Gavin C. Touponse

The paper identifies Tshz1 neurons in the nucleus accumbens as critical for withdrawal aversion by modulating dopamine release and mGluR8 activity, offering a new therapeutic target for opioid use disorder.

This study identifies a mechanism by which serotonin suppresses aggression by modulating nucleus accumbens circuits in mice.

This paper investigates how 5-HT2C receptors in the nucleus accumbens modulate MDMA's rewarding effects and prosocial behaviors through interactions with serotonin and dopamine release.

The paper shows that cholinergic modulation of dopamine release enhances effortful behavior by amplifying dopamine responses to high-effort rewards.

This study shows that integrating inverse dopamine and serotonin signals in the striatum is essential for associative learning.

This study shows that striatal dopamine release encodes cost, benefit, and motivation during operant tasks, with motivation inversely correlated with reward-evoked dopamine.