Cecilia Flores

This study shows that adolescent amphetamine exposure causes sex-specific changes in mesolimbic dopamine axons and PFC dopamine transporter expression in adulthood, with males showing increased vulnerability to drug effects.

This study shows that amphetamine exposure in adolescence causes sex-specific changes in dopamine axon growth via Netrin-1/DCC signaling, with male mice showing increased vulnerability.

This study shows that Netrin-1 and UNC5C guide dopamine axon growth during adolescence, with environmental cues affecting their timing in a sex-specific manner.

This study shows that miR-218 expression in adolescence predicts and mediates vulnerability to stress in adulthood by regulating Dcc expression in the medial prefrontal cortex.

This study shows that miR-218 in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) influences resilience or susceptibility to depression-like behaviors in mice and that its expression in blood correlates with mPFC levels.