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This suggests that stimulants influence mood differently than established antidepressants, which have a delayed clinical onset of days or weeks ( Malhi et al. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that the principal constituents of the directly activated substrate for MFB self-stimulation are neurons with descending myelinated axons.

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It has been proposed that interest in the antidepressant efficacy of psychostimulants persists due to the induction of a fast-acting, but short-lived, mood elevation ( Candy et al. In parallel with the initial work that established the dependence of MFB self-stimulation on dopaminergic neurotransmission, detailed psychophysical studies were carried out to characterize the directly stimulated neurons responsible for the rewarding effect ( Gallistel et al. Our plastic trays are stackable, however you need to keep the same type for the stack to avoid misalignment.Time weighs heavily in accounts of foraging behavior and conditioning ( Gallistel and Gibbon, 2000). However, after a tipping of the hat toward this incontestable neuroanatomical reality, the discussion in the early papers rapidly gravitates toward a dopamine-centered (“dopacentric”) view analogous to the series-circuit model in Figure 4. The experimental paradigms in question should be amenable to assessing the effect of MFB stimulation on reward expectations.

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Although the behaviorally relevant direction of conduction in these fibers is unknown, the finding of Boye and Rompré could arise from reward-related MFB projections that pass through the VTA en route to more caudal regions. Please read all warnings and safety information in the enclosed instruction manual to ensure safe operation. In studies of anhedonic sub-constructs, deficits in pleasure perception have been distinguished from deficits in motivation and expectation. The series-circuit hypothesis reconciles this view with the evidence implicating dopamine in MFB self-stimulation as follows: direct activation of myelinated MFB fibers is rewarding due to their trans-synaptic activation of midbrain dopamine neurons. Presumably, the antidromic action potentials could invade cortical collaterals that drive local inhibitory interneurons.The ascending dopaminergic projection from the midbrain is merely one of over 50 distinguishable components of the MFB ( Nieuwenhuys et al. We speculate on how emerging methods will lead to the identification of the parallel pathway, and we make a plea to keep interpretative filters open in evaluating potential contribution to the antidepressant effect of MFB stimulation by non-dopaminergic fibers coursing through or near the effective stimulation site. Boye and Rompré (1996) demonstrated that axons contributing to the rewarding effect directly link sites in this mesencephalic array with the VTA and lateral hypothalamus. In that model, the directly activated, non-dopaminergic fibers access the final common path for reward pursuit via circuitry that partially parallels the dopaminergic projections.