'Liking'and 'wanting'in eating and food reward: Brain mechanisms and clinical implications
I Morales, KC Berridge - Physiology & behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
It is becoming clearer how neurobiological mechanisms generate 'liking'and
'wanting'components of food reward. Mesocorticolimbic mechanisms that enhance …
'wanting'components of food reward. Mesocorticolimbic mechanisms that enhance …
Affective valence in the brain: modules or modes?
KC Berridge - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
How do brain systems evaluate the affective valence of a stimulus—that is, its quality of
being good or bad? One possibility is that a neural subsystem, or 'module'(such as a …
being good or bad? One possibility is that a neural subsystem, or 'module'(such as a …
Ventral pallidum DRD3 potentiates a pallido-habenular circuit driving accumbal dopamine release and cocaine seeking
Drugs of abuse induce persistent remodeling of reward circuit function, a process thought to
underlie the emergence of drug craving and relapse to drug use. However, how circuit …
underlie the emergence of drug craving and relapse to drug use. However, how circuit …
Optogenetic self-stimulation in the nucleus accumbens: D1 reward versus D2 ambivalence
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) contains multiple subpopulations of medium spiny neurons
(MSNs). One subpopulation expresses D1-type dopamine receptors, another expresses D2 …
(MSNs). One subpopulation expresses D1-type dopamine receptors, another expresses D2 …
Incentive motivation:'wanting'roles of central amygdala circuitry
SM Warlow, KC Berridge - Behavioural brain research, 2021 - Elsevier
The central nucleus of amygdala (CeA) mediates positively-valenced reward motivation as
well as negatively-valenced fear. Optogenetic or neurochemical stimulation of CeA circuitry …
well as negatively-valenced fear. Optogenetic or neurochemical stimulation of CeA circuitry …
Activating corticotropin-releasing factor systems in the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, and bed nucleus of stria terminalis: incentive motivation or aversive motivation?
Background Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neural systems are important stress
mechanisms in the central amygdala (CeA), bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BNST), nucleus …
mechanisms in the central amygdala (CeA), bed nucleus of stria terminalis (BNST), nucleus …
Current perspectives on incentive salience and applications to clinical disorders
JJ Olney, SM Warlow, EE Naffziger… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•'Wanting'(incentive salience) & 'liking'(hedonic impact) are components of
reward.•Dopamine contributes to 'wanting'but not 'liking.'•Hypoactivity in dopamine-related …
reward.•Dopamine contributes to 'wanting'but not 'liking.'•Hypoactivity in dopamine-related …
Positive affect: nature and brain bases of liking and wanting
D Nguyen, EE Naffziger, KC Berridge - Current Opinion in Behavioral …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•'Liking'and 'wanting'are important components of positive affect.•Neural hyper-
reactivity of 'wanting'brain systems can lead to addiction via incentive-sensitization and …
reactivity of 'wanting'brain systems can lead to addiction via incentive-sensitization and …
Separating desire from prediction of outcome value
KC Berridge - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Individuals typically want what they expect to like, often based on memories of previous
positive experiences. However, in some situations desire can decouple completely from …
positive experiences. However, in some situations desire can decouple completely from …
Arc controls alcohol cue relapse by a central amygdala mechanism
R Pagano, A Salamian, J Zielinski, A Beroun… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic and fatal disease. The main impediment of the AUD
therapy is a high probability of relapse to alcohol abuse even after prolonged abstinence …
therapy is a high probability of relapse to alcohol abuse even after prolonged abstinence …