Marina E. Wolf

This study investigates whether negative affective states persist in rats after oxycodone self-administration and abstinence, finding no significant differences in negative affect tests compared to saline controls.

This study uses calcium and dopamine sensors to examine nucleus accumbens activity during food seeking and extinction-reinstatement paradigms, finding changes in both signals during training and reinstatement.

The paper shows that retinoic acid signaling in nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons drives CP-AMPAR accumulation, contributing to cocaine craving incubation.

This study identifies translating mRNAs linked to incubation of cocaine craving in specific nucleus accumbens core neurons using TRAP-seq in transgenic rats.

The paper shows that D1R/NMDAR heteromers regulate protein translation in NAc MSNs, with excitatory transmission increasing translation and D1R antagonism reversing this effect.

This study investigates the role of dopamine transmission at D1 and D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens in incubated cocaine craving, finding that DA contributes to craving after incubation through postsynaptic changes.

The paper develops improved GRABDA sensors to monitor dopaminergic activity in vivo, showing high sensitivity and spatially resolved DA release in mice during behaviors.