RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Rich, M.T., S.J. Worobey, S. Mankame, Z.P. Pang, S.E. Swinford-Jackson and R.C. Pierce
Sex-dependent fear memory impairment in cocaine-sired rat offspring.
Science Advances 9:eadf6039, 2023.
Pierce, R.C., M.T. Rich and S.E. Swinford-Jackson
Addiction neuroscience goes nuclear: A role for the Transcription Factor RXR alpha.
Neuron 111:1351-1353, 2023.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627323002647?dgcid=author
Swinford-Jackson, S.E., P.J. Huffman, M.C. Knouse, A.S. Thomas, M.T. Rich, S. Mankame, S.J. Worobey, M. Sarmiento, A. Coleman and R.C. Pierce.
High frequency DBS-like optogenetic stimulation of nucleus accumbens dopamine D2 receptor-containing neurons attenuates cocaine reinstatement in male rats.
Neuropsychopharmacology 48:459-467, 2022.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-022-01495-y
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Maurer, J., M., M.E. Wimmer, C. Turner, R. Herman, Y. Zhang, K. Ragnini, J. Ferrante, B. Kimmey, R. Crist, R.C. Pierce and H.D. Schmidt
Paternal nicotine taking elicits heritable sex-specific phenotypes that are mediated by hippocampal Satb2.
Molecular Psychiatry 27:3864-3874, 2022.
Swinford-Jackson S.E., B. Fant, M.E. Wimmer, D. Chan D, M.C. Knouse, M. Sarmiento, A.S. Thomas, P.J. Huffman, S. Mankame, S.J. Worobey and R.C. Pierce
Cocaine-induced changes in sperm Cdkn1a methylation are associated with cocaine resistance in male offspring.
Journal of Neuroscience 42:2905-2916, 2022.
Xu, S.J., S.I. Lombroso, D.K. Fischer, M.D. Carpenter, D.M. Marchione, P.J. Hamilton, C.J. Lim, R.L. Neve, B.A. Garcia, M.E. Wimmer, R.C. Pierce and E.A. Heller
Chromatin-mediated alternative splicing regulates cocaine-reward behavior.
Neuron 109:2943-2966, 2021.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627321006036?via%3Dihub
Guercio, L.A., M.E. Wimmer, H.D. Schmidt, S.E. Swinford-Jackson, R.C. Pierce and F.M. Vassoler
Deep brain stimulation of the infralimbic cortex attenuates cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug seeking.
Brain Research 1746:147011, 2020.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000689932030367X?via%3Dihub
Swinford-Jackson, S.E., C.P. O'Brien, P.J. Kenny, L.J.M.J. Vanderschuren, E.M. Unterwald and R.C. Pierce
The Persistent Challenge of Developing Addiction Pharmacotherapies.
Addiction, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2020
Qian, X., Y. Su, C.D. Adam, A.U. Deutschmann, S.R. Pather, E.M. Goldberg, K. Su, S. Li, L. Lu, F. Jacob, P.T.T. Nguyen, S. Huh, A. Hoke, S.E. Swinford-Jackson, Z. Wen, X. Gu, R.C. Pierce H. Wu, L.A. Briand, H.I. Chen, J.A. Wolf, H. Song and G.L. Ming
Sliced human cortical organoids for modeling distinct cortical layer formation.
Cell Stem Cell 26:766-781, 2020.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590920300552?via%3Dihub
Carpenter, M.D., Q. Hu, A.M. Bond, S.I. Lombroso, K.S. Czarnecki, C.J. Lim, H. Song, M.E. Wimmer, R.C. Pierce and E.A. Heller
Nr4a1 suppresses cocaine-induced behavior via epigenetic regulation of homeostatic target genes.
Nature Communications 11:504, 2020.
Fant, B., M.E. Wimmer, S.E. Swinford-Jackson, J. Maurer, D. Van Nest D and R.C. Pierce
Preconception maternal cocaine self-administration increases the reinforcing efficacy of cocaine in male offspring.
Psychopharmacology 236:3429-3437, 2019
Wimmer, M.E., B. Fant, S.E. Swinford-Jackson, A. Testino, D. Van Nest, T. Abel and R.C. Pierce
H3.3 barcoding of nucleus accumbens transcriptional activity identifies novel molecular cascades associated with cocaine self-administration in mice.
Journal of Neuroscience 39:5247-5254, 2019
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Wimmer M.E., L.A. Briand, B. Fant, L.A. Guercio, A.C. Arreola, H.D. Schmidt, S. Sidoli, Y. Han, B.A. Garcia and R.C. Pierce
Paternal cocaine taking elicits epigenetic remodeling and memory deficits in male progeny.
