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Susan M. Ferguson

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:rat· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Uncovering phenotypic diversity and cell-type-specific prefrontal cortex calcium dynamics in rat fentanyl self-administration

Alexander C. Whitebirch, Shawn M Panh, Loveleen Tripathi, Aaron F. Garcia, Nailyam Nasirova, Dayna J Suess, Susan M. Ferguson

The paper investigates phenotypic diversity and cell-type-specific calcium dynamics in rat fentanyl self-administration, identifying sex differences and addiction risk phenotypes.

bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Single-cell sequencing of rodent ventral pallidum reveals diverse neuronal subtypes with non-canonical interregional continuity

David J. Ottenheimer, Rhiana C. Simon, Brandy A. Briones, Cassidy T. Burke, Anna J. Bowen, Susan M. Ferguson, Garret D. Stuber

This study identifies diverse neuronal subtypes in the rodent ventral pallidum using single-nucleus RNA-seq and shows their non-canonical interregional continuity.

Science Advances · Dec 3, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A conditioned place preference for heroin is signaled by increased dopamine and direct pathway activity and decreased indirect pathway activity in the nucleus accumbens

Timothy J. O’Neal, Mollie X. Bernstein, Derek J. MacDougall, Susan M. Ferguson

This study investigates how heroin-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) is associated with changes in dopamine and direct/indirect pathway activity in the nucleus accumbens of rats.

Journal of Neuroscience · Jan 14, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

The Paraventricular Thalamus is a Critical Mediator of Top-down Control of Cue-motivated Behavior in Rats

Paolo Campus, Ignacio R. Covelo, Youngsoo Kim, Aram Parsegian, Brittany N. Kuhn, Sofia A. Lopez, John F. Neumaier, Susan M. Ferguson, Leah C. Solberg Woods, Martin F. Sarter, Shelly B. Flagel

This study shows that the PrL-PVT pathway modulates incentive value attribution to reward-cues in rats, with distinct effects in sign-trackers and goal-trackers.

eLife · Sep 9, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience