News & Updates
Publication·2026-01
New paper on retinoic acid depletion and fentanyl self-administration
Our latest study shows that depleting retinoic acid synthesis in the nucleus accumbens shell produces a protective phenotype for emotional reactivity and drug-taking in rats.
Read more →Publication·2024-10
New Psychopharmacology paper on retinoic acid signaling and cocaine craving
Wunsch et al. publish findings that retinoic acid-mediated homeostatic plasticity in nucleus accumbens core contributes to incubation of cocaine craving.
Read more →Press·2021-03
Frustration research featured in national press
Our study identifying frustration as a fourth factor in addiction was covered by ScienceDaily, Neuroscience News, News-Medical.net, and UTMB News.
Read more →Publication·2021-03
Lever-press duration paper published
Vasquez et al. publish foundational frustration measurement study in Psychopharmacology — lever-press duration as a real-time measure of frustration.