Area of research
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity.
Cocaine chemogenetics blunts drug-seeking by synthetic physiology
Sex dependence of opioid-mediated responses to subanesthetic ketamine in rats
In vivo photopharmacology with light-activated opioid drugs
Unique pharmacodynamic properties and low abuse liability of the µ-opioid receptor ligand (S)-methadone
The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds and modulates estrogen receptors
Pharmacological and behavioral divergence of ketamine enantiomers: implications for abuse liability
Mechanisms of ketamine and its metabolites as antidepressants
High-potency ligands for DREADD imaging and activation in rodents and monkeys
Ultrapotent chemogenetics for research and potential clinical applications
Ultrastructural localization of <scp>DREADD</scp> s in monkeys
Chemogenetics revealed: DREADD occupancy and activation via converted clozapine
Dopamine D2 Receptor Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Comprises a Metabolic–Cognitive Brain Interface Regulating Metabolic Components of Glucose Reinforcement
Acute engagement of Gq-mediated signaling in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis induces anxiety-like behavior
Elucidation of The Behavioral Program and Neuronal Network Encoded by Dorsal Raphe Serotonergic Neurons
DREAMM: A Biobehavioral Imaging Methodology for Dynamic In Vivo Whole-Brain Mapping of Cell Type-Specific Functional Networks