Area of research
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience · Social Psychology
Research interest
Research interests include Psychology, Neuroscience, Nucleus accumbens, Addiction, Dopamine, and Prefrontal cortex.
On the interrelation between alcohol addiction–like behaviors in rats
Addiction as a brain disease revised: why it still matters, and the need for consilience
Temporally Specific Roles of Ventral Tegmental Area Projections to the Nucleus Accumbens and Prefrontal Cortex in Attention and Impulse Control
The continued need for animals to advance brain research
Modulation of value-based decision making behavior by subregions of the rat prefrontal cortex
How the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the necessity of animal research
Spatial memory deficits after vincristine-induced lesions to the dorsal hippocampus
The Neuropharmacology of Impulsive Behaviour, an Update
Differential contributions of striatal dopamine D1 and D2 receptors to component processes of value-based decision making
Corticolimbic Mechanisms of Behavioral Inhibition under Threat of Punishment
How Reward and Aversion Shape Motivation and Decision Making: A Computational Account
Unidirectional opioid-cannabinoid cross-tolerance in the modulation of social play behavior in rats
A neuronal mechanism underlying decision-making deficits during hyperdopaminergic states
Age-Related Differences in Alcohol Intake and Control Over Alcohol Seeking in Rats
Combined fetal inflammation and postnatal hypoxia causes myelin deficits and autism‐like behavior in a rat model of diffuse white matter injury
Enhancing excitability of dopamine neurons promotes motivational behaviour through increased action initiation
Heterogeneous neuronal activity in the lateral habenula after short‐ and long‐term cocaine self‐administration in rats
Dopaminergic Neurotransmission in the Nucleus Accumbens Modulates Social Play Behavior in Rats
Interacting Cannabinoid and Opioid Receptors in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Control Adolescent Social Play
Melanocortin 3 Receptor Signaling in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Increases the Motivation for Food Reward
Punishment models of addictive behavior
Chemogenetic Activation of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Affects Attention, but not Impulsivity, in the Five-Choice Serial Reaction Time Task in Rats
Dissociating the role of endocannabinoids in the pleasurable and motivational properties of social play behaviour in rats
Inactivation of the prelimbic or infralimbic cortex impairs decision-making in the rat gambling task
Modeling autism-relevant behavioral phenotypes in rats and mice
Distinct roles of the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol in social behavior and emotionality at different developmental ages in rats
Individual Variation in Alcohol Intake Predicts Reinforcement, Motivation, and Compulsive Alcohol Use in Rats
Early social isolation augments alcohol consumption in rats
Methylphenidate and Atomoxetine Inhibit Social Play Behavior through Prefrontal and Subcortical Limbic Mechanisms in Rats
Adolescent Alcohol Exposure Amplifies the Incentive Value of Reward-Predictive Cues Through Potentiation of Phasic Dopamine Signaling