Chinonso A. Nwakama

The paper investigates how genetic background affects cocaine-induced neuroplasticity in the accumbens shell of male mice across different strains and abstinence periods.

The paper identifies a shared transcriptional network in the nucleus accumbens that supports stress resilience in both sexes and shows causal effects of hub genes.

This study shows that biological sex and gonadal hormones influence cocaine-induced behavioral and neuronal plasticity in mice, with males and females showing distinct responses.

This study examines how diabetes affects decision-making behaviors in mice using a neuroeconomic foraging paradigm, revealing altered valuation strategies and cognitive heuristics.

This study shows sex differences in cocaine-induced plasticity in D1- and D2-MSNs of the mouse nucleus accumbens shell, with males showing reduced D1-MSN excitability and females showing increased D2-MSN excitability.

This study shows acetic acid, an ethanol metabolite, increases excitability of accumbens shell neurons via NMDAR activation, with stronger effects in females.