Yan Dong

Chow, J.J., Pitts, K.M., Negishi, K., Madangopal, R., Dong, Y., Wolf, M.E., & Shaham, Y. (2025). Neurobiology of the incubation of drug craving: An update. Pharmacol Rev, 77(2), 100022.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmr.2024.100022.

Zinsmaier, A.K., Nestler, E.J., & Dong, Y. (2025). Astrocytic G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Drug Addiction. Engineering (Beijing), 44, 256-265.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2024.12.016.

Schall, T.A., Li, K.L., Qi, X., Lee, B.T., Wright, W.J., Alpaugh, E.E., Zhao, R.J., Liu, J., Li, Q., Zeng, B., Wang, L., Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., Nestler, E.J., Nieh, E.H., & Dong, Y. (2024). Temporal dynamics of nucleus accumbens neurons in male mice during reward seeking. Nat Commun, 15(1), 9285.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-53690-8.

Teague, C.D., Markovic, T., Zhou, X., Martinez-Rivera, F.J., Minier-Toribio, A., Zinsmaier, A., Pulido, N.V., Schmidt, K.H., Lucerne, K.E., Godino, A., van der Zee, Y.Y., Ramakrishnan, A., Futamura, R., Browne, C.J., Holt, L.M., Yim, Y.Y., Azizian, C.H., Walker, D.M., Shen, L., Dong, Y., Zhang, B., & Nestler, E.J. (2024). Circuit-Wide Gene Network Analysis Reveals Sex-Specific Roles for Phosphodiesterase 1b in Cocaine Addiction. J Neurosci, 44(23), e1327232024.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1327-23.2024.

Wang, Y., Li, D., Widjaja, J., Guo, R., Cai, L., Yan, R., Ozsoy, S., Allocca, G., Fang, J., Dong, Y., Tseng, G.C., Huang, C., & Huang, Y.H. (2024). An Electroencephalogram Signature of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Neuron Activities Predicts Cocaine Seeking. Biol Psychiatry, 96(9), 739-751.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.04.009.

Wang, Y., Li, D., Widjaja, J., Guo, R., Cai, L., Yan, R., Ozsoy, S., Allocca, G., Fang, J., Dong, Y., Tseng, G.C., Huang, C., & Huang, Y.H. (2024). An EEG Signature of MCH Neuron Activities Predicts Cocaine Seeking. bioRxiv, 48, 415-416.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.27.586887.

Gayden, J., Puig, S., Srinivasan, C., Phan, B.N., Abdelhady, G., Buck, S.A., Gamble, M.C., Tejeda, H.A., Dong, Y., Pfenning, A.R., Logan, R.W., & Freyberg, Z. (2023). Integrative multi-dimensional characterization of striatal projection neuron heterogeneity in adult brain. bioRxiv, 4(05-16), 2023.05.04.539488.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/2023.05.04.539488.

He, Y., Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2023). Cue- versus reward-encoding basolateral amygdala projections to nucleus accumbens. Elife, 12, e89766.eLife. doi: 10.7554/eLife.89766.

He, Y., Wang, J., Li, K.L., Wang, Y.Q., Freyberg, Z., & Dong, Y. (2023). Membrane excitability of nucleus accumbens neurons gates the incubation of cocaine craving. Neuropsychopharmacology, 48(9), 1318-1327.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41386-023-01580-w.

Teague, C.D., Picone, J.A., Wright, W.J., Browne, C.J., Silva, G.M., Futamura, R., Minier-Toribio, A., Estill, M.E., Ramakrishnan, A., Martinez-Rivera, F.J., Godino, A., Parise, E.M., Schmidt, K.H., Pulido, N.V., Lorsch, Z.S., Kim, J.H., Shen, L., Neve, R.L., Dong, Y., Nestler, E.J., & Hamilton, P.J. (2023). CREB Binding at the Zfp189 Promoter Within Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes Differentially Regulates Behavioral and Physiological Adaptations Over the Course of Cocaine Use. Biol Psychiatry, 93(6), 502-511.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.07.022.

Guo, R., Wang, Y., Yan, R., Chen, B., Ding, W., Gorczyca, M.T., Ozsoy, S., Cai, L., Hines, R.L., Tseng, G.C., Allocca, G., Dong, Y., Fang, J., & Huang, Y.H. (2022). Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Engages Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Neurons to Reduce Cocaine Seeking. Biol Psychiatry, 92(11), 880-894.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.06.006.

