Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Original Research

Published on 28 Aug 2026

Genetic modulation of oxycodone self-administration trajectories: from initiation to escalating burst patterns

in Motivation and Reward

Caleb I. Hodges
Eamonn P. Duffy
Jonathan O. Ward
Luanne H. Hale
Cove C. Andrews
Laura M. Saba
Marissa A. Ehringer
Ryan K. Bachtell

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1913370

603 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Aug 2026

Sex-related biological variation and mental toughness in soccer: a 2D:4D digit-ratio study of Type a, Type B and Type C classification across playing positions

in Motivation and Reward

Hamza Kaya Besler
Gulferi M. Yildirim
Sinan Canan
Sinan Seyhan
Görkem Açar
Muhammed Fatih Bilici
Uğur Sönmezoğlu

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1934922

593 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Aug 2026

Aged rats have sex-dependent hypothermic effects but not spatial memory impairments following acute alcohol administration

in Motivation and Reward

Douglas B. Matthews
Megan Schroeder
Kennedy Korger
Olive Schrandt
Michael Tommarello
Katie Johnson
Ann Sobania
Pravesh Sharma

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1904796

1,275 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Jul 2026

A mouse model of oxycodone reward following its oral self-administration in a sweetened solution

in Motivation and Reward

Shayesteh Rounama
Prince Meziem
Abdul Hamid
Iffat H. Era
Kabirullah Lutfy

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1862996

942 views

Mini Review

Published on 17 Jul 2026

Gut microbiota at the crossroads of cocaine use and binge eating disorders

in Motivation and Reward

Jeanne Tyrode
Victor Mathis
Katia Befort

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1841613

1,211 views

Mini Review

Published on 26 May 2026

Sex differences in compulsive sexual behavior disorder

in Motivation and Reward

Aviv M. Weinstein

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1821534

4,652 views

Original Research

Published on 21 May 2026

EEG-based monitoring of mental fatigue during virtual-reality motor imagery tasks

in Motivation and Reward

Nina Evetović
Roman Rosipal
Arina Polyanskaya
Zuzana Rošťáková
Katarina Dvornák
Martin Vankó
Štefan Korečko
Leonardo Jose Trejo

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1810723

2,320 views

Methods

Published on 08 May 2026

iMOSS: an integrated open-source tail suspension test platform for high-resolution immobility scoring and synchronization with neural activity

in Motivation and Reward

Zengyou Ye
Xia Min
Sarah T. Johnson
Xuehong Cao
Satoshi Ikemoto

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1819512

2,015 views

Review

Published on 13 Apr 2026

Revisiting food addiction in the era of GLP-1–based obesity pharmacotherapy via neural reward pathways linking feeding and substance use

in Motivation and Reward

Richard M. O’Connor

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1805953

5,247 views
4 citations

Editorial

Published on 13 Mar 2026

Editorial: Exploring the framing effect on maladaptive behaviors: neural mechanisms and applications

in Motivation and Reward

Manuela Sellitto
Kristi R. Griffiths

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1816738

2,277 views

Methods

Published on 25 Feb 2026

Goal-directed actions and habits in head-fixed mice

in Motivation and Reward

Logan M. Manusky
Lisa M. Green
Joshua A. Boquiren
Jade Baek
Marcus S. Bell
Kate M. Wassum
James M. Otis

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1751553

2,812 views
1 citation

Perspective

Published on 24 Feb 2026

Craving as a transdiagnostic marker of addiction? A perspective for behavioral addictions

in Motivation and Reward

Axel Allache
Marc Auriacombe
Jean-Marc Alexandre
Fuschia Serre

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1770895

2,707 views

Editorial

Published on 19 Feb 2026

Editorial: Sex as a biological variable in the neurocircuitry of motivated behavior

in Motivation and Reward

Paul Leon Brown
Polymnia Georgiou
Amy Stave Kohtz
Antoniette M. Maldonado-Devincci

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1802383

1,597 views

Original Research

Published on 18 Feb 2026

Sex, social rank, and nicotine co-administration shape cocaine- and cocaethylene-induced reinstatement in monkeys

in Motivation and Reward

Brianna F. Roberts
Mia A. Clark
Michael A. Nader
Mia I. Rough

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1770940

2,277 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Feb 2026

Glutamate transmission in the prelimbic cortex and nucleus accumbens shell is involved in ethanol reinforcement and drinking in rats

in Motivation and Reward

Xiaoying Tan
William J. McBride
Zheng-Ming Ding

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1745128

1,697 views
2 citations

Mini Review

Published on 17 Feb 2026

I’ve got a friend somewhere: control of social behavior across striatal subregions

in Motivation and Reward

Mona Xuan Li
Jinhee Baek
Michaela Y. Guo
Matthew B. Pomrenze
Allen P. F. Chen

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1763517

1,955 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 10 Feb 2026

Premature release of action sequences in adolescent male rats

in Motivation and Reward

Micaela Betsabé Marini
Mariano Andrés Belluscio
Mario Gustavo Murer
María Cecilia Martínez

