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Kathleen Bai

University of California San Diego

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Addiction-Like Severity Predicts Prolonged Oxycodone Withdrawal-Induced Allodynia in Genetically Diverse Rats

Sonja Lorean Plasil, Lani Tieu, Chengjia Qian, Natalie Taylor, Elizabeth A. Sneddon, Lieselot L. G. Carrette, Molly Brennan, Alex Morgan, Dyar N. Othman, Kathleen Bai, Sara Foroutani, Giordano de Guglielmo, Marsida Kallupi, Olivier George

This study shows that higher addiction-like severity in rats predicts prolonged oxycodone withdrawal-induced allodynia, with stronger associations between self-administration behaviors and pain sensitivity.

bioRxiv · May 18, 2026 · PreprintPharmacology & Toxicology

Incentive Salience, not Psychomotor Sensitization or Tolerance, Drives Escalation of Cocaine Self-Administration in Heterogeneous Stock Rats

Jarryd Ramborger, Joseph Mosquera, Molly Brennan, Benjamin C. Sichel, Dyar N. Othman, Sonja Lorean Plasil, Elizabeth A. Sneddon, Sélène Bonnet-Zahedi, Alex Morgan, Supakorn Chonwattanagul, Kathleen Bai, Lindsey China, Tu La, Lisa Maturin, Lieselot L. G. Carrette, Olivier George

The paper identifies incentive salience as the driver of cocaine self-administration escalation in rats, showing individual differences in pre-lever activity predict long-term intake.

Neuropsychopharmacology · Jan 17, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

High Incidence of Estrous Cycle Irregularities in Heterogeneous Stock (HS) Rats is Associated with Severe Cocaine Addiction-like Behaviors

Elizabeth A. Sneddon, Supakorn Chonwattanagul, Kathleen Bai, Pranav H. Kurup, Sonja Lorean Plasil, Michelle R. Doyle, Sélène Bonnet-Zahedi, Sierra Simpson, Benjamin C. Sichel, Dyar N. Othman, Molly Brennan, Abraham A. Palmer, Marsida Kallupi, Lieselot L. G. Carrette, Giordano de Guglielmo, Olivier George

This study finds that irregular estrous cycles in HS rats are associated with severe cocaine addiction-like behaviors, but estrous phase itself does not influence cocaine self-administration.

bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience