Sentences with phrase «ventral pallidum»

For example, the overexpression of the V1aR in the ventral pallidum results in a strong partner preference formation in male prairie voles even in the absence of mating (Pitkow et al., 2001).

On the contrary, the knockdown of V1aR in the ventral pallidum of male prairie voles causes a deficit in partner preference formation (Barrett et al., 2013).

Through the combined use of in vivo microdialysis and behavioral and neuropharmacological techniques, his early work characterized the role of serotonin and its signaling via serotonin - 1B (5 - HT1B) receptors in the ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens, and ventral pallidum in the rewarding actions of cocaine and ethanol.

By injecting the gene for the vasopressin receptor into the ventral pallidum of promiscuous voles, researchers were able to make the cells in that area produce levels of the receptor comparable to those of monogamous species.

The researchers then observed that the ventral pallidum, a small structure usually activated in people who are hungry, was totally inactive while the smell and image of cheese was being presented to individuals with an aversion to cheese, whereas it was activated for all other food types.

She has found that people who are pining after a lost love have greater brain activity in the ventral pallidum, involved in attachment, than people who were happily in love.