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T. Chase Francis

Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore

Publications -  24
Citations -  1561

T. Chase Francis is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nucleus accumbens & Medium spiny neuron. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1081 citations. Previous affiliations of T. Chase Francis include National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes Mediate Depression-Related Outcomes to Social Defeat Stress

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the frequency of excitatory synaptic input is decreased in D1-MSNs and increased in D2-MSNS in mice displaying depression-like behaviors after CSDS, and bidirectional alteration of D 1-MSN activity promotes opposite behavioral outcomes to chronic social stress.
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Reward behaviour is regulated by the strength of hippocampus-nucleus accumbens synapses

TL;DR: It is concluded that hippocampus–NAc synapses show activity-dependent plasticity and suggest that their strength may be critical for contextual reward behaviour, and dopamine-independent induction of long-term potentiation at hippocampal synapses onto the nucleus accumbens modulates reward-related behaviour.
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Emerging Role for Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes in Depression.

TL;DR: Current understanding about the role of nucleus accumbens MSN subtypes in stress-related depression behavior is addressed and how currently understood mechanisms contribute to factors that control the activity of MSNs are speculated on.
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Opposing Role for Egr3 in Nucleus Accumbens Cell Subtypes in Cocaine Action

TL;DR: Novel insight is provided into an opposing role of Egr3 in select NAc MSN subtypes in cocaine action and repeated cocaine administration altered EGr3 binding to promoters of genes that are important for cocaine-mediated cellular and behavioral plasticity.