• closedAccess   Ambiguous-cue interpretation is biased under stress- and depression-like states in rats. 

      Enkel, Thomas; Gholizadeh, Donya; Von Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Hurleman, Rene; Spanagel, Rainer; Gass, Peter; Vollmayr, Barbara Nature Publishing Group (2010)
      Negative cognitive bias—the tendency to interpret ambiguous situations pessimistically—is a central feature of stress-related disorders such as depression. The underlying neurobiology of this bias, however, remains unclear, ...
    • closedAccess   Glutamate Receptors on Dopamine Neurons Control the Persistence of Cocaine Seeking 

      Engblom, David; Bilbao, Ainhoa; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Dahan, Lionel; Perreau-Lenz, Stéphanie; Balland, Bénédicte; Rodríguez Parkitna, Jan; Luján, Rafael; Halbout, Briac; Mameli, Manuel; Parlato, Rosanna; Sprengel, Rolf; Lüscher, Christian; Schütz, Günther; Spanagel, Rainer Elsevier (2008-08)
      Cocaine strengthens excitatory synapses onto midbrain dopamine neurons through the synaptic delivery of GluR1-containing AMPA receptors. This cocaine-evoked plasticity depends on NMDA receptor activation, but its behavioral ...