Publications

Selected publications from the Green Lab. For a complete list, see Google Scholar or UTMB Research Experts.

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Publication·2026·Retinoic Acid

Depleting retinoic acid synthesis in the nucleus accumbens shell produces a protective phenotype for emotional reactivity and drug-taking in rats

Mármol Contreras Y, Dvorak NM, Tapia CM, Zaman R, Annareddy J, Balikosa Y, Gupta NS, Rader AP, Vasquez TES, Koshy S, Li D, Balaji VK, Laezza F, Green TA

Psychopharmacology 243(1): 59-74

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Publication·2024·Frustration

Frustration-related behavior and fentanyl self-administration in enriched and isolated rats

Wunsch AM, Hwang EK, Funke JR, et al., Green TA

Psychopharmacology 241(10): 1983-2001

Publication·2021·Frustration

Lever-press duration as a measure of frustration in sucrose and drug reinforcement

Vasquez TES, McAuley RJ, Gupta NS, Koshy S, Mármol-Contreras Y, Green TA

Psychopharmacology

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Articles

Publication·2025·FGF14

Enhanced motivated behavior mediated by pharmacological targeting of the FGF14/Nav1.6 complex in nucleus accumbens neurons

Koff L, Di Re J, Chand S, Avchalumov Y, Nguyen NM, Baumgartner TJ, Singh AK, Goode NA, Marosi M, Hallberg LM, Ameredes BT, Green TA, Yelamanchili SV, Pendyala G, Laezza F

Nature Communications 16: 110

Publication·2025·Proteomics

Molecular and Cellular Proteomics of environmental pesticide exposure and synaptic dysfunction

Koff L, Di Re J, Chand S, et al., Green TA, Laezza F

Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 24(2): 100902

Publication·2020·GSK3β

Chronic mild stress alters synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens through GSK3β-dependent modulation of Kv4.2 channels

Aceto G, Colussi C, Leone A, Fusco S, Rinaudo G, Scala F, Laezza F, D'Ascenzo M, Grassi C, Green TA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(14): 8143-8153

Publication·2019·Retinoic Acid

Manipulation of retinoic acid signaling in the nucleus accumbens shell alters rat emotional behavior

Zhang Y, Crofton EJ, Smith TES, Koshy S, Li D, Green TA

Behavioral Brain Research 376

Publication·2018·Environmental Enrichment

Environmental enrichment and social isolation mediate neuroplasticity of medium spiny neurons through the GSK3 pathway

Crofton EJ, Nenov MN, Zhang Y, Scala F, Page SA, McCue DL, Li D, Hommel JD, Laezza F, Green TA

Cell Reports 23(2): 555-567

Publication·2017·GSK3β

Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta alters anxiety-, depression-, and addiction-related behaviors and neuronal activity in the nucleus accumbens shell

Crofton EJ, Nenov MN, Zhang Y, Scala F, Page SA, McCue DL, Li D, Hommel JD, Laezza F, Green TA

Neuropharmacology 117: 49-60

Publication·2016·Transcriptomics

Transcriptomics of environmental enrichment reveals a role for retinoic acid signaling in addiction

Zhang Y, Kong F, Crofton EJ, Dragosljvich SN, Sinha M, Li D, Fan X, Koshy S, Hommel JD, Spratt HM, Luxon BA, Green TA

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 9: 119

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Publication·2016·Transcriptomics

Convergent transcriptomics and proteomics of environmental enrichment and cocaine identifies novel therapeutic strategies for addiction

Lichti CF, Fan X, English RD, Zhang Y, Li D, Kong F, Sinha M, Andersen CR, Spratt HM, Luxon BA, Green TA

Neuroscience 339: 254-266

Publication·2014·Proteomics

Environmental enrichment alters protein expression as well as the proteomic response to cocaine in rat nucleus accumbens

Lichti CF, Fan X, English RD, Zhang Y, Li D, Kong F, Sinha M, Andersen CR, Spratt HM, Luxon BA, Green TA

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 8: 246

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Publication·2013·Phosphoproteomics

Differential phosphoproteome regulation of nucleus accumbens in environmentally enriched and isolated rats in response to acute stress

Fan X, Li D, Zhang Y, Green TA

PLOS ONE 8(11): e79893

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Publication·2013·Proteomics

Dynamic proteomics of nucleus accumbens in response to acute psychological stress in environmentally enriched and isolated rats

Fan X, Li D, Lichti CF, Green TA

PLOS ONE 8(9): e73689

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Publication·2009·CREB

Environmental enrichment produces a behavioral phenotype mediated by low cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding (CREB) activity in the nucleus accumbens

Green TA, Alibhai IN, Roybal CN, Winstanley CA, Theobald DE, Birnbaum SG, et al.

Biological Psychiatry 67: 28-35

Book Chapters

Book Chapter·2022·Addiction

Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions: From Biology to Public Health

Green TA

Springer Nature

Book Chapter·2017·Proteomics

The proteomics of cocaine in the nucleus accumbens

Crofton EJ, Zhang Y, Green TA

The Neuroscience of Cocaine: Mechanisms and Treatment, Elsevier Inc., pp. 173-182