Cody A. Siciliano

This study investigates how reactive oxygen species affect dopaminergic and purinergic signaling and microglia behavior in the nucleus accumbens using in vitro experiments and imaging.

The paper examines how chronic alcohol drinking affects the relationship between gene expression and dopamine regulation in the brain, finding persistent functional changes despite no change in transcript levels.

This study uses a fluorescent dopamine sensor to show that medial prefrontal cortex dopamine dynamics reflect selective attention, responding to both appetitive and aversive stimuli and preceding behavioral engagement.

This study shows that basal forebrain cholinergic activation modulates amygdala neuron activity based on reward contingency, affecting conditioned behavior but not unconditioned responses.

The paper examines microcircuit activity in macaque dlPFC using calcium imaging, showing that spontaneous activity is maintained by microcircuit architecture and correlates with cognitive performance.

The paper compares biased and unbiased measures of dopamine release and clearance using FSCV and finds that velocity measures provide more accurate insights into DAT activity and inhibitor effects.

This paper introduces a novel mouse self-administration procedure that improves volitional drug intake and eliminates sex bias in inclusion criteria.

The paper develops cell body-targeted calcium indicators to improve signal fidelity in one-photon imaging of neural activity in live mice and zebrafish.

The paper shows that food deprivation rapidly shifts the balance between BLA neurons projecting to NAc and CeM, altering valence coding and reward motivation.

This study shows that acute stress in female mice leads to long-lasting changes in dopaminergic system function and behavior.