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Olivier George
Jun 10, 20142 min read
Congrats Dr. Buck!
Congratulations to Cara Buck who obtained her PhD today. She was given the challenge of setting up a brand new technique in the lab...
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Olivier George
May 15, 20141 min read
One more step into the dark side of the brain.
People often assume that their neurons are only there to do good things. While I mostly agree, I believe there are bad neurons in our...
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Olivier George
May 7, 20141 min read
Exploring the Brain Milky Way
12 million light years separate these two pictures. On the right is a picture of Orphan stars that don't belong to any galaxy, discovered...
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Olivier George
Apr 25, 20141 min read
Decreased, not increased phasic dopamine release predict cocaine dependence
This is to me one of the most important paper of the decade in the addiction field. It kicks to the curb both the incentive sensitization...
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Olivier George
Apr 24, 20141 min read
Alcohol Vapor Self-Administration
The lab has just been awarded a new 5 year grant by the NIH to study Alcohol Vapor Self-Administration. Very excited to start this new...
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Olivier George
Jul 17, 20131 min read
CRF, anxiety, pain and nicotine dependence
Extended access to nicotine leads to a CRF1 receptor dependent increase in anxiety-like behavior and hyperalgesia in rats. Addiction...
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Olivier George
Jun 17, 20131 min read
Addiction and stress
Addiction as a stress surfeit disorder Neuropharmacology. 2013 Jun 6 Koob GF, Buck CL, Cohen A, Edwards S, Park PE, Schlosburg JE,...
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Olivier George
Jun 17, 20131 min read
Review on animal models of nicotine depence
Animal models of nicotine exposure: relevance to second-hand smoking, electronic cigarette use, and compulsive smoking Front Psychiatry....
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Olivier George
Mar 17, 20131 min read
Craving and the PFC
Control of craving by the prefrontal cortex PNAS. 2013 Mar 12; 110(11):4165-6: George O and Koob GF #prefrontalcortex #addiction...
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Olivier George
Dec 18, 20121 min read
Cocaine & Neurogenesis
Hippocampal neurogenesis protects against cocaine-primed relapse. Addiction Biology. 2012 Dec 24 Deschaux O, Vendruscolo LF, Schlosburg...
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Olivier George
Aug 17, 20121 min read
First evidence of escalation of nicotine intake in rats
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Aug;37(9):2153-60. doi: 10.1038/npp.2012.67. Epub 2012 May 2. Robust escalation of nicotine intake with...
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