Issler, O., van der Zee, Y.Y., Ramakrishnan, A., Xia, S., Zinsmaier, A.K., Tan, C., Li, W., Browne, C.J., Walker, D.M., Salery, M., Torres-Berrío, A., Futamura, R., Duffy, J.E., Labonte, B., Girgenti, M.J., Tamminga, C.A., Dupree, J.L., Dong, Y., Murrough, J.W., Shen, L., & Nestler, E.J. (2022). The long noncoding RNA FEDORA is a cell type- and sex-specific regulator of depression. Sci Adv, 8(48), eabn9494.American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn9494.

Wang, J., Holt, L.M., Huang, H.H., Sesack, S.R., Nestler, E.J., & Dong, Y. (2022). Astrocytes in cocaine addiction and beyond. Mol Psychiatry, 27(1), 652-668.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01080-7.

Yu, J., Sesack, S.R., Huang, Y., Schlüter, O.M., Grace, A.A., & Dong, Y. (2022). Contingent Amygdala Inputs Trigger Heterosynaptic LTP at Hippocampus-To-Accumbens Synapses. J Neurosci, 42(34), 6581-6592.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0838-22.2022.

Zinsmaier, A.K., Dong, Y., & Huang, Y.H. (2022). Cocaine-induced projection-specific and cell type-specific adaptations in the nucleus accumbens. Mol Psychiatry, 27(1), 669-686.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01112-2.

Ge, F., Mu, P., Guo, R., Cai, L., Liu, Z., Dong, Y., & Huang, Y.H. (2021). Chronic sleep fragmentation enhances habenula cholinergic neural activity. Mol Psychiatry, 26(3), 941-954.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0419-z.

Schall, T.A., Wright, W.J., & Dong, Y. (2021). Nucleus accumbens fast-spiking interneurons in motivational and addictive behaviors. Mol Psychiatry, 26(1), 234-246.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0683-y.

Wang, J., Li, K.L., Shukla, A., Beroun, A., Ishikawa, M., Huang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Y.Q., Yang, Y., Bastola, N.D., Huang, H.H., Kramer, L.E., Chao, T., Huang, Y.H., Sesack, S.R., Nestler, E.J., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2021). Cocaine Triggers Astrocyte-Mediated Synaptogenesis. Biol Psychiatry, 89(4), 386-397.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.08.012.

Wang, Y., Guo, R., Chen, B., Rahman, T., Cai, L., Li, Y., Dong, Y., Tseng, G.C., Fang, J., Seney, M.L., & Huang, Y.H. (2021). Cocaine-induced neural adaptations in the lateral hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone neurons and the role in regulating rapid eye movement sleep after withdrawal. Mol Psychiatry, 26(7), 3152-3168.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-00921-1.

Wang, Y.Q., Huang, Y.H., Balakrishnan, S., Liu, L., Wang, Y.T., Nestler, E.J., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2021). AMPA and NMDA Receptor Trafficking at Cocaine-Generated Synapses. J Neurosci, 41(9), 1996-2011.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1918-20.2021.

Wang, Y.Q., Wang, J., Xia, S.H., Gutstein, H.B., Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., Cao, J.L., & Dong, Y. (2021). Neuropathic pain generates silent synapses in thalamic projection to anterior cingulate cortex. Pain, 162(5), 1322-1333.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002149.

Wright, W.J., & Dong, Y. (2021). Silent Synapses in Cocaine-Associated Memory and Beyond. J Neurosci, 41(45), 9275-9285.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1559-21.2021.

Zinsmaier, A.K., & Dong, Y. (2021). A Third-Party Facilitator of Bipartisanship. Biol Psychiatry, 89(10), 940-941.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.03.004.

Issler, O., van der Zee, Y.Y., Ramakrishnan, A., Wang, J., Tan, C., Loh, Y.H.E., Purushothaman, I., Walker, D.M., Lorsch, Z.S., Hamilton, P.J., Peña, C.J., Flaherty, E., Hartley, B.J., Torres-Berrío, A., Parise, E.M., Kronman, H., Duffy, J.E., Estill, M.S., Calipari, E.S., Labonté, B., Neve, R.L., Tamminga, C.A., Brennand, K.J., Dong, Y., Shen, L., & Nestler, E.J. (2020). Sex-Specific Role for the Long Non-coding RNA LINC00473 in Depression. Neuron, 106(6), 912-926.e5.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.023.

Wang, Y., Liu, Z., Cai, L., Guo, R., Dong, Y., & Huang, Y.H. (2020). A Critical Role of Basolateral Amygdala-to-Nucleus Accumbens Projection in Sleep Regulation of Reward Seeking. Biol Psychiatry, 87(11), 954-966.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.10.027.

Wright, W.J., & Dong, Y. (2020). Psychostimulant-Induced Adaptations in Nucleus Accumbens Glutamatergic Transmission. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med, 10(12), a039255.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a039255.

