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Photoactivatable drugs for nicotinic optopharmacology by Banala, Sambashiva, Arvin, Matthew C, Bannon, Nicholas M, Jin, Xiao-Tao, Macklin, John J, Wang, Yong, Peng, Can, Zhao, Guiqing, Marshall, John J, Gee, Kyle R, Wokosin, David L, Kim, Veronica J, McIntosh, J Michael, Contractor, Anis, Lester, Henry A, Kozorovitskiy, Yevgenia, Drenan, Ryan M, Lavis, Luke D

“…Optopharmacological manipulation with ‘caged’ glutamate and GABA has enabled the study of these ligands’ cognate receptors, but other ligands such as tertiary…”
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Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors in VTA Glutamate Neurons Modulate Excitatory Transmission by Yan, Yijin, Peng, Can, Arvin, Matthew C., Jin, Xiao-Tao, Kim, Veronica J., Ramsey, Matthew D., Wang, Yong, Banala, Sambashiva, Wokosin, David L., McIntosh, J. Michael, Lavis, Luke D., Drenan, Ryan M.

“…Ventral tegmental area (VTA) glutamate neurons are important components of reward circuitry, but whether they are subject to cholinergic modulation is unknown…”
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Prenatal opioid exposure inhibits microglial sculpting of the dopamine system selectively in adolescent male offspring by Smith, Caroline J, Lintz, Tania, Clark, Madeline J, Malacon, Karen E, Abiad, Alia, Constantino, Nicholas J, Kim, Veronica J, Jo, Young C, Alonso-Caraballo, Yanaira, Bilbo, Staci D, Chartoff, Elena H

“…The current opioid epidemic has dramatically increased the number of children who are prenatally exposed to opioids, including oxycodone. A number of social…”
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Chronic Nicotine Exposure Alters the Neurophysiology of Habenulo-Interpeduncular Circuitry by Arvin, Matthew C, Jin, Xiao-Tao, Yan, Yijin, Wang, Yong, Ramsey, Matthew D, Kim, Veronica J, Beckley, Nicole A, Henry, Brittany A, Drenan, Ryan M

“…Antagonism of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the medial habenula (MHb) or interpeduncular nucleus (IPN) triggers withdrawal-like behaviors in…”
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Differential behavioral functioning in the offspring of rats with high vs. low self-administration of the opioid agonist remifentanil by Rezvani, Amir H., Wells, Corinne, Hawkey, Andrew, Blair, Graham, Koburov, Reese, Ko, Ashley, Schwartz, Andrea, Kim, Veronica J., Levin, Edward D.

“…Opioid use disorder (OUD) has a variety of adverse effects on both the users and their offspring. In the current study, a random group of Sprague-Dawley rats…”
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Relapse-like behavior and nAChR sensitization following intermittent access nicotine self-administration by Tapia, Melissa A., Jin, Xiao-Tao, Tucker, Brenton R., Thomas, Leanne N., Walker, Noah B., Kim, Veronica J., Albertson, Steven E., Damuka, Naresh, Krizan, Ivan, Edassery, Seby, Savas, Jeffrey N., Solingapuram Sai, Kiran Kumar, Jones, Sara R., Drenan, Ryan M.

“…Many tobacco smokers consume nicotine intermittently, but the underlying mechanisms and neurobiological changes associated with intermittent nicotine intake…”
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Food restriction-induced changes in motivation differ with stages of the estrous cycle and are closely linked to RFamide-related peptide-3 but not kisspeptin in Syrian hamsters by Benton, Noah A, Russo, Kim A, Brozek, Jeremy M, Andrews, Ryan, Kim, Veronica, Kriegsfeld, Lance J, Schneider, Jill E

“…Abstract We tested the hypothesis that the effects of food restriction on behavioral motivation are mediated by one or both of the RFamides, RFamide-related…”
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Gene editing vectors for studying nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in cholinergic transmission by Peng, Can, Yan, Yijin, Kim, Veronica J., Engle, Staci E., Berry, Jennifer N., McIntosh, J. Michael, Neve, Rachael L., Drenan, Ryan M.

“…Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), prototype members of the cys‐loop ligand‐gated ion channel family, are key mediators of cholinergic transmission in…”
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Differential Nicotinic Modulation of Glutamatergic and GABAergic VTA Microcircuits by Yan, Yijin, Beckley, Nicole A, Kim, Veronica J, Drenan, Ryan M

“…Ventral tegmental area (VTA) neurons receive glutamatergic and/or GABAergic input from other local neurons within the VTA. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor…”
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