Katrina Bartas

This study investigates how adolescent THC exposure affects adult morphine responses, finding increased reward and altered brain connectivity.

This study identifies molecular and circuit mechanisms in the globus pallidus that regulate cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity, showing that GPePV cell activity predicts and modulates cocaine reward and sensitization.

The paper analyzes inter-cellular communication changes in Alzheimer's Disease using snRNA-seq and CellChat, finding conserved glutamatergic transmission changes in mice and humans.

The paper uses rabies virus tracing to identify drug-induced changes in connectivity to midbrain dopamine cells and links these changes to gene expression patterns.

This study identifies a midbrain dopamine projection to the amygdala that mediates cocaine withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior.