Lara Taniguchi

Disrupted neuropeptide-signaling drives enduring reward deficits after early-life stress

The paper identifies disrupted CRH signaling as a cause of reward deficits after early-life stress and shows CRHR2 activation can reverse anhedonia-like behaviors.

Sex-and Stress-Dependent Plasticity of a Corticotropin Releasing Hormone / GABA Projection from the Basolateral Amygdala to Nucleus Accumbens that Mediates Reward Behaviors

The paper investigates sex- and stress-dependent plasticity of a CRH/GABA projection from the BLA to NAc, showing differential effects on reward behaviors in males and females.

Striatal dopamine integrates cost, benefit and motivation

This study shows that striatal dopamine release encodes cost, benefit, and motivation during operant tasks, with motivation inversely correlated with reward-evoked dopamine.

Stress-induced plasticity of a novel CRH GABA projection disrupts reward behaviors

The paper identifies a novel stress-sensitive CRH GABA projection from the basolateral amygdala to the nucleus accumbens that contributes to reward behavior disruption following early-life adversity.

An extended amygdala-midbrain circuit controlling cocaine withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement

This study identifies a midbrain dopamine projection to the amygdala that mediates cocaine withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior.