Laboratory of Addiction Neuroscience

Chris Pierce, PhD, Director

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  • Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated activation of PKC gamma in the nucleus accumbens core promotes the reinstatement of cocaine seeking
  • Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens shell attenuates cue-induced reinstatement of both cocaine and sucrose seeking in rats
  • Cocaine seeking is associated with PKC-dependent reduction of excitatory signaling in accumbens shell D2 dopamine receptor-expressing neurons
  • ADAR2-dependent GluA2 editing regulates cocaine seeking
  • Enhanced anxiety in the male offspring of sires that self-administered cocaine
  • A critical role for the GluA1 accessory protein, SAP97, in cocaine seeking
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  • Chris Pierce, Ph.D.
  • Research Associates
  • Mathieu Wimmer, Ph.D.
  • Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Bruno Fant, Ph.D.
  • Mackenzie Hofmann, Ph.D.
  • Sarah Swinford-Jackson, Ph.D.
  • Graduate Students
  • Leonardo Guercio
  • Technicians
  • Melissa Knouse
  • Colin Pierce
  • Arthur Thomas
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The Pierce Laboratory of Addiction Neuroscience uses a multi-disciplinary approach to identify new treatments for cocaine addiction.