News

May 12th 2024

New pre-print! In collaboration with the lab of Yulong Li, we demonstrate how behavioral task states affect dopamine and acetylcholine correlations in the nucleus accumbens. See link below:

Costa K.M.*,  Zhang Z.*, Zhuo Y., Li G., Li Y., Schoenbaum G. Dopamine and acetylcholine correlations in the nucleus accumbens depend on behavioral task states. bioRxiv, 2024.05.03.592439 *Co-first authors

February 12th 2024

New publication out in the Journal of Neuroscience! Exciting collaboration with the Shaham lab at the NIDA IRP on the intersection of sex, dopamine, and social reward. See link below:

Chow J.J., Pitts K.M., Schoenbaum A., Costa K.M., Schoenbaum G., Shaham Y. Different effects of peer-sex on operant responding for social interaction and striatal dopamine activity. The Journal of Neuroscience, e1887232024, 2024 - Featured in This Week in the Journal

January 31st 2024

The lab has its first cohort of undergrads. Welcome to Aryona, Kierra, Julia, Somya, and Tommy!