Sex, drugs and gluttony: How the brain controls motivated behaviors

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• 作者：Elaine M. Hull ; ^a ; ^{hull@psy.fsu.edu"" rel=""nofollow}
• 关键词：Dopamine ; Serotonin ; Medial preoptic area ; Mesocorticolimbic tract ; Testosterone ; Nitric oxide ; Orexin/hypocretin ; Glutamate ; Copulation
• 刊名：Physiology and Behavior
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：25 July 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：104
• 期：1
• 页码：173-177
• 全文大小：381 K

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Bart Hoebel has forged a view of an integrated neural network that mediates both natural rewards and drug use. He pioneered the use of microdialysis, and also effectively used electrical stimulation, lesions, microinjections, and immunohistochemistry. He found that feeding, stimulant drug administration, and electrical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) all increased dopamine (DA) release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). However, whereas DA in the NAc enhanced motivation, DA in the LH inhibited motivated behaviors. The Hull lab has pursued some of those ideas. We have suggested that serotonin (5-HT) in the perifornical LH inhibits sexual behavior by inhibiting orexin/hypocretin neurons (OX/HCRT), which would otherwise excite neurons in the mesocorticolimbic DA tract. We have shown that DA release in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) is very important for male sexual behavior, and that testosterone, glutamate, nitric oxide (NO) and previous sexual experience promote MPOA DA release and mating. Future research should follow Bart Hoebel's emphasis on neural systems and interactions among brain areas and neurotransmitters.