Laboratory of Addiction Neuroscience

Chris Pierce, PhD, Director

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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
  • Enhanced extinction of cocaine seeking in brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met knock-in mice
  • Increased BDNF expression in the ventral tegmental area during cocaine abstinence is associated with increased histone acetylation at BDNF exon I-containing promoters
  • Cocaine self-administration leads to alterations in limbic and motor circuitry
  • Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the nucleus accumbens core and shell contribute to cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug seeking
  • Ventral tegmental area afferents in stress-induced reinstatement: The role of CREB
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• Lab Staff
  • Chris Pierce, Ph.D.
  • Research Assistant Professors
  • Pavel Ortinski, Ph.D.
  • Heath Donmar Schmidt, Ph.D.
  • Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Lisa Briand, Ph.D.
  • Graduate Students
  • Leo Guercio
  • Samantha White
  • Research Assistants
  • Blake Kimmey
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The Pierce Laboratory of Addiction Neuroscience uses a multi-disciplinary approach to identify new treatments for cocaine addiction.