Mary M. Torregrossa

This study shows tFUS can modulate sensory pathways in rats in an excitatory or inhibitory manner depending on stimulation parameters, mediated by specific neuronal populations.

The paper investigates age-related differences in neural activity and dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens during Pavlovian conditioning in adolescent and adult rats, finding reduced sensitivity to reward cues in adolescents.

This study examines how nicotinic receptor antagonists affect nicotine and THC self-administration in rats, showing differential effects based on drug availability and receptor subtype.

The study examines how stress and THC affect working memory in rats, finding that high THC doses disrupt motivation in some animals, linked to higher THC concentrations.

The paper examines dopamine and glutamate dynamics in rat striatum during cognitive tasks, linking them to strategy switching and cocaine use patterns.

This study shows working memory training increases BDNF in the prefrontal cortex but does not reduce cocaine or cannabinoid seeking in rats, though it predicts future drug-seeking behavior.

This study shows that VTA dopamine projections to the lateral amygdala are critical for cocaine cue associative learning but not for cocaine's direct rewarding effects or reinstatement via priming injections.

This study examines how cue extinction affects dorsal striatal activity during goal-directed and habitual cocaine seeking, finding reduced DMS responses but not DLS responses.

This study examines sex-specific effects of intermittent cocaine self-administration on addiction-like behaviors in rats, finding increased motivation in females and compulsive behavior in males.

This study shows that nicotine increases self-administration of cannabinoids in rats, but does not reciprocally increase nicotine intake.