Wright, W.J., Graziane, N.M., Neumann, P.A., Hamilton, P.J., Cates, H.M., Fuerst, L., Spenceley, A., MacKinnon-Booth, N., Iyer, K., Huang, Y.H., Shaham, Y., Schlüter, O.M., Nestler, E.J., & Dong, Y. (2020). Silent synapses dictate cocaine memory destabilization and reconsolidation. Nat Neurosci, 23(1), 32-46.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0537-6.

Xia, S.H., Yu, J., Huang, X., Sesack, S.R., Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., Cao, J.L., & Dong, Y. (2020). Cortical and Thalamic Interaction with Amygdala-to-Accumbens Synapses. J Neurosci, 40(37), 7119-7132.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1121-20.2020.

Lorsch, Z.S., Hamilton, P.J., Ramakrishnan, A., Parise, E.M., Salery, M., Wright, W.J., Lepack, A.E., Mews, P., Issler, O., McKenzie, A., Zhou, X., Parise, L.F., Pirpinias, S.T., Ortiz Torres, I., Kronman, H.G., Montgomery, S.E., Loh, Y.H.E., Labonté, B., Conkey, A., Symonds, A.E., Neve, R.L., Turecki, G., Maze, I., Dong, Y., Zhang, B., Shen, L., Bagot, R.C., & Nestler, E.J. (2019). Stress resilience is promoted by a Zfp189-driven transcriptional network in prefrontal cortex. Nat Neurosci, 22(9), 1413-1423.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0462-8.

Yu, J., Ishikawa, M., Wang, J., Schlüter, O.M., Sesack, S.R., & Dong, Y. (2019). Ventral Tegmental Area Projection Regulates Glutamatergic Transmission in Nucleus Accumbens. Sci Rep, 9(1), 18451.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55007-y.

Cahill, M.E., Browne, C.J., Wang, J., Hamilton, P.J., Dong, Y., & Nestler, E.J. (2018). Withdrawal from repeated morphine administration augments expression of the RhoA network in the nucleus accumbens to control synaptic structure. J Neurochem, 147(1), 84-98.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14563.

Favaro, P.D., Huang, X., Hosang, L., Stodieck, S., Cui, L., Liu, Y.Z., Engelhardt, K.A., Schmitz, F., Dong, Y., Löwel, S., & Schlüter, O.M. (2018). An opposing function of paralogs in balancing developmental synapse maturation. In Eroglu, C. (Ed.). PLoS Biol, 16(12), e2006838.Public Library of Science (PLoS). doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2006838.

Graziane, N.M., Neumann, P.A., & Dong, Y. (2018). A Focus on Reward Prediction and the Lateral Habenula: Functional Alterations and the Behavioral Outcomes Induced by Drugs of Abuse. Front Synaptic Neurosci, 10(MAY), 12.Frontiers. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2018.00012.

Hearing, M., Graziane, N., Dong, Y., & Thomas, M.J. (2018). Opioid and Psychostimulant Plasticity: Targeting Overlap in Nucleus Accumbens Glutamate Signaling. Trends Pharmacol Sci, 39(3), 276-294.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2017.12.004.

Koya, E., & Dong, Y. (2018). Sound of silent synapses from the addicted hippocampus. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43(10), 1981-1982.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0142-5.

Wang, J., Ishikawa, M., Yang, Y., Otaka, M., Kim, J.Y., Gardner, G.R., Stefanik, M.T., Milovanovic, M., Huang, Y.H., Hell, J.W., Wolf, M.E., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2018). Cascades of Homeostatic Dysregulation Promote Incubation of Cocaine Craving. J Neurosci, 38(18), 4316-4328.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3291-17.2018.

Wright, W.J., & Dong, Y. (2018). Intrinsic Excitability of Cocaine-Associated Memories. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43(4), 675-676.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/npp.2017.127.

Dong, Y., Taylor, J.R., Wolf, M.E., & Shaham, Y. (2017). Circuit and Synaptic Plasticity Mechanisms of Drug Relapse. J Neurosci, 37(45), 10867-10876.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1821-17.2017.

Labonté, B., Engmann, O., Purushothaman, I., Menard, C., Wang, J., Tan, C., Scarpa, J.R., Moy, G., Loh, Y.H.E., Cahill, M., Lorsch, Z.S., Hamilton, P.J., Calipari, E.S., Hodes, G.E., Issler, O., Kronman, H., Pfau, M., Obradovic, A.L.J., Dong, Y., Neve, R.L., Russo, S., Kazarskis, A., Tamminga, C., Mechawar, N., Turecki, G., Zhang, B., Shen, L., & Nestler, E.J. (2017). Sex-specific transcriptional signatures in human depression. Nat Med, 23(9), 1102-1111.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/nm.4386.