Molecular Psychiatry 22:1641-1650, 2017
Schmidt, H.D., K.N. McFarland, S.B. Darnell, M.N. Huizenga, J.-H.J. Cha, R.C. Pierce and G. Sadri-Vakili
ADAR2-dependent GluA2 editing regulates cocaine seeking.
Molecular Psychiatry 20:1460-1466, 2015
Polter, A.M., R.A. Bishop, L.A. Briand, N.M. Graziane, R.C. Pierce and J.A. Kauer
Poststress block of kappa opioid receptors rescues long-term potentiation of inhibitory synapses and prevents reinstatement of cocaine seeking.
Biological Psychiatry 76:785-793, 2014.
Graziane, N., A. Polter, L.A. Briand, R.C. Pierce and J.A. Kauer
Kappa opioid receptors regulate stress-induced cocaine-seeking and synaptic plasticity.
Neuron 77:942-954, 2013.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627313000421?via%3Dihub
Vassoler, F.M., S. White, H.D. Schmidt, G. Sadri-Vakili and R.C. Pierce
Epigenetic inheritance of a cocaine resistance phenotype.
Nature Neuroscience 16:42-47, 2013.
www.nature.com/articles/nn.3280
See commentaries:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.3288
Total citations: 270
Ortinski, P., J. Turner and R.C. Pierce.
Extrasynaptic targeting of NMDA receptors following D1 dopamine receptor activation and cocaine self-administration.
Journal of Neuroscience 33:9451-9561, 2013.
Schmidt, H.D., R.L. Schassburger, L.A. Guercio and R.C. Pierce.
Stimulation of mGluR5 in the accumbens shell promotes cocaine seeking by activating PKC gamma.
Journal of Neuroscience 33:14160-14169, 2013.
Vassoler, F.M., H.D. Schmidt, M.E. Gerard, K.R. Famous, D.A. Ciraulo, C. Kornetsky, C.M. Knapp and R.C. Pierce.
Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens shell attenuates cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug seeking in rats.
Journal of Neuroscience 28:8735-8739, 2008.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/28/35/8735.long
Total citations: 128
Anderson, S.M., K.R. Famous, G. Sadri-Vakili, V. Kumaresan, H.D. Schmidt, D.F. Mierke, J.-H.J. Cha and R.C. Pierce.
CaMKII: a biochemical bridge linking accumbens dopamine and glutamate systems in cocaine seeking.
Nature Neuroscience 11:344-353, 2008.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nn2054
Total citations: 239
Famous, K.R., V. Kumaresan, G. Sadri-Vakili, H.D. Schmidt, D.F. Mierke, J.-H.J. Cha and R.C. Pierce.
Phosphorylation-dependent trafficking of GluR2-containing AMPA receptors in the nucleus accumbens plays a critical role in the reinstatement of cocaine seeking.
Journal of Neuroscience 28:11061-11070, 2008.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/28/43/11061.long
Total citations: 106
Pierce, R.C. and V. Kumaresan.
The mesolimbic dopamine system: the final common pathway for the reinforcing effect of drugs of abuse?
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 30:215-238, 2006.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763405000692?via%3Dihub
Total citations: 607
Park, W.-K., A.A. Bari, A.R. Jey, S.M. Anderson, R.D. Spealman, J.K. Rowlett and R.C. Pierce.
Cocaine administered into the medial prefrontal cortex reinstates cocaine-seeking behavior by increasing AMPA-mediated glutamate transmission in the nucleus accumbens.
Journal of Neuroscience 22:2916-2925, 2002.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/22/7/2916.long
Total citations: 246
Pierce, R.C. and P.W. Kalivas
A circuitry model of the expression of behavioral sensitization to amphetamine-like psychostimulants.
Brain Research Reviews 25:192-216, 1997.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165017397000210?via%3Dihub
Total citations: 1,057
Pierce, R.C., K. Bell, P. Duffy and P.W. Kalivas,
Repeated cocaine augments excitatory amino acid transmission in the nucleus accumbens only in rats having developed behavioral sensitization.
Journal of Neuroscience 16:1550-1560, 1996.
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/16/4/1550.long
Total citations: 536
Rebec, G.V. and R.C. Pierce
A vitamin as neuromodulator: ascorbate release into the extracellular fluid of the brain regulates dopaminergic and glutamatergic transmission.
Progress in Neurobiology 43:537-565, 1994.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0301008294900523?via%3Dihub
Total citations: 283
