Ken T. Wakabayashi

This study shows that glucose and fructose differently affect alcohol drinking in male and female rats, with glucose enhancing alcohol intake and influencing post-ingestive behavior.

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 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.

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