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Julia A Galiza Soares

Stanford MedicineORCID 0009-0002-8865-9346Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1

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Jason TucciaroneiD· 2 shared Allen P. F. CheniD· 1 shared Amei N. Shank· 1 shared Andreas R. PfenningiD· 1 shared BaDoi N. PhaniD· 1 shared Cory B. Langreck· 1 shared Daniel F. Cardozo PintoiD· 1 shared Elizabeth A. PekarskayaiD· 1 shared

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Local control of dopamine release in nucleus accumbens gates opioid withdrawal aversion

Matthew B. Pomrenze, Jason Tucciarone, Gavin C. Touponse, Nicholas Denomme, BaDoi N. Phan, Robyn St. Laurent, Julia A Galiza Soares, Daniel F. Cardozo Pinto, Michaela Y. Guo, Jinhee Baek, Allen P. F. Chen, Zihui Zhang, Amei N. Shank, Zachary Freyberg, Andreas R. Pfenning, , Robert C. Malenka

The paper identifies Tshz1 neurons in the nucleus accumbens as critical for withdrawal aversion by modulating dopamine release and mGluR8 activity, offering a new therapeutic target for opioid use disorder.

bioRxiv · May 28, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Habenular μ-opioid receptor knockout and chronic systemic receptor blockade promote negative affect and heighten nociceptive sensitivity

Elizabeth A. Pekarskaya, Julia A Galiza Soares, Frances G Hough, Cory B. Langreck, Jason Tucciarone, Jonathan A. Javitch

This study shows that chronic MOR blockade or habenular MOR knockout increases anxiety and pain sensitivity in mice.

bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience