RESEARCH
LAB GOAL: COMBINING MOLECULAR GENETIC APPROACHES TO STUDY MOTIVATED BEHAVIORS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AMPA RECEPTOR GLUTAMATE TRANSMISSION IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS IS NECESSARY FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNS OF OPIOID WITHDRAWAL.
MAPPING NEURAL CIRCUITS INVOLVED IN OPIOID WITHDRAWAL-INDUCED EXCITATION OF THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS.
