Volitional cocaine taking engages distinct medium spiny neuron and astrocyte transcriptional programs in the rat nucleus accumbens
Heath D. Schmidt, Richard C. Crist, Samar Nasser Chehimi, Riley Merkel, Morgan Faist, Vaishnavi Joshi, Jackson Shuey, Benjamin C. Reiner
This study identifies cell type-specific transcriptional changes in the rat nucleus accumbens following voluntary cocaine self-administration using single-nucleus RNA sequencing.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience