Anne‐Noël Samaha

This study shows that individual cocaine use patterns, not total intake, predict cue-induced relapse in rats under intermittent access conditions.

This study shows that activating infralimbic cortex to nucleus accumbens shell projections reduces relapse to cocaine seeking in rats triggered by discriminative stimuli.

This study investigates the role of BLA projections in DS- and CS-guided reward seeking, finding that BLA[->]PrL projections suppress motivational value of reward-associated cues.

This study introduces a procedure to compare reward-seeking behavior induced by discriminative and conditioned stimuli in rats, finding sex-specific differences in their effects.

The paper demonstrates that activation of mGlu2/3 receptors in the basolateral amygdala inhibits reward seeking triggered by discriminative stimuli in rats.

This study compares the effectiveness of discriminative (DS) and conditioned (CS) cues in triggering cocaine seeking after abstinence, finding DSs more effectively drive relapse.

This study shows that intermittent nicotine access in rats produces addiction-like behaviors similar to continuous access, despite lower nicotine intake.

This study shows that unpredictable, intermittent reward access increases reward-seeking behavior in rats, suggesting implications for addiction modeling.

This study shows that d-amphetamine maintenance therapy reduces cocaine use and motivation in female rats, both preventing and reversing increased cocaine seeking.

This study shows that activating mGlu2/3 receptors in the dorsal striatum reduces cocaine-seeking behavior in rats after intermittent cocaine use.

The paper replicates a study showing that breeding colony affects Pavlovian conditioned approach outcomes in rats, with K72 rats showing higher scores than R06 rats.

This study shows that optogenetic activation of BLA[->]NAc core neurons increases cue-induced approach behavior but not instrumental pursuit of cues, indicating a role in reward expectation rather than cue wanting.

This study investigates the role of mGlu2/3 receptors in the basolateral amygdala in cue-triggered incentive motivation, finding that activation of these receptors suppresses reward-seeking behavior.

This study examines how dopamine receptor antagonism and amphetamine-induced psychomotor sensitization affect sign- and goal-tracking after extended training in rats.

This study shows that D-amphetamine reduces addiction-like behaviors and DAT sensitization in rats during intermittent cocaine self-administration.

This study compares two cocaine self-administration procedures in rats, finding that intermittent rapid infusions increase incentive motivation and cocaine-induced gene regulation in corticostriatal regions compared to slower infusions.

This study compares cocaine self-administration in male and female rats under Long Access and Intermittent Access conditions, finding sex differences in intake and incentive motivation.