Nicotine inhibits the VTA-to-amygdala dopamine pathway to promote anxiety

Claire Nguyen, Sarah Mondoloni, Tinaïg Le Borgne, +19

Neuron

PsychiatryBehavioral NeuroscienceAddictionNicotineVta-to-amygdala Dopamine Pathway +6

Manipulating midbrain dopamine neurons and reward-related behaviors with light-controllable nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, Sarah Mondoloni, Fabio Marti, +10

eLife

Synaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitterNeurotransmissionOptogeneticsSynaptic Signaling +27

Chronic nicotine increases midbrain dopamine neuron activity and biases individual strategies towards reduced exploration in mice

Malou Dongelmans, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, Claire Nguyen, +16

Nature Communications

A Human Polymorphism in CHRNA5 Is Linked to Relapse to Nicotine Seeking in Transgenic Rats

Benoît Forget, Petra Scholze, Francina Langa, +11

Current Biology

Transgenic RatsNatural SciencesGeneticsNicotineHuman Polymorphism +4

Probing the ionotropic activity of glutamate GluD2 receptor in HEK cells with genetically-engineered photopharmacology

Damien Lemoine, Sarah Mondoloni, Jérôme Tange, +5

eLife

Serotonin release in the habenula during emotional contagion promotes resilience

Sarah Mondoloni, Patricia E. Molina, Salvatore Lecca, +11

Science

Affective NeuroscienceEmotional ContagionLateral HabenulaNegative Emotional ContagionSocial Sciences +16

Disruption of Astrocyte-Dependent Dopamine Control in the Developing Medial Prefrontal Cortex Leads to Excessive Grooming in Mice

Francesco Petrelli, Tamara Zehnder, Anthony Laugeray, +13

Biological Psychiatry

Neurobiological MechanismMolecular NeuroscienceDevelopmental Cognitive NeuroscienceNeuroanatomyExcessive Grooming +8

Prolonged nicotine exposure reduces aversion to the drug in mice by altering nicotinic transmission in the interpeduncular nucleus

Sarah Mondoloni, Claire Nguyen, Éléonore Vicq, +10

eLife

Nicotine IntakeBehavioral AddictionSynaptic TransmissionNicotinic TransmissionInterpeduncular Nucleus +25

Plasticity of neuronal dynamics in the lateral habenula for cue-punishment associative learning

Mauro Congiu, Sarah Mondoloni, Ioannis S. Zouridis, +10

Molecular Psychiatry