Peer-Reviewed Publications (* = corresponding author)

1. Namba, M.D., Goldberg, S.L., Side, C.M., Yadlapalli, A., Curran-Alfaro, C.M., Kress, D., Fogarty, M.F., Mohr, L.A., & *Barker, J.M. (2025). Dissociating the incubation of appetitive and consummatory behavior in a model of oral cocaine self-administration. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Behavior, 254, 174055. PMID: 40582418.

2. Xie, Q., Namba, M.D., Dasari, R., Buck, L.A., Side, C.M., Goldberg, S.L., Park, K., Jackson, J.G., & *Barker, J.M. (2025). Chemogenetic Activation of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Projections to the Nucleus Accumbens Shell Suppresses CocainePrimed Reinstatement in EcoHIV Infected Mice. Psychopharmacology. PMID: 40668359.

3. Namba, M.D., Xie, Q., Park, K., Jackson, J.G., & *Barker, J.M. (2025). EcoHIV Infection Modulates the Effects of Cocaine Exposure Pattern and Abstinence on Cocaine Seeking and Neuroimmune Signaling in Male Mice. Addiction Neuroscience, 15, 100208. PMID: 40575352.

4. Xie, Q., Dasari, R., Namba, M.D., Buck, L.A., Side, C.M., Park, K.P., Jackson, J.G., & *Barker, J.M. (2024). Astrocytic Regulation of Cocaine Locomotor Sensitization in EcoHIV Infected Mice. Neuropharmacology, 265, 110245. PMID: 39631679

5. Xie, Q., Namba, M.D., Buck, L.A., Park, K., Jackson, J.G., & *Barker, J.M. (2024). Effects of antiretroviral treatment on central and peripheral immune response in mice with EcoHIV infection. Cells, 13(10), 882. PMID: 38786105

6. Namba, M.D., Xie, Q., & *Barker, J.M. (2023). Advancing the Preclinical Study of Comorbid NeuroHIV and Substance Use Disorders: Current Perspectives and Methodological Considerations. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity, 113, 453-475. PMID: 37567486

7. *Namba, M.D., Phillips, M.N., Chen, P-J., Blass, B.E., Olive, M.F., & Neisewander, J.L. (2023). HIV gp120 Impairs Nucleus Accumbens Neuroimmune Function and Dopamine D3 Receptor-Mediated Inhibition of Cocaine Seeking in Male Rats. Addiction Neuroscience, 5, 100062. PMID: 36909738

8. *Namba, M.D., Phillips, M.N., Neisewander, J.L., & Olive, M.F. (2022). Nuclear Factor Kappa B Signaling within the Rat Nucleus Accumbens Core Regulates Cue-Induced Cocaine Seeking Sex-Dependently. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 102, 252-265. PMID: 35259426. Commentary by Reverte et al., 2022, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 104, 29-30. 

9. *Namba, M.D., Leyrer-Jackson, J.M., Nagy, E.K., Olive, M.F., & *Neisewander, J.L. (2021). Neuroimmune Mechanisms as Novel Treatment Targets for Substance Use Disorders and Associated Comorbidities. Frontiers Neuroscience, 15. PMID: 33935636

10. Powell, G.P., Namba, M.D., Vannan, A., Bonadonna, J.P., Carlson, A., Mendoza, R., Chen, P.J., Luetdke, R.R., Blass, B.E., & *Neisewander, J.L. (2020). The Long-Acting D3 Partial Agonist MC-25-41 Attenuates Motivation for Cocaine in Sprague-Dawley Rats. Biomolecules, 10, 1076. PMID: 32708461

11. Namba, M.D., Kupchik, Y.M., Spencer, S.M., Garcia-Keller, C., Goenaga, J.G., Powell, G.L., Vicino, I.A., Hogue, I.B., & *Gipson, C.D. (2020). Accumbens neuroimmune signaling and dysregulation of astrocytic glutamate transport underlie conditioned nicotine seeking. Addiction Biology, e12797. PMID: 31330570

12. Powell, G.L., Cabrera-Brown, G., Namba, M.D., Neisewander, J.L., Marusich, J.A., Beckmann, J.S., & *Gipson, C.D. (2019). Economic demand analysis of within-session dose-reduction during nicotine self-administration. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 201, 188-196. PMID: 31238241

13. Goenaga, J.G., Powell, G.L., Leyrer-Jackson, J.M., Piña, J.A., Phan, S., Prakapenka, A.V., Koebele, S.V., Namba, M.D., McClure, E.A., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A., & *Gipson C.D. (2019). N-acetylcysteine yields sex-specific efficacy for cue-induced reinstatement of nicotine seeking. Addiction Biology, 25(1), e12711. PMID: 30734439

14. Powell, G.L., Leyrer-Jackon, J.M., Goenaga, J.G., Namba, M.D., Piña, J.A., Spencer, S.M., Stankevicuite, N., Schwartz, D., Allen, N.P., del Franco, A.P., McClure, E.A., Olive, M.F., & *Gipson, C.D. (2019). Chronic treatment with N-acetylcysteine decreases extinction responding and reduces cue-induced nicotine seeking. Physiological Reports, 7(1), e13958. PMID: 30632301

15. Schwendt, M., Shallcross, J., Hadad, N., Namba, M.D., Hiller, H., Wu, L., Krause, E.G., & *Knackstedt, L.A. (2018). A novel rat model of comorbid PTSD and addiction reveals intersections between stress susceptibility and enhanced cocaine seeking with a role for mGlu5 receptors. Translational Psychiatry, 8(1), 209. PMID: 30291225

16. Namba, M.D., Tomek, S.E., Olive, M.F., Beckmann, J.S., & *Gipson, C.D. (2018). The Winding Road to Relapse: Forging a New Understanding of Cue-Induced Reinstatement Models and their Associated Neural Mechanisms. Frontiers Behavioral Neuroscience, 12:17. PMID: 29479311

17. Bechard, A., LaCrosse, A., Namba, M.D., Jackson, B., *Knackstedt, L.A. (2018). Impairments in reversal learning following short access to cocaine self-administration. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 192, 239-244. PMID: 30278419

Book Chapters

1. Leyrer-Jackson, J.M., Namba, M.D., Hood, L.E., & Olive, M.F. (2021). Using Western Blotting for the Evaluation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Within the Nervous System: Procedures and Technical Considerations. In M.F. Olive, Burrows, B.T., & Jackson, J.M. (Eds.), Neuromethods: Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Technologies, vol. 164 (chapter 8). New York City, NY: Springer US. 

2. Namba, M.D., Powell, G.L., Goenaga, J.G., del Franco, A.P., & Gipson, C.D. (2019). Brain gene expression in the context of nicotine reward: a focus on cholinergic genes. In V.R. Preedy (Ed.), The Neuroscience of Nicotine: Mechanisms and Treatment (pp. 321-328). London, UK: Academic Press. 

3. Piña, J., Namba, M.D., Leyrer-Jackson, J.M., Cabrera-Brown, G., & Gipson C.D. (2018). Social influences on nicotine-related behaviors. In M.F. Olive & S.E. Tomek (Eds.), Animal Models for Examining Social Influences on Drug Addiction (pp. 1-32). Cambridge, MA: Elsevier.