Donald C. Cooper

Repeated cocaine treatment decreases whole-cell calcium current in rat nucleus accumbens neurons.

Repeated ventral tegmental area amphetamine administration alters dopamine D1 receptor signaling in the nucleus accumbens.

The significance of action potential bursting in the brain reward circuit.

Serotonin receptor activation inhibits sodium current and dendritic excitability in prefrontal cortex via a protein kinase C-dependent mechanism.

Impulse activity of midbrain dopamine neurons modulates drug-seeking behavior.

Psychostimulant-induced plasticity of intrinsic neuronal excitability in ventral subiculum.

Cocaine-induced plasticity of intrinsic membrane properties in prefrontal cortex pyramidal neurons: adaptations in potassium currents.

Output-mode transitions are controlled by prolonged inactivation of sodium channels in pyramidal neurons of subiculum.

Regulation of dopaminergic transmission and cocaine reward by the Clock gene.

A role for the subiculum in the brain motivation/reward circuitry.

Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 governs learning and synaptic plasticity via control of NMDAR degradation.

Corticolimbic expression of TRPC4 and TRPC5 channels in the rodent brain.

Molecular adaptations underlying susceptibility and resistance to social defeat in brain reward regions.

Dopamine modulates an mGluR5-mediated depolarization underlying prefrontal persistent activity.

Plasticity of burst firing induced by synergistic activation of metabotropic glutamate and acetylcholine receptors.

Regulation of hippocampal and behavioral excitability by cyclin-dependent kinase 5.

Neural response to lidocaine in healthy subjects.

Knockdown of Clock in the ventral tegmental area through RNA interference results in a mixed state of mania and depression-like behavior.

Essential role of the cAMP-cAMP response-element binding protein pathway in opiate-induced homeostatic adaptations of locus coeruleus neurons.

A post-burst after depolarization is mediated by group i metabotropic glutamate receptor-dependent upregulation of Ca(v)2.3 R-type calcium channels in CA1 pyramidal neurons.

Mesolimbic dopamine neurons in the brain reward circuit mediate susceptibility to social defeat and antidepressant action.

Specific role of VTA dopamine neuronal firing rates and morphology in the reversal of anxiety-related, but not depression-related behavior in the ClockΔ19 mouse model of mania.

Lack of modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine alpha-7 receptor currents by kynurenic acid in adult hippocampal interneurons.

Cellular phone-based image acquisition and quantitative ratiometric method for detecting cocaine and benzoylecgonine for biological and forensic applications.

Control over stress, but not stress per se increases prefrontal cortical pyramidal neuron excitability.

Special issue on optogenetics.