Optogenetic inhibition of light-captured alcohol-taking striatal engrams facilitates extinction and suppresses reinstatement
Valerie Vierkant, Xueyi Xie, Zhenbo Huang, Lian He, Eric A. Bancroft, Xuehua Wang, Tran B. Nguyen, Rahul Srinivasan, Yubin Zhou, Jun Wang
The paper inhibits striatal engrams involved in alcohol-taking behaviors to show reduced future alcohol-seeking and enhanced extinction.
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · Aug 2, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience