Franco J. Vaccarino

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• Changes in regional brain glucose metabolism measured with positron emission tomography after paroxetine treatment of major depression.

  Sidney H. Kennedy;Kenneth R. Evans;Stephanie Krüger;Helen S. Mayberg

  841
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• The neural substrates for the motor-activating properties of psychostimulants: a review of recent findings.

  Neal R. Swerdlow;Franco J. Vaccarino;Marianne Amalric;George F. Koob

  384
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• Amygdaloid inhibition of maternal behavior in the nulliparous female rat.

  Alison S. Fleming;Frank Vaccarino;Carola Luebke

  374
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• Vomeronasal and olfactory system modulation of maternal behavior in the rat

  Alison S. Fleming;Franco Vaccarino;Loretta Tambosso;Phyllis Chee

  327
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• Blockade of nucleus accumbens opiate receptors attenuates intravenous heroin reward in the rat

  Franco J. Vaccarino;Floyd E. Bloom;George F. Koob

  247
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• A review of functional neuroimaging in mood disorders: positron emission tomography and depression.

  Sidney H Kennedy;Mahan Javanmard;Franco J Vaccarino

  240
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• Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy predicts catalepsy and the suppression of conditioned avoidance response behavior in rats.

  Marie-Louise G. Wadenberg;Shitij Kapur;Alexandra Soliman;Corey Jones

  230
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• Stimulation of food intake in rats by centrally administered hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing factor

  F. J. Vaccarino;F. J. Vaccarino;F. E. Bloom;J. Rivier;W. Vale

  188
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• Neuroendocrine function and response to stress in mice with complete disruption of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor signaling.

  Neil J. MacLusky;Sonya Cook;Sonya Cook;Louise Scrocchi;Louise Scrocchi;Jennifer Shin;Jennifer Shin

  173
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• Neuroanatomic correlates of CCK-4-induced panic attacks in healthy humans: a comparison of two time points

  Mahan Javanmard;Jakov Shlik;Sidney H Kennedy;Franco J Vaccarino

  167
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• Amphetamine- and morphine-induced feeding: evidence for involvement of reward mechanisms.

  Kenneth R. Evans;Franco J. Vaccarino

  154
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• Cholecystokinin receptor subtypes: role in the modulation of anxiety-related and reward-related behaviours in animal models.

  Susan Rotzinger;Franco J. Vaccarino

  153
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• Nucleus accumbens cholecystokinin (CCK) can either attenuate or potentiate amphetamine-induced locomotor activity: evidence for rostral-caudal differences in accumbens CCK function.

  Franco J. Vaccarino;Judy Rankin

  133
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• Blockade of amphetamine but not opiate-induced locomotion following antagonism of dopamine function in the rat

  Franco J. Vaccarino;Marianne Amalric;Neal R. Swerdlow;George F. Koob

  118
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• Nucleus accumbens dopamine-CCK interactions in psychostimulant reward and related behaviors

  Franco J. Vaccarino

  116
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• Activation of Amygdala CholecystokininB Receptors Potentiates the Acoustic Startle Response in the Rat

  Paul W. Frankland;Sheena A. Josselyn;Jacques Bradwejn;Franco J. Vaccarino

  115
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• Teneurin proteins possess a carboxy terminal sequence with neuromodulatory activity.

  Liqun Wang;Susan Rotzinger;Arij Al Chawaf;Carol F. Elias

  114
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• Low-dose dexamethasone challenge in women with atypical major depression: pilot study.

  Robert D. Levitan;Franco J. Vaccarino;Gregory M. Brown;Sidney H. Kennedy

  105
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• Microinjections of nanogram amounts of sulfated cholecystokinin octapeptide into the rat nucleus accumbens attenuates brain stimulation reward

  F.J. Vaccarino;G.F. Koob

  103
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• Self-administration of intravenous amphetamine is predicted by individual differences in sucrose feeding in rats.

  N. J. DeSousa;D. E. A. Bush;F. J. Vaccarino

  100
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• Intra-nucleus accumbens amphetamine: dose-dependent effects on food intake.

  Kenneth R. Evans;Franco J. Vaccarino

  95
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