Jacqueline M. Barker

Attenuated conditioned taste aversion for sucrose in female mice with a history of chronic low-dose ethanol exposure.

This study shows that chronic low-dose ethanol exposure blocks conditioned taste aversion in female mice but not males.

Chronic neuropathic pain alters reversal learning without generally impacting sucrose self-administration in mice

This study shows chronic neuropathic pain in mice selectively affects reversal learning and pain-reward interactions, with sex-dependent differences, without broadly impairing sucrose self-administration.

Subcellular interactions of neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor in the central nucleus of the amygdala in the mouse

The paper identifies direct synaptic interactions between NPY and CRF in the CeA of mice, suggesting a role for NPY in modulating CRF-containing neurons involved in stress and psychiatric disorders.

CA inhibitor 1 treatment has only transient effects on estrous cyclicity in mice

This study examines the effect of CA inhibitor 1 on estrous cyclicity in mice, finding transient delays but overall normal cycle lengths and no impact on mPOA activity.

Sex Differences in Low-dose Ethanol Effects on Motivated Behavior and Limbic Corticostriatal Activity

This study examines how chronic low-dose ethanol exposure affects reward-seeking behavior and neural activity in female and male mice, finding sex-specific changes in behavior and cFos expression.

Chronic pain increases sensitivity to pain-induced reinstatement of ethanol seeking in male mice

The paper investigates how chronic pain affects ethanol seeking behavior in male mice, finding that pain increases susceptibility to reinstatement of ethanol seeking.

Chemogenetic Activation of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Projections to the Nucleus Accumbens Shell Suppresses Cocaine-Primed Reinstatement in EcoHIV Infected Mice

This study shows that HIV infection increases cocaine-primed reinstatement in mice and that activating the mPFC-NAc circuit can reverse this effect.

Dissociating the incubation of appetitive and consummatory behavior in a model of oral cocaine self-administration

This study uses an oral cocaine self-administration model to dissociate appetitive and consummatory behaviors, finding incubation of lever pressing for cocaine and magazine entries for saccharin after abstinence.

Morphine-induced hyperalgesia impacts small extracellular vesicle miRNA composition and function

This study shows that morphine alters miRNA composition in small extracellular vesicles, which may influence pain responses and suggest sEVs as a potential non-opioid therapeutic.

Astrocytic Regulation of Cocaine Locomotor Sensitization in EcoHIV Infected Mice

This study shows that HIV infection enhances cocaine locomotor sensitization in mice and that activating astrocytic Gq signaling in the nucleus accumbens can reverse this effect.

Effects of antiretroviral treatment on central and peripheral immune response in mice with EcoHIV infection

This study examines how antiretroviral treatment affects immune responses in the brain and blood of EcoHIV-infected mice, identifying treatment-induced changes in cytokine and chemokine expression.

EcoHIV Infection Modulates the Effects of Cocaine Exposure Pattern and Abstinence on Cocaine Seeking and Neuroimmune Protein Expression in Male Mice

This study investigates how HIV infection affects cocaine craving and neuroimmune responses in mice, showing differential effects based on cocaine exposure patterns and abstinence duration.

Impaired extinction of cocaine seeking in HIV-infected mice is accompanied by peripheral and central immune dysregulation

This study shows HIV-infected mice show impaired extinction of cocaine-seeking behavior and associated immune dysregulation in both peripheral and central systems.