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Kappa Opioid Receptors Control a Stress-Sensitive Brain Circuit and Drive Cocaine Seeking
Valentina Martinez Damonte, Lydia G. Bailey, Amit Thakar, Joanna Stralka, Travis E. Brown and Julie A. Kauer

Journal of Neuroscience 15 September 2025, 45 (43) e1233252025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1233-25.2025
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Basal Forebrain to Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamatergic Pathway Promotes Emergence from Isoflurane Anesthesia in Mice
Xia-Ting Gong, Zhang-Shu Li, Zhuo-Li Chen, Xin-Cheng Wu, Ling-Yi Shangguan, Zhi-Peng Xu, Li Chen, Changxi Yu and Ping Cai

Journal of Neuroscience 26 June 2025, 45 (31) e0007252025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0007-25.2025
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Presynaptic Mu Opioid Receptors Suppress the Functional Connectivity of Ventral Tegmental Area Dopaminergic Neurons with Aversion-Related Brain Regions
Yichen Wu, Tamara Perez-Rosello, Rajeshwar Awatramani and Dalton James Surmeier

Journal of Neuroscience 13 June 2025, 45 (28) e1194242025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1194-24.2025
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Superior Colliculus Controls the Activity of the Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta and Ventral Tegmental Area in an Asymmetrical Manner
Kamil Pradel, Adrian Tymorek, Martyna Marzec, Łukasz Chrobok, Wojciech Solecki and Tomasz Błasiak

Journal of Neuroscience 16 January 2025, 45 (14) e1976222024; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1976-22.2024
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Volitional Regulation and Transferable Patterns of Midbrain Oscillations
Hung-Yun Lu (呂宏耘), Yi Zhao (趙懿), Hannah M. Stealey, Cole R. Barnett, Philippe N. Tobler and Samantha R. Santacruz

Journal of Neuroscience 5 February 2025, 45 (13) e1808242025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1808-24.2025
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Identification of a Novel Population of Neuromedin S Expressing Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area That Promote Morphine-Elicited Behavior
Cristina Rivera Quiles, Sarah C. Simmons, Olivia Dodson, Milagros Alday, Nicole Camacho Fontánez, Samantha Caico, Amber Garrison, Fatemeh Shafieichaharberoud, Xuefei Huang, Qiwen Hu, Elizabeth A. Heller and Michelle S. Mazei-Robison

Journal of Neuroscience 10 February 2025, 45 (13) e1662242025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1662-24.2025
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Early Life Stress Impairs VTA Coordination of BLA Network and Behavioral States
Bradly T. Stone, Pantelis Antonoudiou, Eric Teboul, Garrett Scarpa, Grant Weiss and Jamie L. Maguire

Journal of Neuroscience 13 February 2025, 45 (11) e0088242025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0088-24.2025
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μ-Opioid Receptor Modulation of the Glutamatergic/GABAergic Midbrain Inputs to the Mouse Dorsal Hippocampus
Haram R. Kim, Soumil Dey, Gabriella Sekerkova and Marco Martina

Journal of Neuroscience 9 September 2024, 44 (43) e0653242024; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0653-24.2024
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A Virtual In Vivo Dissection and Analysis of Socioaffective Symptoms Related to Cerebellum-Midbrain Reward Circuitry in Humans
Linda J. Hoffman, Julia M. Foley, Josiah K. Leong, Holly Sullivan-Toole, Blake L. Elliott and Ingrid R. Olson

Journal of Neuroscience 10 September 2024, 44 (41) e1031242024; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1031-24.2024
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Distinct Neuromodulatory Effects of Endogenous Orexin and Dynorphin Corelease on Projection-Defined Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons
Aida Mohammadkhani, Min Qiao and Stephanie L. Borgland

Journal of Neuroscience 26 August 2024, 44 (39) e0682242024; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0682-24.2024

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