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ArticleThe international journal of neuropsychopharmacology2018

Ventral Striatal D2/3 Receptor Availability Is Associated with Impulsive Choice Behavior As Well As Limbic Corticostriatal Connectivity.

Rebecca L Barlow, Martin Gorges, Alfie Wearn, Heiko G Niessen, Jan Kassubek, Jeffrey W Dalley, Anton Pekcec

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Article in The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A ventral hippocampus to nucleus accumbens pathway regulates impulsivity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  8. Editorial: Deciphering dopamine dysregulation in adult ADHD.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025
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  14. Selective chemogenetic inactivation of corticoaccumbal projections disrupts trait choice impulsivity.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023
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  15. Dopamine D2 receptors in nucleus accumbens cholinergic interneurons increase impulsive choice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023
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  18. The effects of early life stress on impulsivity.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rebecca L BarlowBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, CNS Discovery Research, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Martin GorgesDepartment of Neurology, University of Ulm, RKU, Ulm, Germany.
Alfie WearnBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, CNS Discovery Research, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Heiko G NiessenBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Translational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Jan KassubekDepartment of Neurology, University of Ulm, RKU, Ulm, Germany.
Jeffrey W DalleyDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Anton PekcecBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, CNS Discovery Research, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DEUniversität Ulm · DEUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Low dopamine D2/3 receptor availability in the nucleus accumbens shell is associated with highly impulsive behavior in rats as measured by premature responses in a cued attentional task. However, it is unclear whether dopamine D2/3 receptor availability in the nucleus accumbens is equally linked to intolerance for delayed rewards, a related form of impulsivity. Methods: We investigated the relationship between D2/3 receptor availability in the nucleus accumbens and impulsivity in a delay-discounting task where animals must choose between immediate, small-magnitude rewards and delayed, larger-magnitude rewards. Corticostriatal D2/3 receptor availability was measured in rats stratified for high and low impulsivity using in vivo [18F]fallypride positron emission tomography and ex vivo [3H]raclopride autoradiography. Resting-state functional connectivity in limbic corticostriatal networks was also assessed using fMRI. Results: Delay-discounting task impulsivity was inversely related to D2/3 receptor availability in the nucleus accumbens core but not the dorsal striatum, with higher D2/3 binding in the nucleus accumbens shell of high-impulsive rats compared with low-impulsive rats. D2/3 receptor availability was associated with stronger connectivity between the cingulate cortex and hippocampus of high- vs low-impulsive rats. Conclusions: We conclude that delay-discounting task impulsivity is associated with low D2/3 receptor binding in the nucleus accumbens core. Thus, two related forms of waiting impulsivity-premature responding and delay intolerance in a delay-of-reward task-implicate an involvement of D2/3 receptor availability in the nucleus accumbens shell and core, respectively. This dissociation may be causal or consequential to enhanced functional connectivity of limbic brain circuitry and hold relevance for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, drug addiction, and other psychiatric disorders.

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RewardAnimalsAutoradiographyBehavior, AnimalCerebral CortexConnectomeCorpus StriatumDelay DiscountingMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePositron-Emission TomographyRatsReceptors, Dopamine D2Receptors, Dopamine D3DRD2 protein, ratDrd3 protein, ratReceptors, Dopamine D2Receptors, Dopamine D3

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PMID29554302
PMCPMC6030945
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