Recent Publications

Sombers L, Beyene M, Carelli RM, Wightman RM (2009) Synaptic overflow of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens arises from neuronal activity in the ventral tegmental area. The Journal of Neuroscience, 29(6):1735-42.

Roitman MF, Wheeler RA, Wightman RM, Carelli RM (2008) Real-time chemical responses in the nucleus accumbens differentiate rewarding and aversive stimuli. Nature Neuroscience, 11(12):1376-1377.

Herr NR, Kile B, Carelli RM, Wightman RM (2008) Electroosmotic flow and its contribution to iontophoretic delivery. Analytical Chemistry, 80(22):8635-8641.

Robinson DL, Carelli RM (2008) Distinct subsets of nucleus accumbens neurons encode aperant responding for ethanol versus water. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 28(9):1887-1894.

Aragona BJ, Cleveland NA, Stuber GD, Day JJ, Carelli RM, Wightman RM (2008) Preferential enhancement of dopamine transmission within the nucleus accumbens shell by cocaine is due to a direct increase in phasic dopamine release events. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28(35):8821-31.

Wheeler RA, Carelli RM (2009) Dissecting motivational circuitry to understand substance abuse. Neuropharmacology, 56 Suppl 1:149-59.

Wheeler RA, Twining RC, Jones JJ, SLater JM, Grigson PS, Carelli RM (2008) Behavioral and electrophysiological indices of negative affect predict cocaine self-administration, Neuron, 57, 774-785.

Day JJ, Roitman MF, Wightman RM, Carelli RM (2007) Associative learning mediates dynamic shifts in dopamine signaling within the nucleus accumbens. Nature Neuroscience, 10(8): 1020-1028.

Cheer JF, Aragona BJ, Heien MLAV, Seipel AT, Carelli RM, Wightman RM (2007) Coordinated accumbal dopamine release and neural activity drive goal-direct behavior. Neuron, 54(2):237-244.

Hollander JA, Carelli RM (2007) Cocaine-associated stimuli increase cocaine-seeking and activate accumbens core neurons following abstinence. The Journal of Neuroscience, 27(13):3535-3539.

Day, J.J., Wheeler, R.A., Roitman, M.F., & Carelli, R.M. (2006). Nucleus accumbens neurons encode Pavlovian approach behaviors: evidence from an autoshaping paradigm. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 23(5):1341-51.   PDF
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Cheer, J.F., Heien, M.L., Garris, P.A., Carelli, R.M., & Wightman, R.M. (2006). Simultaneous dopamine and single-unit recordings reveal accumbens GABAergic responses: implications for intracranial self-stimulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(52):19150-5. PDF

Stuber, G.D., Wightman, R.M., & Carelli, R.M. (2005). Extinction of cocaine self-administration reveals functionally and temporally distinct dopaminergic signals in the nucleus accumbens. Neuron, 46(4):661-9.   PDF

Roitman, M.F., Wheeler, R.A., & Carelli, R.M. (2005). Nucleus accumbens neurons are innately tuned for rewarding and aversive taste stimuli, encode their predictors, and are linked to motor output. Neuron, 45(4):587-97.   PDF

Roitman, M.R., Phillips, P.E.M., Stuber, G., Wightman, R.M., & Carelli, R.M. (2004). Dopamine operates as a subsecond modulator of food seeking.  The Journal of Neuroscience, 24(6): 1265-1271.   PDF

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