The anhedonia hypothesis maintains that pleasure for food-reward is determined by dopamine activity in the brain. The cumulative body of empirical evidence shows that dopamine agonists and antagonists (e.g., Methylphenidate and Haloperidol, respectively) decrease operant behavior maintained by positive reinforcement. The present study used the generalized matching law (Baum, 1974) to assess effects of these drugs on the motor system and the organism’s motivation for food reinforcers. Thirty-two rats searched for food in a choice situation where the reinforcer ratio provided by two alternatives changed everyday. The results confirmed that the drugs do not impede the rats’ rapid adaptation to dynamic changes in the contingencies of reinforce...
Rationale Effort-based decision-making tasks offer animals choices between preferred reinforcers tha...
Instrumental behavior is a very complex and multifaceted process. Behavioral output during instrumen...
Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression that also characterizes substance abuse-related mood disor...
The anhedonia hypothesis maintains that pleasure for food-reward is determined by dopamine activity...
The anhedonia hypothesis maintains that pleasure for food-reward is determined by dopamine activity ...
The idea that dopamine mediates the reinforcing effects of stimuli persists in the field of neurosci...
A procedure was developed to determine the effect of a dopamine (DA) antagonist (haloperidol) and a ...
The “hedonic” value of reinforcers is mediated by dopamine. Accordingly, haloperidol diminishes the ...
This study investigated the involvement of the neurotransmitter dopamine in feeding behaviours. A co...
Mesolimbic dopamine (DA) is involved in behavioral activation and effort-related processes. Rats wit...
Dose-dependent changes in sensitivity to reinforcement were found when rats were treated with low, m...
Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression that also characterizes substance abuse-related mood disor...
Treball Final de Grau en Psicologia. Codi: PS1048. Curs: 2021/2022Motivated behavior is characterize...
Mesolimbic dopamine (DA) is involved in behavioral activation and effort-related processes. Rats wit...
HOFFMAN, D. C. AND R. J. BENINGER. Preferential stimulation of D1 or D2 receptors disrupts food-rewa...
Rationale Effort-based decision-making tasks offer animals choices between preferred reinforcers tha...
Instrumental behavior is a very complex and multifaceted process. Behavioral output during instrumen...
Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression that also characterizes substance abuse-related mood disor...
The anhedonia hypothesis maintains that pleasure for food-reward is determined by dopamine activity...
The anhedonia hypothesis maintains that pleasure for food-reward is determined by dopamine activity ...
The idea that dopamine mediates the reinforcing effects of stimuli persists in the field of neurosci...
A procedure was developed to determine the effect of a dopamine (DA) antagonist (haloperidol) and a ...
The “hedonic” value of reinforcers is mediated by dopamine. Accordingly, haloperidol diminishes the ...
This study investigated the involvement of the neurotransmitter dopamine in feeding behaviours. A co...
Mesolimbic dopamine (DA) is involved in behavioral activation and effort-related processes. Rats wit...
Dose-dependent changes in sensitivity to reinforcement were found when rats were treated with low, m...
Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression that also characterizes substance abuse-related mood disor...
Treball Final de Grau en Psicologia. Codi: PS1048. Curs: 2021/2022Motivated behavior is characterize...
Mesolimbic dopamine (DA) is involved in behavioral activation and effort-related processes. Rats wit...
HOFFMAN, D. C. AND R. J. BENINGER. Preferential stimulation of D1 or D2 receptors disrupts food-rewa...
Rationale Effort-based decision-making tasks offer animals choices between preferred reinforcers tha...
Instrumental behavior is a very complex and multifaceted process. Behavioral output during instrumen...
Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression that also characterizes substance abuse-related mood disor...