Caroline E. Bass

This study examines how MCH neuron activity in rats responds to different sugar-sweetened alcoholic cocktails and sensory stimuli, finding that alcohol concentration affects MCH dynamics differently depending on the sugar type.

This study uses chemogenetics and fast-scan cyclic voltammetry to show that inhibiting VTA-DA neurons suppresses methamphetamine-induced dopamine transmission and its behavioral effects in rats.

This study shows that activating VTA GABA neurons disrupts reward seeking by altering temporal processing in two fixed interval tasks, with greater effects in cue-constrained tasks.

This study enhances GABAergic tone in the rNTS of rats to show it reconfigures neural activity related to taste and licking behavior, improving discrimination of palatable vs. unpalatable tastants.

The paper shows that chemogenetic activation of mesoaccumbal GABA projections selectively reduces responding to incentive cues with decreased reward value, unlike global VTA GABA activation.

This study investigates the role of BLA CamKII neurons in SS-PIT and shows that CNO disrupts both SS-PIT and General-PIT, highlighting considerations for using CNO in affective motivation studies.

This study shows that Exendin-4 reduces rats' response to reward cues and delays their behavior, suggesting GLP-1 receptor activation affects incentive motivation.