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Riley Merkel

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|Jul 03, 2026

Volitional cocaine taking engages distinct medium spiny neuron and astrocyte transcriptional programs in the rat nucleus accumbens.

|Feb 26, 2025

An endogenous GLP-1 circuit engages VTA GABA neurons to regulate mesolimbic dopamine neurons and attenuate cocaine seeking.

Riley Merkel, Nicole S Hernandez, Vanessa Weir

|Jul 09, 2024

An endogenous GLP-1 circuit engages VTA GABA neurons to regulate mesolimbic dopamine neurons and attenuate cocaine seeking.

Riley Merkel, Nicole Hernandez, Vanessa Weir

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