Amita R. Somalwar

CART neurons in the lateral hypothalamus communicate with the nucleus accumbens shell via glutamatergic neurons in paraventricular thalamic nucleus to modulate reward behavior

Amit G. Choudhary, Amita R. Somalwar, Sneha Sagarkar et al. · Brain Structure and Function · 2017 · 41 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Cognitive Science, Neural Mechanism +14

The role of neuropeptide CART in the lateral hypothalamic-ventral tegmental area (LH-VTA) circuit in motivation

Amita R. Somalwar, Gajanan P. Shelkar, Nishikant K. Subhedar et al. · Behavioural Brain Research · 2016 · 25 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Cognitive Science, Neurophysiology +14

Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) induced reward behavior is mediated via Gi/o dependent phosphorylation of PKA/ERK/CREB pathway

Amita R. Somalwar, Amit Choudhary, Pravesh R. Sharma et al. · Behavioural Brain Research · 2018 · 25 citations

Behavioral Neuroscience, Addiction, Medicine +13

LSD1-BDNF activity in lateral hypothalamus-medial forebrain bundle area is essential for reward seeking behavior

Sneha Sagarkar, Amit G. Choudhary, Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian et al. · Progress in Neurobiology · 2021 · 24 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience +12

A simple and economical method of electrode fabrication for brain self-stimulation in rats

Sagar Desai, Ashish P. Bharne, Manoj A. Upadhya et al. · Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods · 2014 · 20 citations

Stimulation Device, Electrode Fabrication, Neurophysiology +12