Nivaldo A. P. de Vasconcelos

Adaptive changes of cholinergic projections to the nucleus accumbens bidirectionally mediate cocaine reinforcing effects

This study shows that cocaine-induced changes in cholinergic projections from the LDT to the NAc bidirectionally affect cocaine's reinforcing effects.

Distinct role of nucleus accumbens D2-MSN projections to ventral pallidum in different phases of motivated behavior

This study shows that D2-MSN projections to the ventral pallidum have opposing effects on motivation depending on the phase of motivated behavior.

Criticality between cortical states

The paper shows that the cerebral cortex operates near a critical phase transition in spiking variability, with critical exponents distinct from mean-field directed percolation.