Kent Conover, PhD - Publications

Affiliations: 
Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology Concordia University (Canada), Montreal, QC, Canada 

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2023 Carter F, Cossette MP, Trujillo-Pisanty I, Pallikaras V, Breton YA, Conover K, Caplan J, Solis P, Voisard J, Yaksich A, Shizgal P. Does phasic dopamine release cause policy updates? The European Journal of Neuroscience. PMID 38039083 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.16199  0.693
2020 Trujillo-Pisanty I, Conover K, Solis P, Palacios D, Shizgal P. Dopamine neurons do not constitute an obligatory stage in the final common path for the evaluation and pursuit of brain stimulation reward. Plos One. 15: e0226722. PMID 32502210 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0226722  0.864
2019 Ahilan S, Solomon RB, Breton YA, Conover K, Niyogi RK, Shizgal P, Dayan P. Learning to use past evidence in a sophisticated world model. Plos Computational Biology. 15: e1007093. PMID 31233559 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pcbi.1007093  0.765
2017 Solomon RB, Conover K, Shizgal P. Valuation of opportunity costs by rats working for rewarding electrical brain stimulation. Plos One. 12: e0182120. PMID 28841663 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0182120  0.75
2015 Scardochio T, Trujillo-Pisanty I, Conover K, Shizgal P, Clarke PB. The Effects of Electrical and Optical Stimulation of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons on Rat 50-kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 9: 331. PMID 26696851 DOI: 10.3389/Fnbeh.2015.00331  0.814
2015 Cossette MP, Conover K, Shizgal P. The neural substrates for the rewarding and dopamine-releasing effects of medial forebrain bundle stimulation have partially discrepant frequency responses. Behavioural Brain Research. PMID 26477378 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbr.2015.10.029  0.845
2015 Solomon RB, Trujillo-Pisanty I, Conover K, Shizgal P. Psychophysical inference of frequency-following fidelity in the neural substrate for brain stimulation reward. Behavioural Brain Research. PMID 26057357 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbr.2015.06.008  0.799
2014 Breton YA, Conover K, Shizgal P. The effect of probability discounting on reward seeking: a three-dimensional perspective. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8: 284. PMID 25202245 DOI: 10.3389/Fnbeh.2014.00284  0.848
2014 Niyogi RK, Breton YA, Solomon RB, Conover K, Shizgal P, Dayan P. Optimal indolence: a normative microscopic approach to work and leisure. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface / the Royal Society. 11: 20130969. PMID 24284898 DOI: 10.1098/Rsif.2013.0969  0.786
2013 Trujillo-Pisanty I, Conover K, Shizgal P. A new view of the effect of dopamine receptor antagonism on operant performance for rewarding brain stimulation in the rat. Psychopharmacology. PMID 24232443 DOI: 10.1007/S00213-013-3328-X  0.84
2013 Breton YA, Mullett A, Conover K, Shizgal P. Validation and extension of the reward-mountain model. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 7: 125. PMID 24098275 DOI: 10.3389/Fnbeh.2013.00125  0.808
2012 Hernandez G, Trujillo-Pisanty I, Cossette MP, Conover K, Shizgal P. Role of dopamine tone in the pursuit of brain stimulation reward. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 32: 11032-41. PMID 22875936 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.1051-12.2012  0.844
2011 Trujillo-Pisanty I, Hernandez G, Moreau-Debord I, Cossette MP, Conover K, Cheer JF, Shizgal P. Cannabinoid receptor blockade reduces the opportunity cost at which rats maintain operant performance for rewarding brain stimulation. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 31: 5426-35. PMID 21471378 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.0079-11.2011  0.832
2010 Hernandez G, Breton YA, Conover K, Shizgal P. At what stage of neural processing does cocaine act to boost pursuit of rewards? Plos One. 5: e15081. PMID 21152097 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0015081  0.849
2007 Ludvig EA, Conover K, Shizgal P. The effects of reinforcer magnitude on timing in rats. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 87: 201-18. PMID 17465312 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2007.38-06  0.679
2006 Hernandez G, Hamdani S, Rajabi H, Conover K, Stewart J, Arvanitogiannis A, Shizgal P. Prolonged rewarding stimulation of the rat medial forebrain bundle: neurochemical and behavioral consequences. Behavioral Neuroscience. 120: 888-904. PMID 16893295 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.4.888  0.851
2005 Conover KL, Shizgal P. Employing labor-supply theory to measure the reward value of electrical brain stimulation Games and Economic Behavior. 52: 283-304. DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.08.003  0.743
2003 Sonnenschein B, Conover K, Shizgal P. Growth of brain stimulation reward as a function of duration and stimulation strength. Behavioral Neuroscience. 117: 978-94. PMID 14570548 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.117.5.978  0.82
2001 Conover KL, Fulton S, Shizgal P. Operant tempo varies with reinforcement rate: implications for measurement of reward efficacy. Behavioural Processes. 56: 85-101. PMID 11672935 DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00190-5  0.732
1996 Shizgal P, Conover K. On the neural computation of utility Current Directions in Psychological Science. 5: 37-43. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.Ep10772715  0.746
1994 Conover KL, Shizgal P. Differential effects of postingestive feedback on the reward value of sucrose and lateral hypothalamic stimulation in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience. 108: 559-72. PMID 7917050 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.108.3.559  0.716
1994 Conover KL, Woodside B, Shizgal P. Effects of sodium depletion on competition and summation between rewarding effects of salt and lateral hypothalamic stimulation in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience. 108: 549-58. PMID 7917049 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.108.3.549  0.758
1994 Conover KL, Shizgal P. Competition and summation between rewarding effects of sucrose and lateral hypothalamic stimulation in the rat. Behavioral Neuroscience. 108: 537-48. PMID 7917048 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.108.3.537  0.72
1992 Waraczynski M, Conover K, Shizgal P. Rewarding effectiveness of caudal MFB stimulation is unaltered following DMH lesions. Physiology & Behavior. 52: 211-8. PMID 1523244 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(92)90260-9  0.823
1992 Conover K, Shizgal P. Differential effect of postingestive stimuli on the reward value of sucrose and hypothalamic stimulation in the rat Appetite. 19: 172. DOI: 10.1016/0195-6663(92)90046-9  0.715
1991 Shizgal P, Conover K, Schindler D. Medial forebrain bundle units in the rat: dependence of refractory period estimates on pulse duration. Behavioural Brain Research. 42: 151-60. PMID 2059329 DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(05)80006-3  0.703
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