Hayden R. Wright

This study shows chronic stress enhances task engagement in rats without impairing behavioral flexibility and reduces sex differences in lateral habenula activity during decision making.

This study shows that adolescent cannabis vapor use leads to lasting effects on behavior and brain structure in female rats, but not males, with higher self-administration rates in females.

This study shows that prenatal cannabis vapor exposure in rats leads to long-term behavioral changes in offspring, including altered emotional reactivity, social behavior, and cognitive flexibility.

This study shows that vaporized THC-rich cannabis extracts reinforce behavior and increase drug-seeking in rats, supporting their use as a preclinical model for cannabis research.