Publications

Chronic Stress Prevents Cortico-Accumbens Cue Encoding and Alters Conditioned Approach. 

Spring MG, Caccamise A, Panther EA, Windsor BM, Soni KR, McReynolds JR, Wheeler DS, Mantsch JR, Wheeler RA.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2021 Mar 17;41(11):2428-2436. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1869-20.2021. 

Enhanced CRFR1-Dependent Regulation of a Ventral Tegmental Area to Prelimbic Cortex Projection Establishes Susceptibility to Stress-Induced Cocaine Seeking. 

Vranjkovic O, Van Newenhizen EC, Nordness ME, Blacktop JM, Urbanik LA, Mathy JC, McReynolds JR, Miller AM, Doncheck EM, Kloehn TM, Stinnett GS, Gerndt CH, Ketchesin KD, Baker DA, Seasholtz AF, Mantsch JR.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2018 Dec 12;38(50):10657-10671. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2080-18.2018. 

What does the Fos say? Using Fos-based approaches to understand the contribution of stress to substance use disorders. 

McReynolds JR, Christianson JP, Blacktop JM, Mantsch JR.
Neurobiology of Stress. 2018 Nov;9:271-285. doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2018.05.004.

Stress Promotes Drug Seeking Through Glucocorticoid-Dependent Endocannabinoid Mobilization in the Prelimbic Cortex. 

McReynolds JR, Doncheck EM, Li Y, Vranjkovic O, Graf EN, Ogasawara D, Cravatt BF, Baker DA, Liu QS, Hillard CJ, Mantsch JR.
Biological Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 15;84(2):85-94. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.024.

Corticosterone Potentiation of Cocaine-Induced Reinstatement of Conditioned Place Preference in Mice is Mediated by Blockade of the Organic Cation Transporter 3. 

McReynolds JR, Taylor A, Vranjkovic O, Ambrosius T, Derricks O, Nino B, Kurtoglu B, Wheeler RA, Baker DA, Gasser PJ, Mantsch JR.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017 Feb;42(3):757-765. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.187

CB1 receptor antagonism blocks stress-potentiated reinstatement of cocaine seeking in rats. 

McReynolds JR, Doncheck EM, Vranjkovic O, Ganzman GS, Baker DA, Hillard CJ, Mantsch JR Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2016 Jan;233(1):99-109. doi: 10.1007/s00213-015-4092-x.