The Mesolimbic Dopamine System: From Motivation to Action An International Workshop Malta September 25–29, 1989

Partial table of contents: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE MESOLIMBIC SYSTEM. Functional Anatomy of the Ventral, Limbic System-Innervated Striatum (H. Groenewegen, et al.). The Role of Limbic-Accumbens-Pallidal Circuitry in the Activating and Reinforcing Properties of Psychostimulant Drugs (L. Pulvirenti, et al.). BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY OF MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINE. Dopamine and Motivated Behavior: Insights Provided by In Vivo Analyses (A. Phillips, et al.). Suppression of Rewarded Behavior by Neuroleptic Drugs: Can't or Won't, and Why? (P. Willner, et al.). MESOLIMBIC DYSFUNCTION. Dopamine, Depression and Anti-Depressant Drugs (P. Willner, et al.). Animal Models of Mania (R. Post, et al.). FROM MOTIVATION TO ACTION. The Dopamine Hypotheses of Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders: Contradictions and Speculations (H. Fibiger). Index.