Aqilah M. McCane

Adolescent alcohol consumption produces long term alterations in response inhibition and orbitofrontal-striatal activity in a sex-specific manner

This study shows that adolescent alcohol exposure leads to sex-specific changes in response inhibition and orbitofrontal-striatal activity, with increased adult alcohol consumption in males.

Adolescent dopamine neurons represent reward differently during action and state guided learning

This study shows that adolescent dopamine neurons in rats respond differently to reward in Pavlovian and operant conditioning, suggesting distinct motivational processes.