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Laney Waydick

Medical College of WisconsinORCID 0009-0002-2882-5701Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Aamna Khan· 1 shared Allison P. ManaloiD· 1 shared Brandon M. WillsiD· 1 shared Christopher M. DriskilliD· 1 shared Frank SalazariD· 1 shared Lily Vu· 1 shared Louis G. Fanien· 1 shared Neha A. Suji· 1 shared

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Kappa opioid receptors in excitatory spinal neurons gate acute pain: evidence from mouse and human

Nicole A Kooij, Brandon M. Wills, Laney Waydick, Louis G. Fanien, Allison P. Manalo, Tayler D. Sheahan

This study shows that KOR-expressing spinal neurons inhibit acute pain by reducing pain-promoting neuropeptide release in both mouse and human.

bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Pairing extinction training with vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) reduces drug-seeking by altering activity in afferents to the medial prefrontal cortex

Christopher M. Driskill, Lily Vu, Sophia P. Jalilvand, Frank Salazar, Laney Waydick, Neha A. Suji, Sanjana Tata, Aamna Khan, Zarin Hasan, Ria Nuna, Zara Kanwal, Neissa Molin, Sven Kroener

This study shows that pairing extinction training with vagus nerve stimulation reduces drug-seeking behavior by altering activity in specific prefrontal-amygdala-hippocampal circuits.

Frontiers in Neuroscience · Mar 24, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience