Rajtarun Madangopal

This study identifies Grin2c expression in mPFC neurons as a molecular component of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference engrams.

The paper identifies a unique mushroom spine morphology signature in rat nucleus accumbens core neurons selectively activated during cocaine relapse.

This study shows that heroin relapse triggered by drug cues persists for over a year in abstinent rats, indicating long-term vulnerability to opioid relapse.

This study shows chronic buprenorphine reduces heroin seeking incubation and decreases neuronal activation in specific brain regions in rats.

The paper shows that distinct prelimbic cortex ensembles encode response execution and inhibition during different phases of operant learning in rats.

The paper establishes a mouse model of incubation of palatable food craving and identifies brain-wide activation patterns using whole-brain activity mapping.

SMART is an open-source R package that extends WholeBrain for registering and segmenting intact mouse brain images to the Allen Brain Institute CCF, with a modified iDISCO+ protocol for Fos labeling.

This study investigates DS-controlled incubation of cocaine craving in rats, finding that cocaine-seeking behavior increases over abstinence, unlike food-seeking behavior.