Amanda M. Wunsch

Negative affective states are not detected in rats following an intravenous self-administration regimen leading to incubation of oxycodone craving

This study investigates whether negative affective states persist in rats after oxycodone self-administration and abstinence, finding no significant differences in negative affect tests compared to saline controls.

Retinoic acid-mediated homeostatic plasticity drives cell type-specific CP-AMPAR accumulation in nucleus accumbens core and incubation of cocaine craving

The paper shows that retinoic acid signaling in nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons drives CP-AMPAR accumulation, contributing to cocaine craving incubation.

Dopamine transmission at D1 and D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens contributes to the expression of incubation of cocaine craving

This study investigates the role of dopamine transmission at D1 and D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens in incubated cocaine craving, finding that DA contributes to craving after incubation through postsynaptic changes.