Annaka M. Westphal

An opioid-gated thalamoaccumbal circuit for the suppression of reward seeking in mice

Kelsey M. Vollmer, James M. Otis, Elizabeth M. Doncheck, 2022, Nature Communications.

A Subset of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons Receiving Dense and Functional Prelimbic Cortical Input Are Required for Cocaine Seeking

Kelsey M. Vollmer, James M. Otis, C. Cowan, 2021, bioRxiv.

Heroin Self-Administration and Extinction Increase Prelimbic Cortical Astrocyte–Synapse Proximity and Alter Dendritic Spine Morphometrics That Are Reversed by N-Acetylcysteine

T. Jhou, J. McGinty, M. Scofield, 2023, Cells.

Accumbens Nitrergic Interneurons Drive the Cell Type-Specific Synaptic Plasticity Required for Cue-Induced Cocaine Seeking

Adam R. Denton, M. Scofield, Makoto Taniguchi, 2024, bioRxiv.