INIA Stress and Chronic Alcohol Interactions: Norepinephrine and corticostriatal circuit regulation of cognitive effort after chronic alcohol and stress (with Elena Vazey lab)

Investigate the impact of chronic alcohol and stress on neural circuits (locus coeruleus, anterior cingulate, striatum) underlying cognitive control. (NIAAA grant U01AA025481)

Publications

Alcohol, flexible behavior, and the prefrontal cortex: Functional changes underlying impaired cognitive flexibility

Kathryn E Nippert, Courtney P. Rowland, Elena M. Vazey, David E. Moorman

Neuropharmacology, 2024

Noradrenergic tone mediates marble burying behavior after chronic stress and ethanol.

Carolina R. den Hartog, Katrina L. Blandino, McKenzie L. Nash, Emily R. Sjogren, Michael A. Grampetro, David E. Moorman, Elena M. Vazey

Psychopharmacology, vol. 237, 2020 Oct, pp. 3021--3031

Central Noradrenergic Interactions with Alcohol and Regulation of Alcohol-Related Behaviors.

Elena M. Vazey, Carolina R. den Hartog, David E. Moorman

Handbook of experimental pharmacology, vol. 248, 2018, pp. 239--260

Stress Facilitates the Development of Cognitive Dysfunction After Chronic Ethanol Exposure.

Ellen M. Rodberg, Carolina R. den Hartog, Rachel I. Anderson, Howard C. Becker, David E. Moorman, Elena M. Vazey

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, vol. 41, 2017 Sep, pp. 1574--1583