Marcus M. Weera

This paper investigates how predator odor stress affects alcohol drinking, anxiety-like behavior, and crh expression in male and female rats, revealing sex- and subpopulation-specific responses.

The paper shows that Avoider rats, after stress, show reduced sensitivity to alcohol's aversive effects, linked to changes in cFos expression in brain regions like the lateral habenula and hypothalamus.

This study shows that repeated binge-like alcohol drinking increases aggression in mice during acute and abstinence phases, but not in alcohol-involved aggression.

The paper generates and validates a CRF1:Cre transgenic rat to study the role of CRF1-expressing neurons in anxiety and nociception, finding that activation of these cells increases anxiety-like behavior and pain responses.

This study investigates how CRFR1 in the central amygdala influences avoidance behavior and alcohol drinking in rats exposed to predator odor stress.