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Christina A. Akers
Researcher at University of Washington
Publications - 3
Citations - 1316
Christina A. Akers is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stimulus (physiology) & Incentive salience. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 1177 citations.
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A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning
Shelly B. Flagel,Jeremy Clark,Terry E. Robinson,Leah M. Mayo,Alayna Czuj,Ingo Willuhn,Christina A. Akers,Sarah M. Clinton,Paul E. M. Phillips,Huda Akil +9 more
TL;DR: Insight is provided into the neurobiology of a form of stimulus–reward learning that confers increased susceptibility to disorders of impulse control and in individuals with a propensity for this form of learning, reward cues come to powerfully motivate and control behaviour.
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Chronic microsensors for longitudinal, subsecond dopamine detection in behaving animals
Jeremy Clark,Stefan G. Sandberg,Matthew J. Wanat,Jerylin O. Gan,Eric A. Horne,Andrew S. Hart,Christina A. Akers,Jones Griffith Parker,Ingo Willuhn,Vicente Martinez,Scott B. Evans,Nephi Stella,Paul E. M. Phillips +12 more
TL;DR: A microsensor is described and characterize that can detect the neurotransmitter dopamine with subsecond temporal resolution over months in vivo in rats and mice.
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Risk preference following adolescent alcohol use is associated with corrupted encoding of costs but not rewards by mesolimbic dopamine
Nicholas A. Nasrallah,Jeremy Clark,Annie Collins,Christina A. Akers,Paul E. M. Phillips,Ilene L. Bernstein +5 more
TL;DR: A corruption of cost encoding suggests that adolescent alcohol use leads to long-term changes in decision making by altering the valuation of risk, and specifically targeted the mesolimbic dopamine system, the site of action for virtually all abused substances.