Alex A. Legaria

In 136 mice on FED3 tasks, males showed slightly higher win-stay in all three choice tasks, with higher accuracy in a deterministic bandit but not a probabilistic one.

This study shows that NMDARs in the dorsomedial striatum are essential for learning from rewarded actions and that blocking them disrupts striatal calcium dynamics involved in updating action policies.

The paper identifies impaired SK channel function in mesolimbic dopamine neurons as a mechanism driving reward seeking adaptations in chronic neuropathic pain.

This paper identifies a unique population of glutamatergic supramammillary nucleus neurons that are recruited by threatening stressors and promote active coping behaviors.

This study shows that striatal fiber photometry signals mainly reflect non-somatic calcium changes, not somatic ones.

This study shows that obese mice exhibit increased activity in D1R-expressing spiny projection neurons in the nucleus accumbens during food seeking, which enhances food motivation and contributes to diet-induced obesity.