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Oxytocin Acts in Nucleus Accumbens to Attenuate Methamphetamine Seeking and Demand by Cox, Brittney M, Bentzley, Brandon S, Regen-Tuero, Helaina, See, Ronald E, Reichel, Carmela M, Aston-Jones, Gary

“…Abstract Background Evidence indicates that oxytocin, an endogenous peptide well known for its role in social behaviors, childbirth, and lactation, is a…”
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Chemogenetic Manipulations of Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons Reveal Multifaceted Roles in Cocaine Abuse by Mahler, Stephen V, Brodnik, Zachary D, Cox, Brittney M, Buchta, William C, Bentzley, Brandon S, Quintanilla, Julian, Cope, Zackary A, Lin, Edwin C, Riedy, Matthew D, Scofield, Michael D, Messinger, Justin, Ruiz, Christina M, Riegel, Arthur C, España, Rodrigo A, Aston-Jones, Gary

“…Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine (DA) neurons perform diverse functions in motivation and cognition, but their precise roles in addiction-related…”
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Neurochemical, hormonal, and behavioral effects of chronic unpredictable stress in the rat by Cox, Brittney M., Alsawah, Fares, McNeill, Peter C., Galloway, Matthew P., Perrine, Shane A.

“…► One day after stress treatment increased locomotor activity was observed. ► No effect on anxiety-behavior measured by the elevated plus maze activity. ► One…”
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Chronic methamphetamine self-administration alters cognitive flexibility in male rats by Cox, Brittney M., Cope, Zackary A., Parsegian, Aram, Floresco, Stan B., Aston-Jones, Gary, See, Ronald E.

“…Rationale Methamphetamine (meth) addiction is a chronically relapsing disorder that often produces persistent cognitive deficits. These include decreased…”
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Acquisition of temporal order requires an intact CA3 commissural/associational (C/A) feedback system in mice by Cox, Brittney M., Cox, Conor D., Gunn, Benjamin G., Le, Aliza A., Inshishian, Victoria C., Gall, Christine M., Lynch, Gary

“…Episodic memory, an essential element of orderly thinking, requires the organization of serial events into narratives about the identity of cues along with…”
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Sex differences in methamphetamine seeking in rats: Impact of oxytocin by Cox, Brittney M, Young, Amy B, See, Ronald E, Reichel, Carmela M

“…Summary Previous evidence in an animal model of drug self-administration and drug seeking showed that acute oxytocin decreased methamphetamine (meth) seeking…”
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Rapid Aging in the Perforant Path Projections to the Rodent Dentate Gyrus by Amani, Mohammad, Lauterborn, Julie C, Le, Aliza A, Cox, Brittney M, Wang, Weisheng, Quintanilla, Julian, Cox, Conor D, Gall, Christine M, Lynch, Gary

“…Why layers II/III of entorhinal cortex (EC) deteriorate in advance of other regions during the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease is poorly understood…”
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Retrograde Enhancement of Episodic Learning by a Postlearning Stimulus by Quintanilla, Julian, Cox, Brittney M, Gall, Christine M, Mahler, Stephen V, Lynch, Gary

“…Evidence suggests encoding of recent episodic experiences may be enhanced by a subsequent salient event. We tested this hypothesis by giving rats a 3-min…”
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A rodent “self-report” measure of methamphetamine craving? Rat ultrasonic vocalizations during methamphetamine self-administration, extinction, and reinstatement by Mahler, Stephen V., Moorman, David E., Feltenstein, Matthew W., Cox, Brittney M., Ogburn, Katelyn B., Bachar, Michal, McGonigal, Justin T., Ghee, Shannon M., See, Ronald E.

“…▸ Rat ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) were measured during methamphetamine seeking. ▸ Reinstatement elicited more high frequency USVs than other behaviors. ▸…”
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Behavioral and neurochemical effects of repeated MDMA administration during late adolescence in the rat by Cox, Brittney M., Shah, Mrudang M., Cichon, Teri, Tancer, Manuel E., Galloway, Matthew P., Thomas, David M., Perrine, Shane A.

“…Adolescents and young adults disproportionately abuse 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ‘Ecstasy’); however, since most MDMA research has concentrated…”
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Treating a novel plasticity defect rescues episodic memory in Fragile X model mice by Wang, W, Cox, B M, Jia, Y, Le, A A, Cox, C D, Jung, K M, Hou, B, Piomelli, D, Gall, C M, Lynch, Gary

“…Episodic memory, a fundamental component of human cognition, is significantly impaired in autism. We believe we report the first evidence for this problem in…”
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Acquisition of temporal order requires an intact CA3 commissural/associational (C/A) feedback system in mice by Cox, Brittney M, Cox, Conor D, Gunn, Benjamin G, Le, Aliza A, Inshishian, Victoria C, Gall, Christine M, Lynch, Gary

“…Episodic memory, an essential element of orderly thinking, requires the organization of serial events into narratives about the identity of cues along with…”
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Examining Oxytocin as a Potential Pharmacotherapy for Methamphetamine Addiction by Cox, Brittney M

“…Human and animal studies suggest that females differ in their motivation to use methamphetamine (meth), and have increased propensity to relapse. However,…”
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Examining Oxytocin as a Potential Pharmacotherapy for Methamphetamine Addiction by Cox, Brittney M

“…Human and animal studies suggest that females differ in their motivation to use methamphetamine (meth), and have increased propensity to relapse. However,…”
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