ArticleeLife2022
Glutathione in the nucleus accumbens regulates motivation to exert reward-incentivized effort.
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- Energy-dependent modulation of nucleus accumbens output via K-ATP channel activity.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Brain mitochondria as key drivers of cognition and behaviour.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Neurochemical drivers of effort: The roles of dopamine and beyond in physical and cognitive exertion.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2026Review
- Concurrent maternal stress and THC exposure alters maternal regulation and downstream adolescent corticolimbic programs.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Neurometabolic predictors of mental effort in the frontal cortex.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- A neurometabolic mechanism involving dmPFC/dACC lactate in physical effort-based decision-making.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
- Lower distress intolerance is associated with higher glutathione levels in adolescent cannabis users.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024Article
- Exploring the potential link between ΔFosB andActa neuropsychiatrica · 2024Review
- A Mitochondrial Perspective on Noncommunicable Diseases.Biomedicines · 2023Review
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Abstract
Emerging evidence is implicating mitochondrial function and metabolism in the nucleus accumbens in motivated performance. However, the brain is vulnerable to excessive oxidative insults resulting from neurometabolic processes, and whether antioxidant levels in the nucleus accumbens contribute to motivated performance is not known. Here, we identify a critical role for glutathione (GSH), the most important endogenous antioxidant in the brain, in motivation. Using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at ultra-high field in both male humans and rodent populations, we establish that higher accumbal GSH levels are highly predictive of better, and particularly, steady performance over time in effort-related tasks. Causality was established in
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