The neurobiology of social play and its rewarding value in rats

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-105

  Vanderschuren, Louk J M J ^a   Achterberg, E J Marijke ^a   Trezza, Viviana ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dopamine; Endocannabinoids; Noradrenaline; Nucleus accumbens; Operant conditioning; Opioids; Place conditioning; Prefrontal cortex; Reward; Social play behaviour

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; FLUPENTIXOL; METHYLPHENIDATE; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; VANOXERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CORPUS STRIATUM; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOTIVATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PLAY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PLAY; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84991824166     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.07.025     Document Type: Review

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