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Dr. Kravitz is interested in the study of basal ganglia circuits and how their function changes in disease states such as obesity, addiction, and anxiety disorders. Under normal conditions, the basal ganglia drives animals toward the selection of adaptive behavioral outcomes. Learning can bias this selection process toward specific behavior by altering synapses within and outside the basal ganglia. Unfortunately, these same synaptic alterations can be hijacked by disease, resulting in unhealthy behavioral outputs, such as in obesity and drug addiction. Using high throughput behavioral testing, optogenetics, and electrical and optical brain recordings, the Kravitz lab characterizes changes in behavior in animal models of disease, and attempts to understand the neural correlates and causes of these changes.
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Correction to: Neuroimaging and modulation in obesity and diabetes research: 10th anniversary meeting (International Journal of Obesity, (2022), 46, 4, (718-725), 10.1038/s41366-021-01025-8)
Laughlin, M., Cooke, B., Boutelle, K., Savage, C. R., Kravitz, A., Small, D., Arvanitakis, Z., Martin, A. & Stoeckel, L. E., Apr 2022, In: International Journal of Obesity. 46, 4, p. 889 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Metabolic sensing in AgRP neurons integrates homeostatic state with dopamine signalling in the striatum
Reichenbach, A., Clarke, R. E., Stark, R., Lockie, S. H., Mequinion, M., Dempsey, H., Rawlinson, S., Reed, F., Sepehrizadeh, T., Deveer, M., Munder, A. C., Nunez-Iglesias, J., Spanswick, D. C., Mynatt, R., Kravitz, A. V., Dayas, C. V., Brown, R. & Andrews, Z. B., Jan 2022, In: eLife. 11, e72668.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neuroimaging and modulation in obesity and diabetes research: 10th anniversary meeting
Laughlin, M., Cooke, B., Boutelle, K., Savage, C. R., Kravitz, A., Small, D., Arvanitakis, Z., Martin, A. & Stoeckel, L. E., Apr 2022, In: International Journal of Obesity. 46, 4, p. 718-725 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Partial Ablation of Postsynaptic Dopamine D2 Receptors in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Increases Risk Avoidance in Exploratory Tasks
Casey, E., Avale, M. E., Kravitz, A. & Rubinstein, M., Mar 1 2022, In: eNeuro. 9, 2, ENEURO.0528-21.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Itle: An open-source device for measuring food intake and operant behavior in rodent home-cages
Matikainen-Ankney, B. A., Earnest, T., Ali, M., Casey, E., Wang, J. G., Sutton, A. K., Legaria, A. A., Barclay, K. M., Murdaugh, L. B., Norris, M. R., Chang, Y. H., Nguyen, K. P., Lin, E., Reichenbach, A., Clarke, R. E., Stark, R., Conway, S. M., Carvalho, F., Al-Hasani, R., McCall, J. G. & 6 others, , Mar 2021, In: eLife. 10, e66173.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations