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List of works by Matthew J Wanat

A Basal Ganglia Circuit Sufficient to Guide Birdsong Learning

scientific article published on 14 March 2018

Acute stress enhances associative learning via dopamine signaling in the ventral lateral striatum

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

Attenuating GABA(A) receptor signaling in dopamine neurons selectively enhances reward learning and alters risk preference in mice.

scientific article published on November 2011

Balanced NMDA receptor activity in dopamine D1 receptor (D1R)- and D2R-expressing medium spiny neurons is required for amphetamine sensitization

scientific journal article

CRF acts in the midbrain to attenuate accumbens dopamine release to rewards but not their predictors

scientific article published on 17 February 2013

Chronic microsensors for longitudinal, subsecond dopamine detection in behaving animals

scientific article

Cocaine experience abolishes the motivation suppressing effect of CRF in the ventral midbrain

Cocaine experience abolishes the motivation suppressing effect of CRF in the ventral midbrain

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Cocaine increases dopaminergic neuron and motor activity via midbrain α1 adrenergic signaling

scientific article

Corticotropin-releasing factor increases mouse ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron firing through a protein kinase C-dependent enhancement of Ih.

scientific article

Delays conferred by escalating costs modulate dopamine release to rewards but not their predictors

scientific article

Differentiation and Characterization of Dopaminergic Neurons From Baboon Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

Dopamine Encodes Retrospective Temporal Information in a Context-Independent Manner

scientific article published on August 2017

Dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens of animals self-administering drugs of abuse

scientific article published on January 2010

Dopaminergic prediction errors persevere in the nucleus accumbens core during negative reinforcement

scientific article published on February 2013

Dose-dependent changes in the synaptic strength on dopamine neurons and locomotor activity after cocaine exposure.

scientific article published on October 2008

Lack of GPR88 enhances medium spiny neuron activity and alters motor- and cue-dependent behaviors

scientific article

Nesfatin-1 puts the brakes on reward-based feeding

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

Operant Costs Modulate Dopamine Release to Self-Administered Cocaine

scientific article published on 17 December 2018

Pattern of dopamine signaling during aversive events predicts active avoidance learning

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Phasic Dopamine Transmission Reflects Initiation Vigor and Exerted Effort in an Action- and Region-Specific Manner

scientific article published on February 2016

Phasic dopamine release in appetitive behaviors and drug addiction

scientific article

Phasic dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens in response to pro-social 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats

scientific article

Severe stress switches CRF action in the nucleus accumbens from appetitive to aversive.

scientific article

Strain specific synaptic modifications on ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons after ethanol exposure

scientific article

Transient neuronal inhibition reveals opposing roles of indirect and direct pathways in sensitization

scientific article

Ventral Tegmental Area Afferents and Drug-Dependent Behaviors

scientific article

Ventral tegmental area astrocytes orchestrate avoidance and approach behavior

scientific article published on 29 March 2019

Ventral tegmental area astrocytes orchestrate avoidance and approach behavior: Supplemental Video 1