Series Preface… Preface. . . Table of Contents… Contributing Authors . . .
Part I Classical Techniques to Study the Brain Reward System
1 Intracranial Self-Stimulation and the Curve-Shift Paradigm: A Putative Model to Study the Brain Reward System Marc Fakhoury and Pierre-Paul Rompré
2 Stereotaxic Surgery in Rodents for Stimulation of the Brain Reward System Brenda M. Geiger, Monika Irene, and Emmanuel N. Pothos
3 Characterizing the Neural Substrate of Reward with the Use of Specific Brain Lesions Howard Casey Cromwell
Part II Neurochemical Behavioral and Chemogenetic Techniques
4 Assessment of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Implication for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neurological Disorders Farah Chamaa, Batoul Darwish, Nayef Saade, and Wassim Abou-Kheir
5 Fast-Scan Voltammetry for In Vivo Measurements of Neurochemical Dynamics Carl J. Meunier and Leslie A. Sombers
6 Carbon Fiber Probes for Real-Time Monitoring of Dopamine Helen N. Schwerdt, Ann M. Graybiel, and Michael J. Cima
7 Immune-to-Brain Signaling Effects on the Neural Substrate for Reward: Behavioral Models of Aversion, Anhedonia, and Despair Anna Mathia Klawonn and Michael Fritz
8 Behavioral Tests for Assessing Pain and Nociception: Relationship with the Brain Reward System Marc Fakhoury, Reem Habib Mohamad Ali Ahmad, Elie D. Al-Chaer, Nada B. Lawand
9 Chemogenetic (DREADD) Exploration of Circuits Mediating Reward-Motivated Attention Hrishikesh Pattabhiraman and Ryan D. Ward
Part III Techniques for Assessing the Effect of Drug of Abuse
10 Intracranial Self-Stimulation: Using the Curve-Shift Paradigm to Assess the Abuse Potential of Drugs Ritchy Hodebourg
11 Drug Self-Administration as a Model to Study the Reward System Florence Allain and Anne-Noël Samaha
12 Viral Vectors for Studying Drug-Seeking Behavior Arlene Martínez-Rivera, Caitlin E. Burgdorf, and Anjali M. Rajadhyaksha
13 Conditioned Place Preference Test for Assessing the Rewarding Effects of Drugs of Abuse Todd Hillhouse and Adam Prus
Part IV Imaging and Electrophysiological Techniques
14 Positron Emission Tomography of the Reward System Diego Romero-Miguel, Nicolás Lamanna-Rama, Marta Casquero-Veiga, Vanessa Gómez-Rangel, Manuel Desco, and María Luisa Soto-Montenegro
15 In Vivo Electrophysiology for Reward Anticipation and Processing Laura A. Alba, Elizabeth Baker, and Katherine K.M. Stavropoulos
16 Fiber Photometry of Neural Activity in Specific Neural Circuit Jinsong Yu, Yue Li, Mona N. Hussein, Zhongchao Wang, Jinxia Dai, and Gang Cao
17 Two-Photon Microscopy for Studying Reward Circuits of the Brain Rafiq Huda, Leena Ali Ibrahim, and Bernard Bloem
Subject Index. . .
This volume explores the latest techniques used to better understand the brain reward system with respect to neurotransmitters, brain structures, and connectivity. This book aims to show readers tested laboratory protocols to study neural circuitry and biological processes implicated in reward, and in neuropsychiatric disorders such as substance use disorders. The chapters are organized into four parts. Part One addresses classical techniques to study the brain reward system, including the curve shift paradigm in intracranial self-stimulation, stereotaxic surgery in rodents, and the use of brain lesions. Part Two focuses on neurochemical, behavioral, and chemogenetic techniques such as immunofluorescence for assessing adult hippocampal neurogenesis, and fast-scan voltammetry. Part Three highlights methods used to assess the rewarding potential of drugs including intracranial self-stimulation combined with drug injection, and the use of viral vectors. The Fourth Part introduces imaging and electrophysiology techniques such as positron emission tomography, in vivo electrophysiology, and fiber photometry. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your laboratory.
Cutting-edge and thorough, The Brain Reward System is a valuable resource for researchers interested in learning more about the current methods used to study the delineation of the brain reward system.