Avraham M. Libster

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

The paper develops FEDUPP, an open-source analysis pipeline, to assess learning and cognitive flexibility in mice using a home-cage paradigm, revealing subtle impairments in goal-directed feeding behavior.

This study shows that Reln haploinsufficiency increases fentanyl-induced locomotion and striatal activity but does not affect opioid reinforcement or relapse-like behavior.

This study examines the long-term neurobehavioral and neurochemical effects of adolescent 5F-MDMB-PICA IV self-administration in mice, showing increased aggression, reduced social interaction, and mPFC dysfunction in adulthood.

This study uses single-nucleus RNA sequencing to show that adolescent THC exposure and reduced Reelin signaling both affect nucleus accumbens maturation through shared gene networks linked to substance use and psychiatric disorders.

This study shows that obese adipose tissue transplants reduce weight loss in anorexia-like behavior in mice, and this effect depends on AgRP neurons.

The paper shows that food deprivation rapidly shifts the balance between BLA neurons projecting to NAc and CeM, altering valence coding and reward motivation.