Search Results - "Wright, Katherine N"
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The tubular striatum and nucleus accumbens distinctly represent reward-taking and reward-seeking
Published in Journal of neurophysiology (01-01-2021)“…The ventral striatum regulates motivated behaviors that are essential for survival. The ventral striatum contains both the nucleus accumbens (NAc), which is…”
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Neurochemical organization of the ventral striatum’s olfactory tubercle
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-02-2020)“…The ventral striatum is a collection of brain structures, including the nucleus accumbens, ventral pallidum and the olfactory tubercle (OT). While much…”
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Ventral striatal islands of Calleja neurons control grooming in mice
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-12-2021)“…The striatum comprises multiple subdivisions and neural circuits that differentially control motor output. The islands of Calleja (IC) contain clusters of…”
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Repeated Ketamine Exposure Induces an Enduring Resilient Phenotype in Adolescent and Adult Rats
Published in Biological psychiatry (1969) (15-11-2013)“…Background Major depressive disorder afflicts up to 10% of adolescents. However, nearly 50% of those afflicted are considered nonresponsive to available…”
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Viral-mediated Zif268 expression in the prefrontal cortex protects against gonadectomy-induced working memory, long-term memory, and social interaction deficits in male rats
Published in Neuroscience (06-01-2017)“…Highlights • Gonadectomy negatively impacts PFC Zif268 expression, long-term memory, social interaction, and mood-related behaviors. • mPFC AAV-Zif268…”
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Fluoxetine exposure during adolescence alters responses to aversive stimuli in adulthood
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (15-01-2014)“…The mechanisms underlying the enduring neurobiological consequences of antidepressant exposure during adolescence are poorly understood. Here, we assessed the…”
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Sex-Dependent Ketamine Addiction-Like Behavior Profile Following Exposure to Chronic Mild Stress
Published in Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (2019)“…Background Ketamine has rapid antidepressant effects and shows great promise as a novel treatment for depression, but its limitations including its abuse…”
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Behavioral and biochemical sensitivity to low doses of ketamine: Influence of estrous cycle in C57BL/6 mice
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-03-2018)“…Low-dose ketamine is a rapid-acting antidepressant, to which female rodents are more sensitive as compared to males. However, the mechanism mediating this sex…”
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Prediction of individual differences in fear response by novelty seeking, and disruption of contextual fear memory reconsolidation by ketamine
Published in Neuropharmacology (01-10-2016)“…Only a portion of the population exposed to trauma will develop persistent emotional alterations characteristic of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which…”
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Neurobiological Sequelae of Witnessing Stressful Events in Adult Mice
Published in Biological psychiatry (1969) (01-01-2013)“…Background It is well known that exposure to severe stress increases the risk for developing mood disorders. However, most chronic stress models in rodents…”
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A Neural System that Represents the Association of Odors with Rewarded Outcomes and Promotes Behavioral Engagement
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (21-07-2020)“…Odors are well known to elicit strong emotional and behavioral responses that become strengthened throughout learning, yet the specific cellular systems…”
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Sex differences in sub-anesthetic ketamine's antidepressant effects and abuse liability
Published in Current opinion in behavioral sciences (01-10-2018)“…•Clinical studies rarely analyze sex as a factor in ketamine's effects.•Preclinical rodent studies indicate that females are more sensitive to ketamine's…”
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Methyl supplementation attenuates cocaine-seeking behaviors and cocaine-induced c-Fos activation in a DNA methylation-dependent manner
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (10-06-2015)“…Epigenetic mechanisms, such as histone modifications, regulate responsiveness to drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, but relatively little is known about the…”
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Reinforcing properties of an intermittent, low dose of ketamine in rats: effects of sex and cycle
Published in Psychopharmacology (01-02-2017)“…Rationale Repeated intermittent exposure to ketamine has rapid and long-lasting antidepressant effects, but the abuse potential has only been assessed at high…”
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Reducing local synthesis of estrogen in the tubular striatum promotes attraction to same-sex odors in female mice
Published in Hormones and behavior (01-04-2022)“…Brain-derived 17β-estradiol (E2) confers rapid effects on neural activity. The tubular striatum (TuS, also called the olfactory tubercle) is both capable of…”
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Sex- and dose-dependent abuse liability of repeated subanesthetic ketamine in rats
Published in Physiology & behavior (01-05-2019)“…Subanesthetic ketamine (KET) elicits rapid, robust, but transient antidepressant effects. KET's antidepressant actions can be augmented and maintained for a…”
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Publisher Correction: Ventral striatal islands of Calleja neurons control grooming in mice
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Sex and Individual Differences in Alcohol Intake Are Associated with Differences in Ketamine Self-Administration Behaviors and Nucleus Accumbens Dendritic Spine Density
Published in eNeuro (01-11-2019)“…Clinical and preclinical studies have shown that ketamine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, has promising therapeutic value for the treatment of alcohol use…”
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Regulation of BAZ1A and Nucleosome Positioning in the Nucleus Accumbens in Response to Cocaine
Published in Neuroscience (14-06-2017)“…Highlights • BAZ1A is downregulated in the NAc of mice exposed repeatedly to cocaine. • BAZ1A is downregulated in the NAc of cocaine-addicted humans. •…”
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Juvenile administration of concomitant methylphenidate and fluoxetine alters behavioral reactivity to reward- and mood-related stimuli and disrupts ventral tegmental area gene expression in adulthood
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (13-07-2011)“…There is a rise in the concurrent use of methylphenidate (MPH) and fluoxetine (FLX) in pediatric populations. However, the long-term neurobiological…”
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