2001
Repeated intermittent administration of psychomotor stimulant drugs alters the acquisition of Pavlovian approach behavior in rats: differential effects of cocaine, d-amphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“ecstasy”)
Taylor J, Jentsch J. Repeated intermittent administration of psychomotor stimulant drugs alters the acquisition of Pavlovian approach behavior in rats: differential effects of cocaine, d-amphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“ecstasy”). Biological Psychiatry 2001, 50: 137-143. PMID: 11526995, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01106-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1989
Limbic-striatal interactions in reward-related processes
Robbins T, Cador M, Taylor J, Everitt B. Limbic-striatal interactions in reward-related processes. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 1989, 13: 155-162. PMID: 2682402, DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7634(89)80025-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentral striatumDA depletionIndirect dopamine agonist d-amphetamineStriatal DA depletionReward-related stimuliAgonist d-amphetamineSelective stimulatory effectDA-dependent processesBasolateral nucleusD-amphetamineExcitotoxic lesionsReward-related processesSecond-order scheduleDorsal striatumStriatumAmygdala lesionsStimulatory effectLesionsSimilar discriminative propertiesDiscriminative propertiesOrder schedulePredictive associationsSexual reinforcementDorsalParallel findings