Liu, Y., Cui, L., Schwarz, M.K., Dong, Y., & Schlüter, O.M. (2017). Adrenergic Gate Release for Spike Timing-Dependent Synaptic Potentiation. Neuron, 93(2), 394-408.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.039.

Shukla, A., Beroun, A., Panopoulou, M., Neumann, P.A., Grant, S.G., Olive, M.F., Dong, Y., & Schlüter, O.M. (2017). Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors and silent synapses in cocaine-conditioned place preference. EMBO J, 36(4), 458-474.Springer Nature. doi: 10.15252/embj.201695465.

Wright, W.J., & Dong, Y. (2017). Tipping the Scales Toward Addiction. Biol Psychiatry, 81(11), 903-904.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.02.009.

Wright, W.J., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2017). A Feedforward Inhibitory Circuit Mediated by CB1-Expressing Fast-Spiking Interneurons in the Nucleus Accumbens. Neuropsychopharmacology, 42(5), 1146-1156.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.275.

Yu, J., Yan, Y., Li, K.L., Wang, Y., Huang, Y.H., Urban, N.N., Nestler, E.J., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2017). Nucleus accumbens feedforward inhibition circuit promotes cocaine self-administration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 114(41), E8750-E8759.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707822114.

Bagot, R.C., Cates, H.M., Purushothaman, I., Lorsch, Z.S., Walker, D.M., Wang, J., Huang, X., Schlüter, O.M., Maze, I., Peña, C.J., Heller, E.A., Issler, O., Wang, M., Song, W.M., Stein, J.L., Liu, X., Doyle, M.A., Scobie, K.N., Sun, H.S., Neve, R.L., Geschwind, D., Dong, Y., Shen, L., Zhang, B., & Nestler, E.J. (2016). Circuit-wide Transcriptional Profiling Reveals Brain Region-Specific Gene Networks Regulating Depression Susceptibility. Neuron, 90(5), 969-983.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.015.

Dong, Y. (2016). Silent Synapse-Based Circuitry Remodeling in Drug Addiction. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 19(5), pyv136.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyv136.

Graziane, N.M., Sun, S., Wright, W.J., Jang, D., Liu, Z., Huang, Y.H., Nestler, E.J., Wang, Y.T., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2016). Opposing mechanisms mediate morphine- and cocaine-induced generation of silent synapses. Nat Neurosci, 19(7), 915-925.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/nn.4313.

Liu, Z., Wang, Y., Cai, L., Li, Y., Chen, B., Dong, Y., & Huang, Y.H. (2016). Prefrontal Cortex to Accumbens Projections in Sleep Regulation of Reward. J Neurosci, 36(30), 7897-7910.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0347-16.2016.

Ma, Y.Y., Wang, X., Huang, Y., Marie, H., Nestler, E.J., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2016). Re-silencing of silent synapses unmasks anti-relapse effects of environmental enrichment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 113(18), 5089-5094.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1524739113.

Neumann, P.A., Wang, Y., Yan, Y., Wang, Y., Ishikawa, M., Cui, R., Huang, Y.H., Sesack, S.R., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2016). Cocaine-Induced Synaptic Alterations in Thalamus to Nucleus Accumbens Projection. Neuropsychopharmacology, 41(9), 2399-2410.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.52.

Wright, W.J., & Dong, Y. (2016). N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors: "C"ing the Culprits Behind Cocaine-Induced Metaplasticity. Biol Psychiatry, 80(9), 644-646.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.08.003.

Chen, B., Wang, Y., Liu, X., Liu, Z., Dong, Y., & Huang, Y.H. (2015). Sleep Regulates Incubation of Cocaine Craving. J Neurosci, 35(39), 13300-13310.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1065-15.2015.

Huang, X., Stodieck, S.K., Goetze, B., Cui, L., Wong, M.H., Wenzel, C., Hosang, L., Dong, Y., Löwel, S., & Schlüter, O.M. (2015). Progressive maturation of silent synapses governs the duration of a critical period. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 112(24), E3131-E3140.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1506488112.

Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2015). Silent Synapses Speak Up: Updates of the Neural Rejuvenation Hypothesis of Drug Addiction. Neuroscientist, 21(5), 451-459.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/1073858415579405.

Dong, Y., & Nestler, E.J. (2014). The neural rejuvenation hypothesis of cocaine addiction. Trends Pharmacol Sci, 35(8), 374-383.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2014.05.005.

