Kathryn J. Reissner

This study shows reducing astrocyte calcium in the nucleus accumbens core increases reward valuation and self-administration of sucrose and cocaine in rats.

This study shows that nucleus accumbens astrocytes can increase or decrease social behavior in rats through manipulations of their signaling.

This study identifies molecular changes in astrocytes of the nucleus accumbens in rats following cocaine self-administration and abstinence using RiboTag and RNA-seq.

This study shows that early resource scarcity in rats increases astrocyte size in the orbitofrontal cortex and causes sex-specific transcriptome changes, affecting glutamatergic signaling.

The paper examines the effects of long-access cocaine self-administration and abstinence on nucleus accumbens astrocytes in male and female rats, finding significant reductions in male rats but not females.