Cocaine Disinhibits Dopamine Neurons by Potentiation of GABA Transmission in the Ventral Tegmental Area

Spike-Timing-Dependent Potentiation of Sensory Surround in the Somatosensory Cortex Is Facilitated by Deprivation-Mediated Disinhibition

(2012) Frédéric Gambino et al.   NEURON

GABA Neurons of the VTA Drive Conditioned Place Aversion

(2012) Kelly R. Tan et al.   NEURON

Whole-Brain Mapping of Direct Inputs to Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2012) Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida et al.   NEURON

Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons Target Non-Dopaminergic Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2011) Y. Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Reversal of cocaine-evoked synaptic potentiation resets drug-induced adaptive behaviour

(2011) Vincent Pascoli et al.   NATURE

A disinhibitory microcircuit for associative fear learning in the auditory cortex

(2011) Johannes J. Letzkus et al.   NATURE

Drug-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity in Addiction: From Molecular Changes to Circuit Remodeling

(2011) Christian Lüscher et al.   NEURON

Drug-Driven AMPA Receptor Redistribution Mimicked by Selective Dopamine Neuron Stimulation

(2011) Matthew T. C. Brown et al.   PLoS One

Presynaptic LTP and LTD of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

(2011) P. E. Castillo   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Neural bases for addictive properties of benzodiazepines

(2010) Kelly R. Tan et al.   NATURE

Cell Type-Specific Loss of BDNF Signaling Mimics Optogenetic Control of Cocaine Reward

(2010) M. K. Lobo et al.   SCIENCE

Cocaine-evoked synaptic plasticity: persistence in the VTA triggers adaptations in the NAc

(2009) Manuel Mameli et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Cortico-Basal Ganglia Reward Network: Microcircuitry

(2009) Susan R Sesack et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Endocannabinoid Signaling Mediates Cocaine-Induced Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2008) B. Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Opposing Patterns of Signaling Activation in Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptor-Expressing Striatal Neurons in Response to Cocaine and Haloperidol

(2008) J. Bertran-Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cocaine Seeking Habits Depend upon Dopamine-Dependent Serial Connectivity Linking the Ventral with the Dorsal Striatum

(2008) David Belin et al.   NEURON