Major publications — TAMHSC-WangLab

Our Major Publications

Dynamic Responses of Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons Control Behavior Flexibility

Huang et al.

Science Advances, 2024

Alcohol intake enhances glutamatergic transmission from D2 receptor-expressing afferents onto D1 receptor-expressing medium spiny neurons in the dorsomedial striatum

Lu et al.

Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019

Drug Reinforcement Impairs Cognitive Flexibility by Inhibiting Striatal Cholinergic Neurons

Gangal et al.

Nature Communication, 2023

Distinct synaptic strengthening of the striatal direct and indirect pathways drives alcohol consumption

Chen et al.

Biological Psychiatry, 2017

Striatal mu-opioid receptor activation triggers direct-pathway GABAergic plasticity and induces negative affect

Wang et al.

Cell Reports, 2023

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Bidirectional and long-lasting control of alcohol-seeking behavior by corticostriatal LTP and LTD

Ma et al.

Nature Neuroscience, 2018

Chronic alcohol drinking persistently suppresses thalamostriatal excitation of cholinergic neurons to impair cognitive flexibility

Ma et al.

Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2022

Optogenetic inhibition of light‐captured alcohol‐taking striatal engrams facilitates extinction and suppresses reinstatement in Alcohol

Vierkant, Xie et al.

ACER, 2024