All Relations between mesencephalon and prefrontal cortex

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Qiang Li, Yarong Wang, Yi Zhang, Wei Li, Weichuan Yang, Jia Zhu, Ning Wu, Haifeng Chang, Ying Zheng, Wei Qin, Liyan Zhao, Kai Yuan, Jixin Liu, Wei Wang, Jie Tia. Craving correlates with mesolimbic responses to heroin-related cues in short-term abstinence from heroin: an event-related fMRI study. Brain research. vol 1469. 2013-01-14. PMID:22759909. direct comparison between the two groups showed that brain activation to heroin-related minus neutral cues was significantly greater for the heroin-dependent group in the bilateral nucleus accumbens (nac), caudate, putamen, amygdala, hippocampus/parahippocampus, midcingulate cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlpfc), orbitofrontal cortex (ofc), medial frontal gyrus (mefg), midbrain, thalamus, left anterior cingulate cortex (acc), posterior cingulate cortex (pcc), and subcallosal gyrus. 2013-01-14 2023-08-12 human
Aaron R Wolen, Charles A Phillips, Michael A Langston, Alex H Putman, Paul J Vorster, Nathan A Bruce, Timothy P York, Robert W Williams, Michael F Mile. Genetic dissection of acute ethanol responsive gene networks in prefrontal cortex: functional and mechanistic implications. PloS one. vol 7. issue 4. 2012-12-28. PMID:22511924. to elucidate key molecular networks that modulate ethanol sensitivity we performed the first systems genetics analysis of ethanol-responsive gene expression in brain regions of the mesocorticolimbic reward circuit (prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, and ventral midbrain) across a highly diverse family of 27 isogenic mouse strains (bxd panel) before and after treatment with ethanol. 2012-12-28 2023-08-12 mouse
Laia Lladó-Pelfort, Noemí Santana, Valentina Ghisi, Francesc Artigas, Pau Celad. 5-HT1A receptor agonists enhance pyramidal cell firing in prefrontal cortex through a preferential action on GABA interneurons. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). vol 22. issue 7. 2012-11-13. PMID:21893679. this results in pyramidal disinhibition and subsequent downstream excitations of subcortical structures reciprocally connected with pfc, such as midbrain dopaminergic neurons. 2012-11-13 2023-08-12 rat
Helga Krinzinger, Jan Willem Koten, Houpand Horoufchin, Nils Kohn, Dominique Arndt, Katleen Sahr, Kerstin Konrad, Klaus Willme. The role of finger representations and saccades for number processing: an FMRI study in children. Frontiers in psychology. vol 2. 2012-10-02. PMID:22203810. apart from this area, a large network of specifically finger-related brain areas including the ventral precentral sulcus, supplementary motor area, dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex, insula, thalamus, midbrain, and cerebellum was activated during (particularly non-symbolic) exact addition but not during magnitude comparison. 2012-10-02 2023-08-12 human
Inmaculada Tasset, Ismael Quero, Ángel D García-Mayórgaz, Manuel Causse del Río, Isaac Túnez, Pedro Montill. Changes caused by haloperidol are blocked by music in Wistar rat. Journal of physiology and biochemistry. vol 68. issue 2. 2012-08-30. PMID:22371013. this study sought to evaluate the effect of classical music, using mozart's sonata for two pianos (k. 448), on changes in dopamine (da) levels in the striatal nucleus (sn), prefrontal cortex (pfc) and mesencephalon, and on prolactin (prl) and corticosterone secretion in adult male wistar rats. 2012-08-30 2023-08-12 human
Marco Bortolato, Kevin Chen, Sean C Godar, Gao Chen, Weihua Wu, Igor Rebrin, Mollee R Farrell, Anna L Scott, Cara L Wellman, Jean C Shi. Social deficits and perseverative behaviors, but not overt aggression, in MAO-A hypomorphic mice. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. vol 36. issue 13. 2012-08-14. PMID:21832987. in the prefrontal cortex and amygdala, mao-a(neo) mice showed low, yet detectable, mao-a catalytic activity, as well as 5-ht levels equivalent to wt littermates; conversely, the hippocampus and midbrain of mao-a(neo) mice featured a neurochemical profile akin to mao-a-knockout (ko) mice, with undetectable mao-a activity and high 5-ht concentrations. 2012-08-14 2023-08-12 mouse
Andrew M Clark, Sebastien Bouret, Adrienne M Young, Barry J Richmon. Intersection of reward and memory in monkey rhinal cortex. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. vol 32. issue 20. 2012-07-27. PMID:22593056. signals related to reward prediction and valuation are believed to be encoded in a circuit centered around midbrain dopamine neurons and their targets in the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia. 2012-07-27 2023-08-12 monkey
Mareike M Menz, Christian Büchel, Jan Peter. Sleep deprivation is associated with attenuated parametric valuation and control signals in the midbrain during value-based decision making. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. vol 32. issue 20. 2012-07-27. PMID:22593062. model-based functional neuroimaging revealed attenuated parametric subjective value signals in the midbrain, parietal cortex, and ventromedial prefrontal cortex after sd. 2012-07-27 2023-08-12 human
Natalia Gorelova, Patrick J Mulholland, L Judson Chandler, Jeremy K Seaman. The glutamatergic component of the mesocortical pathway emanating from different subregions of the ventral midbrain. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). vol 22. issue 2. 2012-05-07. PMID:21666135. in the present study, anterograde tracer injections into 4 ventral midbrain subregions were coupled with immunohistochemical analysis of labeled axons in pfc for markers of dopamine (da; tyrosine hydroxylase [th]) and glutamate (vesicular glutamate transporter 2; vglut2). 2012-05-07 2023-08-12 Not clear
