The locus coeruleus drives disinhibition in the midline thalamus via a dopaminergic mechanism

B. Sofia Beas, Brandon J. Wright, Miguel Skirzewski, +7

Nature Neuroscience

BiologyNeurobiological MechanismNeural MechanismBrain MechanismNeuroanatomy +9

Dopaminergic Modulation of Risky Decision-Making

N. Simon, Karienn S. Montgomery, B. Sofia Beas, +9

Journal of Neuroscience

NeuropsychologyBehavioral Decision MakingBehavioral AddictionPsychopharmacologyPsychology +21

Prefrontal Cortical GABAergic Dysfunction Contributes to Age-Related Working Memory Impairment

Cristina Bañuelos, B. Sofia Beas, Joseph A. McQuail, +4

Journal of Neuroscience

NeuropsychologyAgingBrain FunctionPrefrontal CortexSynaptic Transmission +21

Adolescent Risk Taking, Cocaine Self-Administration, and Striatal Dopamine Signaling

Marci R. Mitchell, Virginia G. Weiss, B. Sofia Beas, +3

Neuropsychopharmacology

Adolescent Risk TakingSubstance AbuseSubstance UseBehavioral AddictionAddiction +3

Female Rats Display Enhanced Rewarding Effects of Ethanol That Are Hormone Dependent

Oscar V. Torres, Ellen M. Walker, B. Sofia Beas, +1

Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

Prefrontal cortical–striatal dopamine receptor m<scp>RNA</scp> expression predicts distinct forms of impulsivity

Nicholas W. Simon, B. Sofia Beas, Karienn S. Montgomery, +3

European Journal of Neuroscience

NeuropsychologyDopamine Receptor MrnaInhibitory ProcessAffective NeuroscienceDelay Discounting Task +18

Divergent projections of the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus mediate the selection of passive and active defensive behaviors

Jun Ma, Johann du Hoffmann, Morgan Kindel, +3

Nature Neuroscience

Neurobiological MechanismCognitive ScienceNeural MechanismBehavioral NeuroscienceNeuroanatomy +12

NR2A-Containing NMDARs in the Prefrontal Cortex Are Required for Working Memory and Associated with Age-Related Cognitive Decline

Joseph A. McQuail, B. Sofia Beas, Kyle B. Kelly, +4

Journal of Neuroscience

Distinct manifestations of executive dysfunction in aged rats

B. Sofia Beas, Barry Setlow, Jennifer L. Bizon

Neurobiology of Aging

NeuropsychologyAgingBrain FunctionMedicineDementia +6

Affective and cognitive mechanisms of risky decision making

Kristy G. Shimp, Marci R. Mitchell, B. Sofia Beas, +2

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Cognitive BiasesRisky Decision MakingExperimental Decision MakingBehavioral Decision MakingManagement +6