Valeria Lallai

TL;DR: The current findings detail the behavioral effects of either increased or decreased baseline cholinergic signaling mechanisms on locomotor, anxiety, learning/memory, and intravenous nicotine self-administration behaviors.

TL;DR: An involvement of the endocannabinoid system in regulation of dopamine release in the mPFC through changes in GABA inhibitory synapses is supported and it is suggested that the emphasized feeding-associated increase in dopamine output in themPFC of food-restricted rats might be correlated with an altered expression and function of type 1 cannabinoid receptor in this brain region.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that adolescent exposure to cannabinoids in the presence or absence of nicotine results in altered affective and reward-related behaviors during adulthood.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a protocol for vaporized e-cigarette nicotine self-administration in rats, as a foundation to better understand the differing effects of nicotine exposure routes on behavior and physiological function.

TL;DR: Paternal nicotine exposure was associated with enhanced contextual and cued fear conditioning and spontaneous recovery of extinguished fear memories, and nicotine reinforcement was reduced in nicotine‐sired mice, as assessed in a self‐administration paradigm.