Kavitha Abiraman

This study examines how sex and time-of-day affect hippocampal neurophysiology and spatial memory, finding sex-specific differences in memory performance and synaptic activity across circadian cycles.

This study shows that oral oxycodone self-administration in mice leads to features of opioid addiction, including escalation, dependence, and relapse behavior.

This paper introduces an oral oxycodone self-administration paradigm in mice to model prescription opioid use and its transition to abuse.

This study identifies a specific subpopulation of ventral pallidal neurons that modulate nucleus accumbens firing to enhance reward consumption.

This study shows that increased O-GlcNAcylation reduces GABAergic currents and neuronal output in hippocampus by affecting synaptic and intrinsic excitability.

This paper demonstrates that LSO:Ce inorganic scintillators can activate ChR2 and modify synaptic function without harming neurons, suggesting their potential as a non-invasive light delivery system for optogenetics.