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List of works by Hector Vargas-Perez

A single administration of the hallucinogen, 4-acetoxy-dimethyltryptamine, prevents the shift to a drug-dependent state and the expression of withdrawal aversions in rodents.

scientific article published on 4 April 2017

A test of the opponent-process theory of motivation using lesions that selectively block morphine reward

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BDNF signaling in the VTA links the drug-dependent state to drug withdrawal aversions

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Deletion of α5 nicotine receptor subunits abolishes nicotinic aversive motivational effects in a manner that phenocopies dopamine receptor antagonism.

scientific article published on 12 May 2017

Different neural systems mediate morphine reward and its spontaneous withdrawal aversion.

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Dopamine D1 receptors are not critical for opiate reward but can mediate opiate memory retrieval in a state-dependent manner

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Dopaminergic signaling mediates the motivational response underlying the opponent process to chronic but not acute nicotine

scientific article published on 23 December 2009

Infusion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor into the ventral tegmental area switches the substrates mediating ethanol motivation.

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Neuron-Type-Specific Utility in a Brain-Machine Interface: a Pilot Study.

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Tegmental pedunculopontine glutamate and GABA-B synapses mediate morphine reward

scientific article published in February 2009

VTA CRF neurons mediate the aversive effects of nicotine withdrawal and promote intake escalation.

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Ventral tegmental area BDNF induces an opiate-dependent-like reward state in naive rats

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Ventral tegmental area GABA neurons and opiate motivation

scientific article published on 8 February 2013

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