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Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Overview
Our lab uses animal models and a variety of brain activity measures to understand how adverse experiences are encoded by the same brain circuits that process pleasure. We are investigating the link between this encoding and the disease states of addiction and depression.
Past and present support for our work comes from:
The National Institutes of Health
The Charles E. Kubly Mental Health Research Center
Latest Publications
Aversion-induced dopamine reductions predict drug-taking and escape behaviors
Prelimbic prefrontal cortical encoding of reward predictive cues
Chronic stress prevents cortico-accumbens cue encoding and alters conditioned approach
Learned avoidance requires VTA KOR-mediated reductions in dopamine
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