Listening to the data: computational approaches to addiction and learning

CS Wilkinson, MÁ Luján, C Hales… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Computational approaches hold great promise for identifying novel treatment targets and
creating translational therapeutics for substance use disorders. From circuitries underlying …

Ten points to improve reproducibility and translation of animal research

R Spanagel - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Findings from animal experiments are often difficult to transfer to humans. In this perspective
article I discuss two questions. First, why are the results of animal experiments often so …

Distinct behavioral profiles and neuronal correlates of heroin vulnerability versus resiliency in a multi-symptomatic model of heroin use disorder in rats

BN Kuhn, N Cannella, AD Crow… - American Journal of …, 2025 - psychiatryonline.org
Objective: The behavioral and diagnostic heterogeneity within the opioid use disorder
(OUD) diagnosis is not readily captured in current animal models, limiting the translational …

Long-access heroin self-administration induces region specific reduction of grey matter volume and microglia reactivity in the rat

N Cannella, S Tambalo, V Lunerti, G Scuppa… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In opioid use disorder (OUD) patients, a decrease in brain grey matter volume (GMV) has
been reported. It is unclear whether this is the consequence of prolonged exposure to …

A multi-symptomatic model of heroin use disorder in rats reveals distinct behavioral profiles and neuronal correlates of heroin vulnerability versus resiliency

BN Kuhn, N Cannella, AD Crow, V Lunerti, A Gupta… - BioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Objective The behavioral and diagnostic heterogeneity within human opioid use disorder
(OUD) diagnosis is not readily captured in current animal models, limiting translational …

Genome-wide association study reveals multiple loci for nociception and opioid consumption behaviors associated with heroin vulnerability in outbred rats

BN Kuhn, N Cannella, AS Chitre, KMH Nguyen… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The increased prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) makes it imperative to disentangle
the biological mechanisms contributing to individual differences in OUD vulnerability. OUD …

Genome-wide association study reveals multiple loci for nociception and opioid consumption behaviors associated with heroin vulnerability in outbred rats

B Kuhn, N Cannella, A Chitre, KM Nguyen, K Cohen… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The increased prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) makes it imperative to disentangle
the biological mechanisms contributing to individual differences in OUD vulnerability. OUD …