Travis E. Brown

This study identifies the role of kappa opioid receptors in stress-induced cocaine seeking by showing their effect on GABAergic synapses in the ventral tegmental area.

This study shows that removing perineuronal nets in the rat medial prefrontal cortex reduces cocaine self-administration memory acquisition and disrupts reconsolidation when combined with novel reactivation.

The paper examines diurnal changes in perineuronal nets and parvalbumin neurons in the rat medial prefrontal cortex, finding increased PNN and PV staining intensity during the dark phase.

This study shows that cocaine memory reactivation reduces PV intensity and alters electrophysiological properties of PV FSIs in the rat medial prefrontal cortex.