Isabel Laplante

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.

The paper shows that mTORC1 in hippocampal somatostatin interneurons is essential for learning reward-related spatial representations during a virtual reality task.

This study shows that mTORC1 activity in somatostatin interneurons regulates hippocampal memory by modulating synaptic plasticity and fear memory consolidation.