The neurobiology of activational aspects of motivation: exertion of effort, effort-based decision making, and the role of dopamine

JD Salamone, M Correa - Annual Review of Psychology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Motivational processes are complex and multifaceted, with both directional and activational
aspects. Behavioral activation and exertion of effort are functions that enable organisms to …

Deciphering decision making: variation in animal models of effort-and uncertainty-based choice reveals distinct neural circuitries underlying core cognitive processes

CA Winstanley, SB Floresco - Journal of Neuroscience, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Maladaptive decision-making is increasingly recognized to play a significant role in
numerous psychiatric disorders, such that therapeutics capable of ameliorating core …

The long-term cognitive consequences of adolescent exposure to recreational drugs of abuse

SM Mooney-Leber, TJ Gould - Learning & memory, 2018 - learnmem.cshlp.org
During adolescence, the brain continues to undergo vital developmental processes. In turn,
complex behavioral and cognitive skills emerge. Unfortunately, neurobiological …

Cannabinoid-based therapies and brain development: potential harmful effect of early modulation of the endocannabinoid system

P Schonhofen, IJ Bristot, JA Crippa, JEC Hallak… - CNS drugs, 2018 - Springer
The endocannabinoid retrograde signaling pathway is widely expressed in the central
nervous system, where it plays major roles in regulating synaptic plasticity (excitatory and …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of human neuroimaging evidence of memory-related functional alterations associated with cannabis use complemented with preclinical …

G Blest-Hopley, V Giampietro, S Bhattacharyya - Brain Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cannabis has been associated with deficits in memory performance. However, the neural
correlates that may underpin impairments remain unclear. We carried out a systematic …

Seeing through the smoke: human and animal studies of cannabis use and endocannabinoid signalling in corticolimbic networks

MM Silveira, JC Arnold, SR Laviolette, CJ Hillard… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Public opinion surrounding the recreational use and therapeutic potential of cannabis is
shifting. This review describes new work examining the behavioural and neural effects of …

Functional effects of synthetic cannabinoids versus Δ9‐THC in mice on body temperature, nociceptive threshold, anxiety, cognition, locomotor/exploratory parameters …

S Schreiber, M Bader, T Lenchinski… - Addiction …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic cannabinoids are psychoactive substances designed to mimic the euphorigenic
effects of the natural cannabis. Novel unregulated compounds appear once older …

[HTML][HTML] Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol reduces willingness to exert effort in women

MC Wardle, E Pabon, HE Webber, H de Wit - Psychopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Background The use of cannabis has been clinically associated with decreased motivation
to engage in normally rewarding activities. However, evidence from previous controlled …

Residual effects of cannabis use on effort-based decision-making

MB Taylor, FM Filbey - Journal of the International …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: Acute Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) administration in humans (Lawn etal.,
2016) and rats (Silveira, Adams, Morena, Hill, & Winstanley, 2016) has been associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Examination of the effects of cannabinoid ligands on decision making in a rat gambling task

JMN Ferland, MR Carr, AM Lee, ME Hoogeland… - Pharmacology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although exposure to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is perceived to be relatively
harmless, mounting evidence has begun to show that it is associated with a variety of …