Olivia A. Ortelli

This paper reviews the sipper model for ethanol self-administration in rodents, highlighting methodological advances and introducing a new tool for analyzing licking data.

This study shows that synaptogyrin-3 reduces cocaine self-administration and prevents dopamine deficits by enhancing dopamine signaling and cognitive flexibility in rats.

The paper investigates the role of the BLA-vHC circuit in alcohol drinking behaviors using chemogenetics and finds that inhibiting this pathway reduces appetitive drinking but not consummatory behaviors.