Óscar Solís

Neurometabolic signatures of addiction vulnerability and heroin versus social seeking: a PET study in rats

This study identifies neurometabolic differences in rats associated with heroin addiction vulnerability and social seeking using FDG-PET imaging and behavioral assays.

Activation of the fear-responsive anterior hypothalamic area promotes avoidance and triggers compulsive grooming behavior in mice

This study shows that activating the anterior hypothalamic area in mice triggers compulsive grooming behavior and reveals its functional connectivity with the ventromedial hypothalamus.

Synaptic Zn2+ potentiates the effects of cocaine on striatal dopamine neurotransmission and behavior

This study shows that synaptic Zn2+ enhances cocaine's effects on striatal dopamine neurotransmission and behavior by increasing DAT binding and altering locomotor responses.