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List of works by Mark J. Thomas

5-Hz stimulation of CA3 pyramidal cell axons induces a β-adrenergic modulated potentiation at synapses on CA1, but not CA3, pyramidal cells

scientific article published on May 25, 1998

An embryonic culture system for the investigation of striatal medium spiny neuron dendritic spine development and plasticity

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Behavioral and structural responses to chronic cocaine require a feedforward loop involving ΔFosB and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in the nucleus accumbens shell

scientific article published on March 2013

Beyond simple tests of value: measuring addiction as a heterogeneous disease of computation-specific valuation processes

scientific article published on 16 August 2018

Biological substrates of reward and aversion: a nucleus accumbens activity hypothesis.

scientific article published on 15 July 2008

Cocaine and Amphetamine Induce Overlapping but Distinct Patterns of AMPAR Plasticity in Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons.

scientific article published on 12 June 2015

Cocaine experience controls bidirectional synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens.

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D1 dopamine receptor activation of NFAT-mediated striatal gene expression.

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Distinct profiles of anxiety and dysphoria during spontaneous withdrawal from acute morphine exposure

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Endogenous dopamine and endocannabinoid signaling mediate cocaine-induced reversal of AMPAR synaptic potentiation in the nucleus accumbens shell

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Environmental novelty causes stress-like adaptations at nucleus accumbens synapses: Implications for studying addiction-related plasticity

scientific article published on February 16, 2011

Episodic Withdrawal Promotes Psychomotor Sensitization to Morphine

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Functional disturbances in the striatum by region-specific ablation of NMDA receptors

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Gbeta5 recruits R7 RGS proteins to GIRK channels to regulate the timing of neuronal inhibitory signaling.

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Hippocampal long-term potentiation is normal in heme oxygenase-2 mutant mice.

scientific article published in October 1995

Long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens: a neural correlate of behavioral sensitization to cocaine

scientific article published on December 1, 2001

Mechanisms underlying the activation of G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ (GIRK) channels by the novel anxiolytic drug, ML297.

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Neuroplasticity in the mesolimbic dopamine system and cocaine addiction

scientific article published on 17 March 2008

Nicotine response genetics in the zebrafish.

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Opioid and Psychostimulant Plasticity: Targeting Overlap in Nucleus Accumbens Glutamate Signaling

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Opioid-Mediated Astrocyte-Neuron Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Presynaptic contributions of chordin to hippocampal plasticity and spatial learning.

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Prolonged abstinence from cocaine or morphine disrupts separable valuations during decision conflict.

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Protracted manifestations of acute dependence after a single morphine exposure

scientific article published on August 11, 2011

Putative kappa opioid heteromers as targets for developing analgesics free of adverse effects

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Reversal of morphine-induced cell-type-specific synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens shell blocks reinstatement

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Similar neurons, opposite adaptations: psychostimulant experience differentially alters firing properties in accumbens core versus shell.

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Spontaneous locomotor activity correlates with the degranulation of mast cells in the meninges rather than in the thalamus: disruptive effect of cocaine.

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Synaptic Depotentiation and mGluR5 Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens Drive Cocaine-Primed Reinstatement of Place Preference

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Synaptic adaptations in the nucleus accumbens caused by experiences linked to relapse.

scientific article published on 16 February 2011

The molecular switch hypothesis fails to explain the inconsistent effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist MCPG on long-term potentiation

scientific article published on 01 October 1995