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Marquette University, Milwaukee WI
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Publications
Spring MG, Soni KR, Wheeler DS, Wheeler RA. Prelimbic prefrontal cortical encoding of reward predictive cues. Synapse. 2021. 75:8 PMID: 33894070.
Spring, M., Soni, K., Panther, E., McReynolds, J., Wheeler, D.S., Mantsch, J.R., & Wheeler, R.A. Chronic stress prevents cortico-accumbens cue encoding and alters conditioned approach. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2021. 17:41(11):2428-2436. PMID: 33622777.
Spring, M., Soni, K., McReynolds, J., Wheeler, D.S., Mantsch, J.R., & Wheeler, R.A. Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior is encoded by cortico-accumbens activity. Synapse. 2021. Apr 24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33894070.
Robble, M.A., Bozsik, M.A., Wheeler, D.S., Wheeler, R.A. Learned avoidance requires VTA KOR-mediated reductions in dopamine. Neuropharmacology. 2020 Feb 11;167:107996. PMID: 32057802.
Hurley, M.M., Robble, M.R., Callan, G., Choi, S., Wheeler, R.A., Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) acts in the nucleus accumbens to reduce hedonic drive. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 Apr;43(4):928-932. PMID: 30082747.
Wheeler, D.S. Ebben, A.L., Kurtoglu, B., Lovell, M.E., Bohn, A.T., Jasek, D.A., Baker, D.A., Mantsch, J.R.., Gasser, P.J., Wheeler R.A. Corticosterone regulates both naturally-occurring dopamine signaling by selectively decreasing dopamine uptake. Eur J Neurosci. 2017. PMID: 20044074
McReynolds, J. R., Taylor, A., Vranjkovic, O., Ambrosius, T., Derricks, O., Nino, B., Kurtoglu, B., Wheeler, R.A., Baker, D., Gasser, P., Mantsch, J.R.. Corticosterone potentiation of cocaine-induced reinstatement of conditioned place preference in mice is mediated by blockade of organic cation transporter 3. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017. Feb;42(3):757-765. PMID: 27604564
Jayaprakas, N., Wang, Z., Hoeynck, B., Krueger, N., Kramer, A., Balle, E., Wheeler, D.S., Wheeler, R.A., Blackmore, M.G. Optogenetic Interrogation of Functional Synapse Formation by Corticospinal Tract Axons in the Injured Spinal Cord. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2016. May 25;36(21):5877-90. PMID 27225775.
Chan, C.L., Wheeler, D.S., and Wheeler, R.A. Neural encoding of aversion in the ventral pallidum.
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2016. April;130:177-84. PMID: 26948120.
Twining, RC, Freet, CS, Wheeler, RA, Reich, CG, Tompers, DA, Wolpert, SE, Grigson, PS. The role of dose and restriction state on morphine-, cocaine-, and LiCl-induced suppression of saccharin intake: A comprehensive analysis. Physiology and Behavior. 2016. July 1;161:104-15. PMID: 27083122.
Wheeler, D.S., Robble, M.A., Hebron, E.M., Dupont, M.J. Ebben, A.L., Wheeler, R.A. Drug-predictive cues activate aversion-sensitive striatal neurons that encode drug seeking. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2015. May 6; 35 (18):7215-7225. PMID: 25948270.
Twining, R.C., Wheeler, D.S., Ebben, A.L., Jacobsen, A.J., Robble, M.A., Mantsch, J.R., Wheeler, R.A. Aversive stimuli drive drug seeking in a state of low dopamine tone. Biological Psychiatry. 2015. May 15; 77 (10):895-902. PMID: 25442790
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