Search Results - "Gomez, Devan M."

Cannabinoid Modulation of Dopamine Release During Motivation, Periodic Reinforcement, Exploratory Behavior, Habit Formation, and Attention by Oleson, Erik B, Hamilton, Lindsey R, Gomez, Devan M

“…Motivational and attentional processes energize action sequences to facilitate evolutionary competition and promote behavioral fitness. Decades of…”
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Endocannabinoid modulation of dopamine release during reward seeking, interval timing, and avoidance by Everett, Thomas J., Gomez, Devan M., Hamilton, Lindsey R., Oleson, Erik B.

“…Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are neuromodulators that influence a wide range of neural systems and behaviors. In the current review, we describe our recent research…”
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A transient dopamine signal encodes subjective value and causally influences demand in an economic context by Schelp, Scott A., Pultorak, Katherine J., Rakowski, Dylan R., Gomez, Devan M., Krzystyniak, Gregory, Das, Raibatak, Oleson, Erik B.

“…The mesolimbic dopamine system is strongly implicated in motivational processes. Currently accepted theories suggest that transient mesolimbic dopamine release…”
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Chronic cannabinoid exposure produces tolerance to the dopamine releasing effects of WIN 55,212–2 and heroin in adult male rats by Gomez, Devan M., Everett, Thomas J., Hamilton, Lindsey R., Ranganath, Ajit, Cheer, Joseph F., Oleson, Erik B.

“…Synthetic cannabinoids were introduced into recreational drug culture in 2008 and quickly became one of the most commonly abused drugs in the United States…”
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Selective activation of dorsal raphe nucleus-projecting neurons in the ventral medial prefrontal cortex by controllable stress by Baratta, Michael V., Zarza, Christina M., Gomez, Devan M., Campeau, Serge, Watkins, Linda R., Maier, Steven F.

“…Exposure to uncontrollable stressors produces a variety of behavioral consequences (e.g. exaggerated fear, reduced social exploration) that do not occur if the…”
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