Alexandra S. Ellis

Paternal morphine exposure enhances morphine self-administration and induces region-specific neural adaptations in reward-related brain regions of male offspring

This study shows that paternal morphine exposure increases morphine self-administration in male offspring but not females, with region-specific neural changes in reward-related brain areas.

Adolescent Social Isolation Increases Vulnerability to Cocaine.

This study shows that adolescent social isolation increases cocaine-seeking behavior and alters reward-related brain circuitry in mice.