2025
Diminished reward circuit response underlies pain avoidance learning deficits in problem drinkers
Le T, Oba T, Li C. Diminished reward circuit response underlies pain avoidance learning deficits in problem drinkers. NeuroImage Clinical 2025, 45: 103762. PMID: 40009903, PMCID: PMC11908557, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosterior cingulate cortexAvoidance learningReward circuitDrinking severityReward deficiencyLearning deficitsPain avoidanceProblem drinkersAlcohol useAvoidance learning deficitMedial orbitofrontal cortexReward circuit dysfunctionVentral tegmental areaPoor avoidance learningAssociated with problem drinkingOrbitofrontal cortexTegmental areaGo/NoGo taskCingulate cortexNeural correlatesBehavioral findingsCircuit dysfunctionAdult drinkersBrain regionsNeural processes
2024
The Neural Correlates of Individual Differences in Reinforcement Learning during Pain Avoidance and Reward Seeking
Le T, Oba T, Couch L, McInerney L, Li C. The Neural Correlates of Individual Differences in Reinforcement Learning during Pain Avoidance and Reward Seeking. ENeuro 2024, 11: eneuro.0437-23.2024. PMID: 38365840, PMCID: PMC10901196, DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0437-23.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuperior frontal gyrusReward-seekingCingulate cortexNeural correlatesPain avoidanceAction biasDorsal anterior cingulate cortexLeft posterior cingulate cortexAction-outcome associationsGo/No-Go taskAnterior cingulate cortexPosterior cingulate cortexImpact of outcomesHigher learning rateReward trialsFrontal gyrusAvoidance learningMidcingulate cortexNeural substratesAssociative learningAction tendenciesPre-SMAAssociated with activationPrecentral gyrusPostcentral gyrus
2020
Fyn kinase inhibition reduces protein aggregation, increases synapse density and improves memory in transgenic and traumatic Tauopathy
Tang SJ, Fesharaki-Zadeh A, Takahashi H, Nies SH, Smith LM, Luo A, Chyung A, Chiasseu M, Strittmatter SM. Fyn kinase inhibition reduces protein aggregation, increases synapse density and improves memory in transgenic and traumatic Tauopathy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2020, 8: 96. PMID: 32611392, PMCID: PMC7329553, DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-00976-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRepetitive closed head injuriesMemory deficitsPhospho-tau accumulationChronic variable stressPersistent memory deficitsP301S transgenic miceClosed head injuryFyn inhibitionPassive avoidance learningFyn kinaseGlial activationPhospho-tauPresynaptic markersSynapse lossTau accumulationHead injurySynapse densityPhosphorylated tauTherapeutic benefitTransgenic miceBehavioral improvementTrauma modelTauopathiesSpatial memoryAvoidance learning
2014
Co-Occurring Chronic Depression and Alcohol Dependence
Penberthy J, Gioia C, Konig A, Martin A, Cockrell S, Meshberg-Cohen S. Co-Occurring Chronic Depression and Alcohol Dependence. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 2014, 13: 54-67. DOI: 10.1097/adt.0b013e31827de84e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol-dependent individualsChronic depressionAlcohol dependenceAlcohol intakeCo-occurring alcohol dependenceSuccessful treatment optionCognitive Behavioral Analysis SystemBehavioral Analysis SystemTreatment optionsCBASPBehavioral treatmentIndividual disordersDepressionDrinking levelsAvoidance learningTherapyHigh rateEarly traumaTreatmentIntakeDisordersIndividualsPopulationSymptomsTrauma
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