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Temporally dependent changes in cocaine-induced synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens shell are reversed by D1-like dopamine receptor stimulation
Ortinski PI, Vassoler FM, Carlson GC, Pierce RC. Neuropsychopharmacology, March 2012. .
Enhanced extinction of cocaine seeking in brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met knock-in mice
Briand LA, Lee FS, Blendy JA, Pierce RC. European Journal of Neuroscience, March 2012. 35:932-9.
Increased BDNF expression in the ventral tegmental area during cocaine abstinence is associated with increased histone acetylation at BDNF exon I-containing promoters
Schmidt HD, Sangrey GR, Darnell SB, Schassburger RL, Cha JH, Pierce RC, Sadri-Vakili G. Journal of Neurochemistry, January 2012. 120:202-209.
Cocaine self-administration leads to alterations in limbic and motor circuitry
Iris Chen YI, Famous KR, Xu H, Choi JK, Mandeville J, Schmidt HD, Pierce RC, Jenkins BG. European Journal of Neuroscience, September 2011. 34:800-815.
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.
