2022
Adolescent reinforcement-learning trajectories predict cocaine-taking behaviors in adult male and female rats
Villiamma P, Casby J, Groman SM. Adolescent reinforcement-learning trajectories predict cocaine-taking behaviors in adult male and female rats. Psychopharmacology 2022, 239: 2885-2901. PMID: 35705734, PMCID: PMC10332493, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-022-06174-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine-taking behaviorReversal-learning performanceDecision-making functionsReversal-learning taskReinforcement learning modelIndividual differencesAdolescent developmentFemale Long-Evans ratsRewarded outcomesDevelopmental trajectoriesNeurobiological mechanismsAdolescent trajectoriesAge-related changesGreater cocaineBiobehavioral mechanismsNeural adaptationLong-Evans ratsPredictive relationshipAddiction susceptibilityAdolescenceChoice behaviorAdulthoodDecision-making trajectoriesMental illnessChoice data
2020
Astrocytic Activation to Restore Goal-Directed Behaviors
Groman SM. Astrocytic Activation to Restore Goal-Directed Behaviors. Biological Psychiatry 2020, 88: 744-745. PMID: 33092692, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.07.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntroducing the PLOS ONE Collection on the neuroscience of reward and decision making
Groman SM, Ikemoto S, Rushworth M, Taylor JR, Whelan R. Introducing the PLOS ONE Collection on the neuroscience of reward and decision making. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0240505. PMID: 33031482, PMCID: PMC7544023, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAction-outcome associationsDecision-making deficitsPast experienceDecision makingNeuroscience techniquesNeurobiological mechanismsBehavioral approachNovel inferencesAdaptive decisionDecision-making functionsMechanistic linkParticular actionNeuroscienceAlternative outcomesBiological mechanismsOrganismsComputational functionsRewardNew insightsParticular outcomeNew environmentRecent advancesPredatorsMakingBiologyMedial Nucleus Accumbens Projections to the Ventral Tegmental Area Control Food Consumption
Bond CW, Trinko R, Foscue E, Furman K, Groman SM, Taylor JR, DiLeone RJ. Medial Nucleus Accumbens Projections to the Ventral Tegmental Area Control Food Consumption. Journal Of Neuroscience 2020, 40: 4727-4738. PMID: 32354856, PMCID: PMC7294796, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3054-18.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsControl food intakeNAc projectionsFood intakeAccumbens projectionsLateral hypothalamusMesolimbic circuitsFood consumptionNucleus accumbens projectionsFood-seeking behaviorNAC controlVTA pathwayInhibitory projectionsMale miceNAc shellOptogenetic activationFiber photometryOptogenetic inhibitionPermissive rolePharmacological studiesDrug rewardVTAConsummatory behaviorIntakeAdaptive inhibitionNeural activityThe Neurobiology of Impulsive Decision-Making and Reinforcement Learning in Nonhuman Animals
Groman SM. The Neurobiology of Impulsive Decision-Making and Reinforcement Learning in Nonhuman Animals. Current Topics In Behavioral Neurosciences 2020, 47: 23-52. PMID: 32157666, DOI: 10.1007/7854_2020_127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImpulsive choiceNonhuman animalsReinforcement learning processSophisticated behavioralImpulsive decisionNeural mechanismsNeuroscience techniquesNeurobiological mechanismsNeuromodulatory systemsBehavioral heterogeneityApplication of reinforcementLearning processNeurochemical basisMental illnessIntegration of reinforcementImpulsivityPathological levels
2019
Orbitofrontal Circuits Control Multiple Reinforcement-Learning Processes
Groman SM, Keistler C, Keip AJ, Hammarlund E, DiLeone RJ, Pittenger C, Lee D, Taylor JR. Orbitofrontal Circuits Control Multiple Reinforcement-Learning Processes. Neuron 2019, 103: 734-746.e3. PMID: 31253468, PMCID: PMC6893860, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.05.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvestigating the computational underpinnings of addiction
Groman SM. Investigating the computational underpinnings of addiction. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019, 44: 2149-2150. PMID: 31076651, PMCID: PMC6897857, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-019-0412-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Hypofrontality and Posterior Hyperactivity in Early Schizophrenia: Imaging and Behavior in a Preclinical Model
Kaneko G, Sanganahalli BG, Groman SM, Wang H, Coman D, Rao J, Herman P, Jiang L, Rich K, de Graaf RA, Taylor JR, Hyder F. Hypofrontality and Posterior Hyperactivity in Early Schizophrenia: Imaging and Behavior in a Preclinical Model. Biological Psychiatry 2016, 81: 503-513. PMID: 27450031, PMCID: PMC5130616, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.05.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBiomarkersBrainDecision MakingDiffusion Tensor ImagingDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMethylazoxymethanol AcetateMultimodal ImagingPrefrontal CortexRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReversal LearningRewardSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologyConceptsMAM ratsEarly schizophreniaReversal-learning taskEarly behavioral markersResting-state functional magnetic resonanceFunctional magnetic resonanceMethylazoxymethanol acetate (MAM) rat modelFunctional brain biomarkersPerceptual problemsBehavioral markersOrbitofrontal cortexLate adolescenceFunctional connectivityRat modelEarly diagnosisThree-choiceBehavioral studiesBehavioral symptomsPosterior corpus callosumSubstance abuseProdromal patientsSubthreshold symptomsVisual cortexBrain biomarkersSaline-treated controls
2014
Sex chromosome complement influences operant responding for a palatable food in mice
Seu E, Groman SM, Arnold AP, Jentsch JD. Sex chromosome complement influences operant responding for a palatable food in mice. Genes Brain & Behavior 2014, 13: 527-534. PMID: 24861924, PMCID: PMC4079740, DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12143.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Behavioral Characteristics and Neural Mechanisms Mediating Performance in a Rodent Version of the Balloon Analog Risk Task
Jentsch JD, Woods JA, Groman SM, Seu E. Behavioral Characteristics and Neural Mechanisms Mediating Performance in a Rodent Version of the Balloon Analog Risk Task. Neuropsychopharmacology 2010, 35: 1797-1806. PMID: 20375994, PMCID: PMC3055471, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.47.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBalloon Analogue Risk TaskRisk TaskPotential food rewardsMedial prefrontal cortexBiomarker of vulnerabilityRodent versionRisk-taking behaviorNeural basisIncentive motivationSuboptimal respondingFood rewardOrbitofrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexNeural circuitryHigh risk takingRewardGreater rewardsSubset of ratsLaboratory measuresFood pelletsHigh-risk behaviorsBehavioral characteristicsTaskCortexGreat public health concern