Vanessa Alizo Vera

Ventral Pallidum GABA Neuron Inhibition Augments Context-Appropriate Defensive Responses to Learned Threat Cues

This study inhibits VP GABA neurons and finds it increases context-appropriate defensive responses to learned threat cues without affecting memory formation.

The GluA1 cytoplasmic tail regulates intracellular AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic transmission onto dentate gyrus GABAergic interneurons, gating response to novelty

This study investigates the role of the GluA1 cytoplasmic tail in AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic transmission in dentate gyrus GABAergic interneurons, revealing its impact on behavior and neuronal activity.

Adolescent THC impacts on mPFC dopamine-mediated cognitive processes in male and female rats

This study examines how adolescent THC exposure affects dopamine-dependent cognitive processes in adult rats, finding sex-dependent impacts on reward seeking and altered sensitivity to amphetamine effects.

Infralimbic projections to the nucleus accumbens shell and amygdala regulate the encoding of cocaine extinction learning

This study investigates the role of infralimbic cortex projections to the nucleus accumbens shell and amygdala in cocaine extinction learning using optogenetic inhibition in rats.