Mark D. Namba

This study shows that HIV infection increases cocaine-primed reinstatement in mice and that activating the mPFC-NAc circuit can reverse this effect.

This study uses an oral cocaine self-administration model to dissociate appetitive and consummatory behaviors, finding incubation of lever pressing for cocaine and magazine entries for saccharin after abstinence.

This study shows that HIV infection enhances cocaine locomotor sensitization in mice and that activating astrocytic Gq signaling in the nucleus accumbens can reverse this effect.

This study examines how antiretroviral treatment affects immune responses in the brain and blood of EcoHIV-infected mice, identifying treatment-induced changes in cytokine and chemokine expression.

This study investigates how HIV infection affects cocaine craving and neuroimmune responses in mice, showing differential effects based on cocaine exposure patterns and abstinence duration.