Makenzie Patarino

Social isolation recruits amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex projections to escalate alcohol drinking in male mice

This study identifies a BLA-mPFC neural pathway through which social isolation increases alcohol drinking in male mice by altering prefrontal cortex activity.

Anxiety and risk-taking behavior maps onto opioid and alcohol polysubstance consumption patterns in male and female mice

This study examines polysubstance use patterns of alcohol and fentanyl in male and female mice, revealing sex differences and linking behavioral traits to consumption patterns using machine learning.

Reward contingency gates selective cholinergic suppression of amygdala neurons

This study shows that basal forebrain cholinergic activation modulates amygdala neuron activity based on reward contingency, affecting conditioned behavior but not unconditioned responses.

Socially Integrated Polysubstance (SIP) system: an open-source solution for continuous monitoring of polysubstance fluid intake in group housed mice

The SIP system provides an open-source, cost-effective solution for monitoring polysubstance intake in group-housed mice with high temporal resolution.