Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Original Research

Published on 14 Oct 2025

Reward-seeking behaviors moderate the association between early life adversity and anhedonia 12 months later

in Motivation and Reward

Mai-Lan Tran
Uma Rao
Julienne Bower
Andrew Fuligni
Kate Ryan Kuhlman

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1672103

811 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Oct 2025

Evidence for Food-Related and Non-Food-Related Maladaptive Preference in a Mouse Model of Binge Eating Disorder

in Motivation and Reward

Daniela Vajdová
Janet Ježková
Petra Procházková
Radka Roubalová
Enrico Patrono

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1653807

104 views

Original Research

Accepted on 06 Oct 2025

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

in Motivation and Reward

Victor Philippe 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

149 views

Review

Published on 06 Oct 2025

Nitrogen waste metabolism as a locus of nitrergic co-transmission in the brain

in Motivation and Reward

Joseph L. Bedont

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1537975

1,414 views

Review

Accepted on 03 Oct 2025

Framing as a mechanism to overcome the temptation of bad habits

in Motivation and Reward

Shuning Wang
John R Monterosso

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1683756

204 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Sep 2025

Self-referencing versus other-referencing in gambling: effects of vmPFC stimulation on decision-making and feedback processing

in Motivation and Reward

Thomas Kroker
Maimu Alissa Rehbein
Miroslaw Wyczesany
Selina Hansen
Riccardo Bianco
Alejandro Espino-Paya
Markus Junghöfer

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1634058

2,900 views

Review

Published on 08 Sep 2025

The role of motivation in eating disorders: understanding sex differences in the circuits

in Motivation and Reward

Sofia Nasini
Antonino Casile
Brigitta Bonaldo
Camilla Mancini
Serafina Manila Guzzo
Luca Botticelli
Stefano Comai

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1644383

1,617 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Moving beyond animal models: enriched environments and human substance use disorders

in Motivation and Reward

Lila Barillot
Claudia Chauvet
Emeline Chauchard
Marc Besnier
Ghina Harika-Germaneau
Xavier Noël
Nemat Jaafari
Marcello Solinas
Armand Chatard

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1629918

1,581 views

Mini Review

Published on 22 Aug 2025

Anatomical pathways and functional implications of the rodent auditory system-basal ganglia interconnectivity

in Motivation and Reward

Ryohei Tomioka
Makoto Takemoto
Wen-Jie Song

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1645035

1,435 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Aug 2025

GABA receptor antagonism elicits feeding in the septohypothalamic nucleus

in Motivation and Reward

Ivett Gabriella
Vandana Nambiar
Chlinton Kuang
Abinanda Mukundan
Jonathan Dang
Aneerudh Venkatraghavan
B. Glenn Stanley

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1633659

1,653 views

Review

Published on 30 Jul 2025

Questioning the validity of food addiction: a critical review

in Motivation and Reward

Jônatas Oliveira
Giulia Cazetta Bestetti
Isis De Carvalho Stelmo
Larissa Antunes
Priscylla Rodrigues Vilella

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1562185

2,448 views
1 citation

Editorial

Published on 17 Jun 2025

Editorial: Brain reward and aversion circuits: progress review on current and future breakthroughs

in Motivation and Reward

Dan P. Covey
Keith B. J. Franklin

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1632916

1,567 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Jun 2025

Sex-dependent effects of food-restriction on cocaine self-administration and cocaine-seeking in rats

in Motivation and Reward

Alixandria T. Mascarin
Ava M. Mac
Srinivasu Kallakuri
Mark K. Greenwald
Shane A. Perrine

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1603564

1,506 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jun 2025

Higher levels of D2R and D3R in the frontal–striatal regions are associated with reduced perseverative reward seeking after opioid abstinence

in Motivation and Reward

Yingying Li
Xigeng Zheng
Cong Gao
Shao Li
Zhengkui Liu
Meixuan Lv
Fei Xiao
Yunjing Bai

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1552055

1,777 views

Original Research

Published on 22 May 2025

The impact of online games on creativity and the role of imagination

in Motivation and Reward

Yung-hsun Cheng

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1561548

5,081 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 29 Apr 2025

Coadministration antagonist dopamine receptor D4 with CB2 receptor agonist decreases binge-like intake of palatable food in mice

in Motivation and Reward

Luis Miguel Rodríguez-Serrano
Ana Paola López-Castillo
María Cristina Cabrera-Mejía
Ana Sofía Cedillo-Figueroa
Nyahn Zepeda-Ortigosa
Carolina Carregha-Lozano
María Elena Chávez-Hernández

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1572374

2,324 views

Reward-seeking behaviors moderate the association between early life adversity and anhedonia 12 months later

Evidence for Food-Related and Non-Food-Related Maladaptive Preference in a Mouse Model of Binge Eating Disorder

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

Nitrogen waste metabolism as a locus of nitrergic co-transmission in the brain

Framing as a mechanism to overcome the temptation of bad habits

Self-referencing versus other-referencing in gambling: effects of vmPFC stimulation on decision-making and feedback processing

The role of motivation in eating disorders: understanding sex differences in the circuits

Moving beyond animal models: enriched environments and human substance use disorders

Anatomical pathways and functional implications of the rodent auditory system-basal ganglia interconnectivity

GABA receptor antagonism elicits feeding in the septohypothalamic nucleus

Questioning the validity of food addiction: a critical review

Editorial: Brain reward and aversion circuits: progress review on current and future breakthroughs

Sex-dependent effects of food-restriction on cocaine self-administration and cocaine-seeking in rats

Higher levels of D2R and D3R in the frontal–striatal regions are associated with reduced perseverative reward seeking after opioid abstinence

The impact of online games on creativity and the role of imagination

Coadministration antagonist dopamine receptor D4 with CB2 receptor agonist decreases binge-like intake of palatable food in mice

Reward-seeking behaviors moderate the association between early life adversity and anhedonia 12 months later