TMT, a predator odor, elevates mesoprefrontal dopamine metabolic activity and disrupts short-term working memory in the rat
Morrow B, Roth R, Elsworth J. TMT, a predator odor, elevates mesoprefrontal dopamine metabolic activity and disrupts short-term working memory in the rat. Brain Research Bulletin 2000, 52: 519-523. PMID: 10974491, DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(00)00290-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexExploratory behaviorSample taskFamiliar objectsNovel objectsMesoprefrontal dopamine neuronsTrimethylthiazolineMemoryPsychological stressTMT exposureObject recognition methodPredator odorSet of objectsCortexElevated serum corticosteroneDopaminergic inputDopaminergic activityBrief exposureDopaminergic innervationSerum corticosteroneDopamine neuronsDopamine metabolismObjectsRecognition methodThe predator odor, TMT, displays a unique, stress-like pattern of dopaminergic and endocrinological activation in the rat
Morrow B, Redmond A, Roth R, Elsworth J. The predator odor, TMT, displays a unique, stress-like pattern of dopaminergic and endocrinological activation in the rat. Brain Research 2000, 864: 146-151. PMID: 10793199, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)02174-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopamine metabolismSerum corticosteroneAcute exposureCentral dopamine metabolismNucleus accumbens coreMedial prefrontal cortexFear-inducing behaviorPredator odorCentral effectsAccumbens coreRatsStressful stimuliPrefrontal cortexConditioned fearAltered behaviorControl odorAversive stimuliCorticosteroneMetabolismOpen fieldBiochemical activationUnique patternExposureActivationTMT