Alyssa A. Hohorst

Ovarian hormonal state at exercise initiation interacts with nigrostriatal circuitry to determine long-term voluntary exercise behavior

This study shows that the ovarian hormonal state at the start of voluntary wheel running in female rats affects both initial and long-term exercise behavior, with dopamine signaling in the nigrostriatal circuit playing a key role.

Estrous phase during fear extinction modulates fear relapse through a nigrostriatal dopamine pathway

The paper shows that ovarian hormone levels during fear extinction affect fear relapse via the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway in female rats.

Pharmacological manipulations of the dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatum during fear extinction have opposing effects on fear renewal

This study investigates the role of dopamine in fear extinction by testing the effects of pharmacological manipulations in specific dorsal striatum subregions on fear renewal.