Despite decades of research and anti-tobacco messaging, nicotine addiction remains an
important public health problem leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths each year …

Between 2005 and 2009, several research groups identified a strikingly dense inhibitory
input to midbrain dopamine neurons arising from a previously uncharted region posterior to …

It is generally assumed that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) induce
antidepressant activity by inhibiting serotonin (5-HT) reuptake transporters, thus elevating …

Background Nicotine is commonly co-used with other psychostimulants. These high co-use
rates have prompted much research on interactions between nicotine and psychostimulant …

Abstract Background and Purpose Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes lifelong physical and
psychological dysfunction in affected individuals. The current study investigated the effects …

Accumulating evidence indicates that insulin‐mediated signaling in the brain may play
important roles in regulating neuronal function. Alterations to insulin signaling are …

Cocaine blocks dopamine reuptake, thereby producing rewarding effects that are widely
studied. However, cocaine also blocks serotonin uptake, which we show drives, in rats …

Nicotinic receptors are present in the retina of different vertebrates, and in the chick retina, it
is present during early development throughout to post-hatching. These receptors are …

Nicotine is commonly co-used with other psychostimulants. These high rates of co-use have
prompted much research on the interaction of nicotine and various psychostimulant drugs …

The hypothalamic arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARC) contains two main
populations of neurons essential for energy homeostasis: neuropeptide Y (NPY) neurons …