Samantha R. Spierling

Extended vs. brief intermittent access to palatable food differently promote binge-like intake, rejection of less preferred food, and weight cycling in female rats

Alison D. Kreisler, Megg G. Garcia, Samantha R. Spierling et al. · Physiology & Behavior · 2017 · 39 citations

Food Choice, Obesity, Appetite +12

Insula to ventral striatal projections mediate compulsive eating produced by intermittent access to palatable food

Samantha R. Spierling, Giordano de Guglielmo, Dean Kirson et al. · Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019 · 39 citations · Full text

Appetite, Neurobiological Mechanism, Behavioral Neuroscience +11

Intermittent, extended access to preferred food leads to escalated food reinforcement and cyclic whole-body metabolism in rats: Sex differences and individual vulnerability

Samantha R. Spierling, Alison D. Kreisler, Casey A. Williams et al. · Physiology & Behavior · 2018 · 38 citations · Full text

Obesity, Appetite, Nutrition +10

Self-administered nicotine increases fat metabolism and suppresses weight gain in male rats

Laura E. Rupprecht, Alison D. Kreisler, Samantha R. Spierling et al. · Psychopharmacology · 2018 · 23 citations · Full text

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Nutrition +12

Modeling hypohedonia following repeated social defeat: Individual vulnerability and dopaminergic involvement

Samantha R. Spierling, Maegan Mattock, Eric P. Zorrilla · Physiology & Behavior · 2017 · 14 citations · Full text

Experimental Psychopathology, Psychological Co-morbidities, Behavioral Sciences +12