Erin S. Calipari

This study shows that repeated cocaine exposure reorganizes striatal neural activity patterns along the ventral-dorsal axis in mice, leading to distinct changes in neuronal responses.

This study shows that inhibiting purine biosynthesis with mizoribine prevents weight gain and improves metabolic health in mice on a high-fat diet by increasing thermogenesis and reducing food intake.

The paper shows that dopamine release during predicted aversive outcomes controls learned behavior and is linked to the saliency of these events.

This study shows that gut microbiome depletion increases cocaine-seeking behavior in rats, which can be reversed by replenishing short-chain fatty acids.

The paper shows that prelimbic cortical neurons encode hedonic value during solution consumption, with distinct activity patterns for water, ethanol, and sucrose, and these patterns are altered by ethanol dependence.

This study shows that G-CSF enhances cocaine-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens through a direct mechanism, independent of dopamine transporter function.

This study shows that G-CSF reduces cocaine-seeking behavior and alters glutamatergic synaptic proteins in the medial prefrontal cortex.

This paper introduces a novel mouse self-administration procedure that improves volitional drug intake and eliminates sex bias in inclusion criteria.

This study shows orexin signaling in GABAergic lateral habenula neurons promotes aggression and conditioned place preference, suggesting a potential therapeutic target for reducing aggressive behaviors.

This study uses in vivo fiber photometry to monitor neural activity in mice and rats during exposure to drugs of abuse, revealing changes in calcium transients in brain regions associated with reward and decision-making.