.12105 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 37 (6) ◽

pp. 996-1003 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Ryan Ting-A-Kee ◽

Hector Vargas-Perez ◽

Mary-Rose Bufalino ◽

Amine Bahi ◽

Jean-Luc Dreyer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Faculty Opinions recommendation of A single infusion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor into the ventral tegmental area induces long-lasting potentiation of cocaine seeking after withdrawal.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1017632.204405 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Eric Nestler

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Single Infusion ◽

Cocaine Seeking ◽

A Single Infusion of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor into the Ventral Tegmental Area Induces Long-Lasting Potentiation of Cocaine Seeking after Withdrawal

Journal of Neuroscience ◽

10.1523/jneurosci.5124-03.2004 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 24 (7) ◽

pp. 1604-1611 ◽

Cited By ~ 193

Author(s):

L. Lu

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Single Infusion ◽

Cocaine Seeking ◽

Increased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in the ventral tegmental area during cocaine abstinence is associated with increased histone acetylation at BDNF exon I-containing promoters

Journal of Neurochemistry ◽

10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07571.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 120 (2) ◽

pp. 202-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 66

Author(s):

Heath D. Schmidt ◽

Gavin R. Sangrey ◽

Shayna B. Darnell ◽

Rachel L. Schassburger ◽

Jang-Ho J. Cha ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Histone Acetylation ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Bdnf Expression ◽

Knockdown of ventral tegmental area mu-opioid receptors in rats prevents effects of social defeat stress: Implications for amphetamine cross-sensitization, social avoidance, weight regulation and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Neuropharmacology ◽

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.10.010 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 89 ◽

pp. 325-334 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Caitlin E. Johnston ◽

Daniel J. Herschel ◽

Amy W. Lasek ◽

Ronald P. Hammer ◽

Ella M. Nikulina

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptors ◽

Neurotrophic Factor ◽

Social Defeat ◽

Weight Regulation ◽

Social Avoidance ◽

Mu Opioid Receptors ◽

Social Defeat Stress ◽

Mu Opioid

General and outcome-specific forms of Pavlovian-instrumental transfer: the effect of shifts in motivational state and inactivation of the ventral tegmental area

European Journal of Neuroscience ◽

10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05934.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 26 (11) ◽

pp. 3141-3149 ◽

Cited By ~ 120

Author(s):

Laura H. Corbit ◽

Patricia H. Janak ◽

Bernard W. Balleine

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Motivational State ◽