Congratulations to Paul Rastrelli on his Boettcher Collaboration Award to study the neurochemical and cell-type specific basis of prescription opioid addiction! Boettcher Scholars interested in working with us may also apply for this award - click here for more information
Ventral pallidum: a promising target for addiction intervention
Congratulations to Dillon on the publication of his Research Highlight! See it here
Oral prescription opioid-seeking behavior in male and female mice
Congratulations to all authors, our prior pre-print is now published in Addiction Biology. Check out the paper here
Root lab is awarded the NARSAD Young Investigator Grant
We are pleased to annouce that the lab was awarded a grant to study the cell-type specific neurobiology of stress.
Interested in working on this project? We are hiring a professional research assistant to complete it, please get in touch
Thank you to the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, we are grateful for your support!
Dillon McGovern selected for SfN Nanosymposium
Check it out 10/20 between 8 and 12 in S104 for the Transmitter Co-Expression and Plasticity: From Health to Disease Session. Dillon will present his research on Neurochemical signaling of motivation by ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons
Root lab is awarded CCTSI CNS-Pilot Basic Research Award!
The lab was awarded the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute CNS-Pilot award to study the ventral tegmental area cellular mechanisms of palatable food intake in obese and normal individuals
Thank you to the CCTSI - we are grateful for your support!
Oral prescription opioid-seeking behavior in male and female mice
Our lab’s investigation into the behavioral and hormonal factors controlling oral prescription opioid-seeking behavior is up on biorxiv here .
Congratulations to Alysa and all co-authors!
Dillon McGovern is awarded the Rocky Mountain Society for Neuroscience Award!
Dillon’s research was selected at the annual Colorado Neuroscience Symposium by the Rocky Mountain Regional Neuroscience Group, a local chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, as a top abstract/poster
Katelynn Fegan is awarded the David E Drutz Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Katelynn who was awarded the Psychology and Neuroscience department David E Drutz Scholarship Award!
Janet Lee, Kyu Ro, and Katelynn Fegan are awarded UROP summer research grants!
Congratulations to Janet, Kyu, and Katelynn who were each awarded summer UROP scholarships to continue their research on the cell-type specific bases of motivation . Janet and Kyu’s are two-time winners of this award.
