Lisa A. Briand

This study shows that increasing 2-AG levels reduces opioid reward but not analgesia in mice, suggesting a potential therapeutic strategy for pain treatment.

This study shows that adolescent social isolation has sex-specific effects on adult social interaction, with minocycline altering these effects in females but not males.

This study develops a human paradigm to measure food craving incubation by linking self-reports with instrumental behavior, showing non-linear relationships over time.

This study shows that PKMζ deletion in the nucleus accumbens increases cocaine seeking and taking in male mice but not females, suggesting sex-specific roles in addiction.

This study shows that adolescent social isolation increases cocaine-seeking behavior and alters reward-related brain circuitry in mice.