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1716850

1,685 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jan 2026

Adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure induces sex-specific and time-dependent changes in affective behaviors and metabolomic profiles

in Motivation and Reward

Mariah J. Shobande
Anjali Kumari
Michael Pearson
Janae A. Baker
Nzia I. Hall
Renee C. Waters
Chloe E. Emehel
Dashear Hill
Myla E. Fowlkes
Tiffany Dean

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1614537

2,396 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 10 Dec 2025

Lateralized nigrostriatal dopamine pathway activation promotes early reversal learning

in Motivation and Reward

Stefan W. Fleps
Ben Yang
Nicolette A. Moya
Xunhui Wu
Seongsik Yun
Jones G. Parker

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1703094

3,049 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 09 Dec 2025

Sex differences in stress-modulated cocaine vulnerability: female rodents are more sensitive to the effects of stress exposure at different developmental stages

in Motivation and Reward

María Ángeles Martínez-Caballero
Claudia Calpe-López
Maria Pilar García-Pardo
M. Carmen Arenas
Carmen Manzanedo
María A. Aguilar

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1689548

3,939 views
1 citation

Editorial

Published on 20 Nov 2025

Editorial: Motivation seen through the kaleidoscope of multi-disciplinarity and multi-scales: towards the emergence of new paradigms and perspectives favored by crossed looks

in Motivation and Reward

Bénédicte Terrier
Jackson Cioni Bittencourt
Sandrine Parrot

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1728916

1,980 views

Review

Published on 19 Nov 2025

Value preference in forensic population: a systematic literature review of delay discounting among those who have committed an offence

in Motivation and Reward

Ivan Sebalo
Darya Darashkevich
Stela Kostelníková
Johana Voldřichová

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1666649

2,855 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 13 Nov 2025

A rodent model of enhanced anticipation of positive events: sex-specific modifications in cognitive bias and emotional resilience

in Motivation and Reward

Sarah C. Hartvigsen
Megan Hooper
Olivia Harding
Evelyn Barringer
Isabel DiLandro
Aditya Narayanan
Brendan Crockett
Yulia Shatalov
Isabella Tomé
Paean Luby

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1643979

3,312 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Oct 2025

Incubation of social deficit during morphine abstinence in male mice using a novel unbiased and automatized method

in Motivation and Reward

Victor P. Mathis
Gabriele Giua
Nicolas Torquet
Christophe Mittelhaeuser
Raphael Bour
Brigitte L. Kieffer
Fabrice Riet
Emmanuel Darcq

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1697469

2,835 views
1 citation

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Genetic modulation of oxycodone self-administration trajectories: from initiation to escalating burst patterns

Sex-related biological variation and mental toughness in soccer: a 2D:4D digit-ratio study of Type a, Type B and Type C classification across playing positions

Aged rats have sex-dependent hypothermic effects but not spatial memory impairments following acute alcohol administration

A mouse model of oxycodone reward following its oral self-administration in a sweetened solution

Gut microbiota at the crossroads of cocaine use and binge eating disorders

Sex differences in compulsive sexual behavior disorder

EEG-based monitoring of mental fatigue during virtual-reality motor imagery tasks

iMOSS: an integrated open-source tail suspension test platform for high-resolution immobility scoring and synchronization with neural activity

Revisiting food addiction in the era of GLP-1–based obesity pharmacotherapy via neural reward pathways linking feeding and substance use

Editorial: Exploring the framing effect on maladaptive behaviors: neural mechanisms and applications

Goal-directed actions and habits in head-fixed mice

Craving as a transdiagnostic marker of addiction? A perspective for behavioral addictions

Editorial: Sex as a biological variable in the neurocircuitry of motivated behavior

Sex, social rank, and nicotine co-administration shape cocaine- and cocaethylene-induced reinstatement in monkeys

Glutamate transmission in the prelimbic cortex and nucleus accumbens shell is involved in ethanol reinforcement and drinking in rats

I’ve got a friend somewhere: control of social behavior across striatal subregions

Premature release of action sequences in adolescent male rats

Adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure induces sex-specific and time-dependent changes in affective behaviors and metabolomic profiles

Lateralized nigrostriatal dopamine pathway activation promotes early reversal learning

Sex differences in stress-modulated cocaine vulnerability: female rodents are more sensitive to the effects of stress exposure at different developmental stages

Editorial: Motivation seen through the kaleidoscope of multi-disciplinarity and multi-scales: towards the emergence of new paradigms and perspectives favored by crossed looks

Value preference in forensic population: a systematic literature review of delay discounting among those who have committed an offence

A rodent model of enhanced anticipation of positive events: sex-specific modifications in cognitive bias and emotional resilience

Incubation of social deficit during morphine abstinence in male mice using a novel unbiased and automatized method