Andrew D Lawrence, Ines K Goerendt, David J Brook. Apathy blunts neural response to money in Parkinson's disease. Social neuroscience. vol 6. issue 5-6. 2012-02-24. PMID:21400357. we found that apathy was associated with a blunted response to money in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, striatum, and midbrain, all part of a distributed neural circuit integral to the representation of the reward value of stimuli and actions, and the influence of reward cues on behavior. 2012-02-24 2023-08-12 human
M Feb. A bold view of the lactating brain: functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of suckling in awake dams. Journal of neuroendocrinology. vol 23. issue 11. 2012-02-10. PMID:21722215. suckling was observed to increase blood-oxygen-level-dependent (bold) signal intensity in the midbrain, striatum and prefrontal cortex, which are areas that receive prominent dopaminergic inputs. 2012-02-10 2023-08-12 rat
H Ohira, M Matsunaga, K Kimura, H Murakami, T Osumi, T Isowa, S Fukuyama, J Shinoda, J Yamad. Chronic stress modulates neural and cardiovascular responses during reversal learning. Neuroscience. vol 193. 2012-01-18. PMID:21763760. during the reversal learning task, whereas participants with low chronic job stress exhibited activity in the anterior caudate, as well as orbitofrontal cortex, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, insula, and midbrain, which might be related to the goal-directed action, participants with high chronic job stress exhibited no activity in such brain regions. 2012-01-18 2023-08-12 human
Patricia Rojas, Norma Serrano-García, Omar N Medina-Campos, José Pedraza-Chaverri, Sven O Ogren, Carolina Roja. Antidepressant-like effect of a Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb761) in the mouse forced swimming test: role of oxidative stress. Neurochemistry international. vol 59. issue 5. 2012-01-12. PMID:21672588. animals were sacrificed to evaluate lipid peroxidation, different antioxidant enzyme activities, serotonin and dopamine content in midbrain, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. 2012-01-12 2023-08-12 mouse
Franco Cauda, Andrea E Cavanna, Federico D'agata, Katiuscia Sacco, Sergio Duca, Giuliano C Geminian. Functional connectivity and coactivation of the nucleus accumbens: a combined functional connectivity and structure-based meta-analysis. Journal of cognitive neuroscience. vol 23. issue 10. 2012-01-05. PMID:21265603. the results of the combined rsfc and macm analyses show that spontaneous activity in nacc predicts activity in regions implicated in reward circuitries, including orbitomedial prefrontal cortex, globus pallidus, thalamus, midbrain, amygdala, and insula. 2012-01-05 2023-08-12 human
Anna R Moore, Wen-Liang Zhou, Evgeniy S Potapenko, Eun-Ji Kim, Srdjan D Anti. Brief dopaminergic stimulations produce transient physiological changes in prefrontal pyramidal neurons. Brain research. vol 1370. 2011-11-23. PMID:21059342. in response to food reward and other pertinent events, midbrain dopaminergic neurons fire short bursts of action potentials causing a phasic release of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex (rapid and transient increases in cortical dopamine concentration). 2011-11-23 2023-08-12 rat
Anna R Moore, Wen-Liang Zhou, Evgeniy S Potapenko, Eun-Ji Kim, Srdjan D Anti. Brief dopaminergic stimulations produce transient physiological changes in prefrontal pyramidal neurons. Brain research. vol 1370. 2011-11-23. PMID:21059342. our present data imply that one population of pfc pyramidal neurons receiving direct synaptic contacts from midbrain dopaminergic neurons would stall during the 0.5s of the phasic dopamine burst. 2011-11-23 2023-08-12 rat
Vishnu P Murty, Fabio Sambataro, Eugenia Radulescu, Mario Altamura, Jennifer Iudicello, Bradley Zoltick, Daniel R Weinberger, Terry E Goldberg, Venkata S Matta. Selective updating of working memory content modulates meso-cortico-striatal activity. NeuroImage. vol 57. issue 3. 2011-11-09. PMID:21596142. accumulating evidence from non-human primates and computational modeling suggests that dopaminergic signals arising from the midbrain (substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area) mediate striatal gating of the prefrontal cortex during the selective updating of working memory. 2011-11-09 2023-08-12 human
Vishnu P Murty, Fabio Sambataro, Eugenia Radulescu, Mario Altamura, Jennifer Iudicello, Bradley Zoltick, Daniel R Weinberger, Terry E Goldberg, Venkata S Matta. Selective updating of working memory content modulates meso-cortico-striatal activity. NeuroImage. vol 57. issue 3. 2011-11-09. PMID:21596142. analyses revealed a functionally coupled network consisting of a midbrain region encompassing the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area, caudate, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex that was selectively engaged during working memory updating compared to the overwriting and maintenance of working memory content. 2011-11-09 2023-08-12 human
Jennifer T Wolstenholme, Jon A Warner, Maria I Capparuccini, Kellie J Archer, Keith L Shelton, Michael F Mile. Genomic analysis of individual differences in ethanol drinking: evidence for non-genetic factors in C57BL/6 mice. PloS one. vol 6. issue 6. 2011-11-07. PMID:21698166. whole genome microarray expression analysis in nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex and ventral midbrain region of individual animals identified gene expression patterns correlated with ethanol intake. 2011-11-07 2023-08-12 mouse
Christopher Summerfield, Timothy E Behrens, Etienne Koechli. Perceptual classification in a rapidly changing environment. Neuron. vol 71. issue 4. 2011-10-25. PMID:21867887. bayesian and working memory models predicted decision-related activity in distinct regions of the prefrontal cortex and midbrain. 2011-10-25 2023-08-12 monkey