Gary G. Berntson

14 The Affect System What Lurks below the Surface of Feelings? (2008)

Jeff T. Larsen, N. Kyle Smith, Gary G. Berntson

The structure of affective space has been debated for more than fifty years. According to the model of evaluative space (Cacioppo & Berntson, 1994; Cacioppo, Gardner, & Berntson,...

Amygdala contribution to selective dimensions of emotion (2007)

Berntson, Gary G., Bechara, Antoine, Damasio, Hanna, Tranel, Daniel, Cacioppo, John T.

The amygdala has been implicated in emotional processes, although the precise nature of the emotional deficits following amygdala lesions remains to be fully elucidated. Cognitive disturbances in the...

The affect system has parallel and integrative processing components: Form follows function (1999)

Wendi L. Gardner, Gary G. Berntson

The affect system has been shaped by the hammer and chisel of adaptation and natural selection such that form follows function. The characteristics of the system thus differ across the nervous system...

Induction of analgesia by central administration of ORG 2766, an analog of ACTH4-9 (1981)

Walker, J. Michael, Berntson, Gary G., Sandman, Curt A., Kastin, Abba J., Akil, Huda

Dose-dependent analgesia was produced by microinjection of ORG 2766 into the periaqueductal gray (PAG). This analgesia was found to be potent and long-lasting and occurred at doses which were...

Social stress and the reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus type 1

Padgett, David A., Sheridan, John F., Dorne, Julianne, Berntson, Gary G., Candelora, Jessica, Glaser, Ronald

Psychological stress is thought to contribute to reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus (HSV). Although several animal models have been developed in an effort to reproduce different pathogenic...

Evidence for Higher Functions of the Cerebellum: Eating and Grooming Elicited by Cerebellar Stimulation in Cats

Berntson, Gary G., Potolicchio, Samuel J., Miller, Neal E.

Well-organized eating and grooming behaviors were elicited in cats by stimulation of a zone in the cerebellum that extended from the fastigial nucleus to the superior cerebellar peduncle. Behaviors...

Social stress and the reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus type 1

Padgett, David A., Sheridan, John F., Dorne, Julianne, Berntson, Gary G., Candelora, Jessica, Glaser, Ronald

Psychological stress is thought to contribute to reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus (HSV). Although several animal models have been developed in an effort to reproduce different pathogenic...

Evidence for Higher Functions of the Cerebellum: Eating and Grooming Elicited by Cerebellar Stimulation in Cats

Berntson, Gary G., Potolicchio, Samuel J., Miller, Neal E.

Well-organized eating and grooming behaviors were elicited in cats by stimulation of a zone in the cerebellum that extended from the fastigial nucleus to the superior cerebellar peduncle. Behaviors...

Amygdala contribution to selective dimensions of emotion

Berntson, Gary G., Bechara, Antoine, Damasio, Hanna, Tranel, Daniel, Cacioppo, John T.

The amygdala has been implicated in emotional processes, although the precise nature of the emotional deficits following amygdala lesions remains to be fully elucidated. Cognitive disturbances in the...

Photoperiod alters autonomic regulation of the heart

Weil, Zachary M., Norman, Greg J., DeVries, A. Courtney, Berntson, Gary G., Nelson, Randy J.

Outside of the tropics, environmental conditions fluctuate in a generally predictable manner across the year. Many small mammals have evolved mechanisms, such as seasonal breeding and annual...