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Sara Y. Conley

University of North Carolina at Chapel HillORCID 0000-0002-1198-7969Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1

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Madigan L. BedardiD· 2 shared Zoé A. McElligottiD· 2 shared Alexandra C. NowlaniD· 1 shared Avery C. HunkeriD· 1 shared Bryan L. RothiD· 1 shared Calista A. Cline· 1 shared Caroline G. Clodfelter· 1 shared Clyde W. HodgeiD· 1 shared

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Glutamate delta-1 receptors regulate a novel tonic excitatory conductance in the mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and influence neuronal function

Sara Y. Conley, Sarah E. Sizer, Madigan L. Bedard, Sara Faccidomo, Clyde W. Hodge, Zoé A. McElligott

Psychopharmacology · Aug 18, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Dopamine D2 receptors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis modulate alcohol-related behaviors.

Dipanwita Pati, Lisa R. Taxier, Mengfan Xia, Sophia I. Lee, Sara Y. Conley, Tori R. Sides, Kristen M. Boyt, Avery C. Hunker, Larry S. Zweifel, Thomas L. Kash

This study investigates the role of dopamine D2 receptors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) in modulating alcohol-related behaviors in male and female mice, finding sex-specific effects on alcohol consumption and pain sensitivity.

Addiction Neuroscience · May 8, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Xylazine is an agonist at kappa opioid receptors and exhibits sex-specific responses to naloxone administration

Madigan L. Bedard, Jackson G. Murray, Xi‐Ping Huang, Alexandra C. Nowlan, Sara Y. Conley, Sarah E. Mott, Samuel J. Loyack, Calista A. Cline, Caroline G. Clodfelter, Nabarun Dasgupta, Bryan L. Roth, Zoé A. McElligott

This study shows xylazine acts as a kappa opioid receptor agonist and that naloxone induces withdrawal from xylazine and fentanyl/xylazine combinations, with greater sensitivity in females.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience