The Latest
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the nucleus accumbens core and shell contribute to cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug seeking
Yee J, Famous KR, Hopkins TJ, McMullen MC, Pierce RC, Schmidt HD. European Journal of Pharmacology, January 2011. 650:596-604.
Ventral tegmental area afferents in stress-induced reinstatement: The role of CREB
Briand LA, Vassoler FM, Pierce RC, Valentino RJ, Blendy JA. Journal of Neuroscience, December 2010. 30:16149-16159.
Kicking the habit: the neural basis of ingrained behaviors in cocaine addiction
Pierce RC, Vanderschuren LJ. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, October 2010. 35:212-219.
Cocaine-induced chromatin remodeling increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor transcription in the rat medial prefrontal cortex, which alters the reinforcing efficacy of cocaine
Sadri-Vakili G, Kumaresan V, Schmidt HD, Famous KR, Chawla P, Vassoler FM, Overland RP, Xia E, Bass CE, Terwilliger EF, Pierce RC, Cha JH. Journal of Neuroscience, September 2010. 30:11735-11744.
Cocaine-induced neuroadaptations in glutamate transmission: potential therapeutic targets for craving and addiction
Schmidt HD, Pierce RC. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, January 2010. 1187:35-75.
The limbic circuitry underlying cocaine seeking encompasses the PPTg/LDT
Schmidt HD, Famous FR, Pierce RC. European Journal of Neuroscience, October 2009. 30:1358-1369.
