Vashisht, A., Adamson, G., Gacso, Z., Slama, J., Sandoval, N., Gubin, S., Corso, E., You, Z.-B., Ranaldi, R. and Galaj, E. (2025). Environmental enrichment attenuates reinstatement of heroin seeking and reverses heroin-induced upregulation of mesolimbic ghrelin receptors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 270, 112635.
Schneider, P., Goldbaum, D., Agarwal, A., Taylor, A., Sundberg, P., Gardner, E.L., Ranaldi, R., You, Z.B. and Galaj, E. (2025). Region-specific neuroadaptations of CRF1 and CRF2 expression following heroin exposure in female rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 247, 173931.
Gacso, Z., Adamson, G., Slama, J., Xie, C., Burdick, E., Persaud, K., Chowdhury, S., Ahmad, Z.S., Vaysman, E., Aminov, A., Ranaldi, R. and Galaj, E. (2024). Fentanyl exposure alters rat CB1 receptor expression in the insula, nucleus accumbens and substantia nigra. Neuroscience Letters, 844, 138058.
Galaj, E., Barrera, E.D., Persaud, K., Nisanov, R., Vashisht, A., Goldberg, H., Patel, N., Lenhard, H., You, Z.B., Gardner, E.L., and Ranaldi, R. (2023). The impact of heroin self-administration and environmental enrichment on ventral tegmental CRF1 receptor expression. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 26, 828-839.
Ranaldi, R., Timken, P.D., Parasram, D., Ali, T., Zhang, S., Mouka-Chafiq, O., Augelli-Szafran, C. and Streicher, J.M. (2023). The D3 receptor antagonist SR 21502 reduces cue-induced reinstatement of methamphetamine-seeking in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 806, 137237.
Barrera, E. D., Timken, P.D., Lee, E., Persaud, K,R,S., Goldstein, H., Parasram, D.N., Vashisht, A. and Ranaldi, R. (2023). Environmental enrichment facilitates electric barrier induced abstinence after incubation of craving in male and female rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 244, 109799.
Galaj, E., Barrera, E. D., Lynch, O. L., Diodati, R., Thomas, A., Schneider, P., Lenhard, H., Vashisht, A. and Ranaldi, R. (2023). Muscarinic and NMDA receptors in the substantia nigra play a role in reward-related learning. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 26, 80-90.
Barrera, E., Loughlin, L., Greenberger, S., Ewing, S. and Ranaldi, R. (2021). Environmental enrichment reduces heroin seeking following incubation of craving in both male and female rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (IN PRESS).
Galaj,E. and Ranaldi, R. (2021). Neurobiology of reward-related learning. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 124, 224-234.
Ewing, S.T., Dorcely, C., Maida, R., Paker, G., Schelbaum, E. and Ranaldi, R. (2021). Low-dose polypharmacology targeting dopamine D1 and D3 receptors reduces cue-induced relapse to heroin seeking in rats. Addiction Biology. DOI: 10.1111/adb.12988
Galaj, E., Guo, C., Huang, D., Ranaldi, R. and Ma, Y.-Y. (2020). Contrasting Effects of Adolescent and Early-Adult Ethanol Exposure on Prelimbic Cortical Pyramidal Neurons. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 216, 108309.
Nisanov, R., Schelbaum, E., Morris, D. and Ranaldi, R. (2020). CaMKII antagonism in the ventral tegmental area impairs acquisition of conditioned approach learning in rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 175, November 2020, 107299.
Bennett, A., Barrera, E., Namballa, H., Harding, W. and Ranaldi, R. (2020). (-)-Stepholidine blocks expression, but not development, of cocaine conditioned place preference in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 734, 24 August 2020, 135151.
Galaj, E., Barrera, E., Morris D., Mao Y.-Y. and Ranaldi, R (2020). Aberrations in incentive learning and responding to heroin in male rats after adolescent or adult chronic binge-like alcohol exposure. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 44(6) 1214-1223.
Galaj, E., Barrera, E. and Ranaldi, R. (2020). Therapeutic efficacy of environmental enrichment for substance use disorders. 188: 172829.
Manuszak, M., Harding, W., Gadhiya, S. and Ranaldi, R. (2018). (-)-Stepholidine reduces cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking and cocaine self-administration in rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 189, 49-54.
Galaj, E. and Ranaldi, R. (2018). The strength of reward-related learning depends on the degree of activation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons. Behavioural Brain Research, 348, 65-73.
Galaj, E., Ewing, S. and Ranaldi, R. (2018). Dopamine D1 and D3 receptor polypharmacology as a potential treatment approach for substance use disorder. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 89, 13-28.
Ewing, S. and Ranaldi, R. (2018). Environmental enrichment facilitates cocaine abstinence in an animal conflict model. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 166, 35-41.
Galaj, E., Seepersad, N., Dakmak, Z. and Ranaldi, R. (2017). Blockade of NMDA receptors blocks the acquisition of cocaine conditioned approach in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology, 818, 480-485.
Galaj, E., Nisanov, R. and Ranaldi, R. (2017). Blockade of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the ventral tegmental area blocks the acquisition of reward-related learning. Behavioural Brain Research, 329, 20-25.
Galaj, E., Shukur, A., Manuszak, M., Newman, K. and Ranaldi, R. (2017). No evidence that environmental enrichment during rearing protects against cocaine behavioral effects but as an intervention reduces an already established cocaine conditioned place preference. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 156, 56-62.
Galaj, E., Harding, W. and Ranaldi, R. (2016). Dopamine D1 and D3 receptor interactions in cocaine reward and seeking in rats. Psychopharmacology, 233, 3881-3890.
Galaj, E., Manuszak, M. and Ranaldi, R. (2016). Environmental enrichment as a potential intervention for heroin seeking. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 163, 195-201.
Nisanov, R., Galaj, E. and Ranaldi, R. (2016). Treatment with a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist impairs the acquisition of conditioned reward learning in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 614, 95-98.
Galaj, E., Haynes, J., Nisanov, R., Ananthan, S. and Ranaldi, R. (2016). The dopamine D3 receptor antagonist, SR 21502, facilitates extinction of cocaine conditioned place preference. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 159, 263-266.
Hachimine, P., Seepersad, N., Babic, S and Ranaldi, R. (2016). Concurrent antagonism of NMDA and AMPA receptors in the ventral tegmental area reduces the expression of conditioned approach learning in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 298, 142-149.
Galaj, E., Manuszak, M., Babic, S., Ananthan, S. and Ranaldi, R. (2015). The selective dopamine D3 receptor antagonist, SR 21502, reduces cue-induced reinstatement of heroin seeking and heroin conditioned place preference in rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156, 228-233.
Peck, J.A., Galaj, E., Eshak, S., Newman, K.L. and Ranaldi, R. (2015). Environmental enrichment induces early heroin abstinence in an animal conflict model. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 138, 20-25.
Dela Cruz, J.A., Coke, T., Karagiorgis, T., Sampson, C., Icaza-Cukali, D., Kest, K., Ranaldi, R. and Bodnar, R.J. (2015). c-fos induction in mesotelencephalic dopamine pathway projection targets and dorsal striatum following oral intake of sugars and fats in rats. Brain Research Bulletin, 111, 9-19.