Ma, Y.Y., Lee, B.R., Wang, X., Guo, C., Liu, L., Cui, R., Lan, Y., Balcita-Pedicino, J.J., Wolf, M.E., Sesack, S.R., Shaham, Y., Schlueter, O.M., Huang, Y.H., & Dong, Y. (2014). Bidirectional Modulation of Incubation of Cocaine Craving by Silent Synapse-Based Remodeling of Prefrontal Cortex to Accumbens Projections (vol 83, pg 1453, 2014). NEURON, 84(6), 1344-1345.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.004.

Ma, Y.Y., Lee, B.R., Wang, X., Guo, C., Liu, L., Cui, R., Lan, Y., Balcita-Pedicino, J.J., Wolf, M.E., Sesack, S.R., Shaham, Y., Schlüter, O.M., Huang, Y.H., & Dong, Y. (2014). Bidirectional modulation of incubation of cocaine craving by silent synapse-based remodeling of prefrontal cortex to accumbens projections. Neuron, 83(6), 1453-1467.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.08.023.

Neumann, P.A., Ishikawa, M., Otaka, M., Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2014). Increased excitability of lateral habenula neurons in adolescent rats following cocaine self-administration. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 18(6), pyu109.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu109.

Bonnet, S.A.D., Akad, D.S., Samaddar, T., Liu, Y., Huang, X., Dong, Y., & Schlüter, O.M. (2013). Synaptic state-dependent functional interplay between postsynaptic density-95 and synapse-associated protein 102. J Neurosci, 33(33), 13398-13409.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6255-11.2013.

Chen, B., Ma, Y.Y., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Schlüter, O.M., Dong, Y., & Huang, Y.H. (2013). Cocaine-induced membrane adaptation in the central nucleus of amygdala. Neuropsychopharmacology, 38(11), 2240-2248.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/npp.2013.124.

Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2013). An unusual suspect in cocaine addiction. Neuron, 80(4), 835-836.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.11.001.

Ishikawa, M., Otaka, M., Huang, Y.H., Neumann, P.A., Winters, B.D., Grace, A.A., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2013). Dopamine triggers heterosynaptic plasticity. J Neurosci, 33(16), 6759-6765.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4694-12.2013.

Ishikawa, M., Otaka, M., Neumann, P.A., Wang, Z., Cook, J.M., Schlüter, O.M., Dong, Y., & Huang, Y.H. (2013). Exposure to cocaine regulates inhibitory synaptic transmission from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens. J Physiol, 591(19), 4827-4841.Wiley. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.262915.

Krüger, J.M., Favaro, P.D., Liu, M., Kitlinska, A., Huang, X., Raabe, M., Akad, D.S., Liu, Y., Urlaub, H., Dong, Y., Xu, W., & Schlüter, O.M. (2013). Differential roles of postsynaptic density-93 isoforms in regulating synaptic transmission. J Neurosci, 33(39), 15504-15517.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0019-12.2013.

Lee, B.R., Ma, Y.Y., Huang, Y.H., Wang, X., Otaka, M., Ishikawa, M., Neumann, P.A., Graziane, N.M., Brown, T.E., Suska, A., Guo, C., Lobo, M.K., Sesack, S.R., Wolf, M.E., Nestler, E.J., Shaham, Y., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2013). Maturation of silent synapses in amygdala-accumbens projection contributes to incubation of cocaine craving. Nat Neurosci, 16(11), 1644-1651.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/nn.3533.

Neumann, P.A., & Dong, Y. (2013). Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Addiction. In Biological Research on Addiction. (pp. 251-259).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-398335-0.00026-1.

Neumann, P.A., & Dong, Y. (2013). Chapter 26 Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Addiction. In Biological Research on Addiction. (pp. 251-259).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-398335-0.00026-1.

Otaka, M., Ishikawa, M., Lee, B.R., Liu, L., Neumann, P.A., Cui, R., Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2013). Exposure to cocaine regulates inhibitory synaptic transmission in the nucleus accumbens. J Neurosci, 33(16), 6753-6758.Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4577-12.2013.

Suska, A., Lee, B.R., Huang, Y.H., Dong, Y., & Schlüter, O.M. (2013). Selective presynaptic enhancement of the prefrontal cortex to nucleus accumbens pathway by cocaine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110(2), 713-718.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1206287110.

Winters, B.D., Krüger, J.M., Huang, X., Gallaher, Z.R., Ishikawa, M., Czaja, K., Krueger, J.M., Huang, Y.H., Schlüter, O.M., & Dong, Y. (2012). Cannabinoid receptor 1-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109(40), E2717-E2725.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1206303109.

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