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Moschak Lab
Meet the Lab
Experimental Highlights
Publications
CMNC Project
Gallery
Meet the Lab
Experimental Highlights
Publications
CMNC Project
Gallery

  • Keywords: Cocaine, Prelimbic cortex, Craving, Sex differences, Nucleus accumbens

    Publications:

    • Moschak, TM & Sloand, T. & Carelli,RM. (2023). Prelimbic Cortex Activity during a Distress Tolerance Task Predicts Cocaine-Seeking Behavior in Male, But Not Female Rats. The Journal of Neuroscience.

    • Moschak TM, Carelli RM (2021). An opposing role for prelimbic cortical projections to the nucleus accumbens core in incubation of craving for cocaine versus water. Drug Alcohol Depend.

    • Moschak TM (2021). Prefrontal–Limbic Connectivity in Depressive Behavior: Sex as a Critical Factor. Biol Psych.

    • Moschak TM, Carelli RM (2021). A sex-dependent role for the prelimbic cortex in impulsive action both before and following early cocaine abstinence. Neuropsychopharmacology.

    • Moschak TM, Carelli RM (2018). A neuronal ensemble in the rostral agranular insula tracks cocaine-induced devaluation of natural reward and predicts cocaine seeking. J Neurosci.

  • Keywords: Decision-making, Dopamine, Reward value, Impulsivity

    Publications:

    • Sackett DA, Moschak TM, Carelli RM (2020). Nucleus accumbens shell dopamine mediates outcome value, but not predicted value, in a magnitude decision-making task. Eur J Neurosci.

    • Sackett DA, Moschak TM, Carelli RM (2019). Prelimbic cortical neurons track preferred reward value and reflect impulsive choice during delay discounting behavior. J Neurosci.

    • Moschak TM, Wang X, Carelli RM (2018). A neuronal ensemble in the rostral agranular insula tracks cocaine-induced devaluation of natural reward and predicts cocaine seeking. J Neurosci.

    • Moschak TM, Terry DR, Daughters SB, Carelli RM (2018). Low distress tolerance predicts heightened drug seeking and taking after extended abstinence from cocaine self‐administration. Addict Biol.

    • Moschak TM, Carelli RM (2017). Impulsive rats exhibit blunted dopamine release dynamics during a delay discounting task independent of cocaine history. eNeuro.

  • Keywords: Alcohol addiction, ethanol, self-administration, behavioral disinhibition, withdrawal

    Publications:

    • Moschak TM, Carelli RM (2014). Going for broke: dopamine influences risky choice. Neuron.

    • Moschak TM, Mitchell SH (2014). Partial inactivation of nucleus accumbens core decreases delay discounting in rats without affecting sensitivity to delay or magnitude. Behav Brain Res.

    • Tipps ME, Moschak TM, Mitchell SH (2014). Behavioral disinhibition in mice bred for high drinking in the dark (HDID) and HS controls increases following ethanol. Drug Alcohol Depend.

    • Moschak TM, Mitchell SH (2013). Sensitivity to reinforcer delay predicts ethanol's suppressant effects, but itself is unaffected by ethanol. Drug Alcohol Depend.

    • Moschak TM, Stang KA, Mitchell SH (2013). Mice bred for severity of acute alcohol withdrawal respond differently in a Go/No‐Go task. Alc Clin Exp Res.

  • Keywords: Nicotinic receptors, cognitive dysfunction, behavioral inhibition, neuropsychiatric disorders, substance sensitization

    Publications:

    • Helms CM, McCracken AD, Heichman SL, Moschak TM (2013). Ovarian hormones and the heterogeneous receptor mechanisms mediating the discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol in female rats. Behav Pharmacol.

    • Moschak TM, Stang KA, Phillips TJ, Mitchell SH (2012). Behavioral inhibition in mice bred for high vs. low levels of methamphetamine consumption or sensitization. Psychopharmacology.

    • Cincotta SL, Yorek MS, Moschak TM, Lewis SR, Rodefer JS (2008). Selective nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists: potential therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders with cognitive dysfunction. Curr Opin Investig Drugs.

Moschak Lab

Department of Biological Sciences
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University Ave
El Paso, TX 79902