Vivien Zell

The paper investigates how GABA-glutamate corelease in ventral tegmental area neurons affects neurotransmission in the lateral habenula, showing state-dependent excitatory or inhibitory effects and implications for motivation.

This study identifies how VP GABA and glutamate neurons modulate VTA cell types to drive approach and avoidance behaviors through distinct mechanisms.

This study shows that VTA glutamate neurons can drive reward through glutamate release and aversion through dopamine co-release using optogenetic manipulation.

This study shows that disrupting VGLUT1 in cholinergic medial habenula neurons increases nicotine self-administration, suggesting glutamate co-release opposes nicotine consumption.

The paper develops a genetic probe to label and image glutamatergic synaptic vesicles using 3D electron microscopy and deep learning.