S. B. Floresco

This paper introduces a novel operant conditioning task to measure motivation to exercise in rats and validates it using calorie restriction.

This study compares the effects of SK609, a novel dopamine D3 receptor agonist and norepinephrine transporter blocker, with amphetamine and methylphenidate on risky choice behavior in a probabilistic discounting task.

This study examines how adolescent THC exposure affects dopamine-dependent cognitive processes in adult rats, finding sex-dependent impacts on reward seeking and altered sensitivity to amphetamine effects.

This study investigates how repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI) affects risk/reward decision making and catecholamine regulation in the prefrontal cortex, revealing sex-specific and time-dependent changes.

The paper examines how gender influences the relationship between anxiety and depression scores and performance in effortful avoidance and reward-seeking tasks.

This study shows that obesity reduces inhibitory neurotransmission in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, leading to inflexible food-seeking behavior in mice.

The paper investigates the effects of androgen synthesis inhibition and gonadectomy on behavioural flexibility in male rats, finding that inhibition reduces perseverative errors in learning tasks.

This study shows that blocking hippocampal neurogenesis in rats reduces activation of the ventral dentate gyrus and causes aversion to delayed rewards.

This study shows that VPGABA neurons in rats influence risky decision-making by modulating motivation to pursue rewards and avoid shocks.

The paper shows that de novo LTD is critical for forming and maintaining hippocampal CA1 place fields during novel environment exploration in rats.

This study investigates sex differences and the effects of gonadal hormones and amphetamine on risk-based decision making in rats using a probabilistic discounting task.