The Origins and Organization of Vertebrate Pavlovian Conditioning

November 16, 2015February 2, 2017wordpressadmin

11/16/15: Just Published: The Origins and Organization of Vertebrate Pavlovian Conditioning Fanselow MS and Wassum KM Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology (2015)...

Congratulations to Tara Aiken on becoming a HHURP scholar!

November 10, 2015wordpressadmin

11/10/15- Congratulations to Tara Aiken on becoming a HHURP scholar!...

SfN Posters

September 23, 2015wordpressadmin

9/23/15- SfN Posters: S. J. HERSMAN, J. CUSHMAN, K. WASSUM, M. S. FANSELOW, S. LOTFIPOUR Sun, Oct 18, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 126.05/C2 - Optogenetic activation of medial septum cholinergic neurons improves contextual fear learning and alters choline levels in hippocampus A. L. COLLINS, V. GREENFIELD, I. XU, S. OSTLUND, K. WASSUM 180. Reward: Dopamine Sun, Oct 18, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 180.01/BB19 - Nucleus accumbens core muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine r...

The basolateral amygdala in reward learning and addiction

September 10, 2015wordpressadmin

9/10/15- Just published: The basolateral amygdala in reward learning and addiction Wassum KM, Izquierdo A. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2015)....

Kenny Amaya Joins Wassum Lab!

September 8, 2015wordpressadmin

9/8/15- We're excited to welcome new grad student Kenny Amaya to the lab!...

Basolateral amygdala rapid glutamate release encodes an outcome-specific representation vital for reward-predictive cues to selectively invigorate reward-seeking actions

July 27, 2015wordpressadmin

7/27/15- Just published: Basolateral amygdala rapid glutamate release encodes an outcome-specific representation vital for reward-predictive cues to selectively invigorate reward-seeking actions Malvaez M, Greenfield VY, Wang AS, Yorita AM, Feng L, Linker KE, Monbouquette HG, Wassum KM. Scientific Reports (2015)....

Probing the Neurochemical Correlates of Motivation and Decision Making

December 23, 2014wordpressadmin

12/23/14- Just published: Probing the Neurochemical Correlates of Motivation and Decision MakingWassum KM, Phillips PEM.ACS Chemical Neuroscience (2015) 6(1) 11-13....

Inflated Reward Value in Early Opiate Withdrawal

August 1, 2014wordpressadmin

8/1/2014- Just Published: Inflated Reward Value in Early Opiate Withdrawal. Wassum KM, Greenfield, VY, Linker KE, Maidment NT, Ostlund SB. Addiction Biology (2014) DOI: 10.1111/adb.12172...