Annaka M. Westphal

Medical University of South Carolina — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

5h-index139citations11works1.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(8), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(7), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(6), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(2), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments(1)

Publications11 total

Activation of Insula‐Accumbal Projection Neurons Is Required for Relapse‐Like Behaviour Following Opioid Self‐Administration
Addiction Biology·2026Open Access
Cortical astrocytes flexibly encode reward contingencies and shape conditioned behavior
2025Open Access
A model of ethanol self‐administration in head‐fixed mice
Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Corticostriatal ensemble dynamics across heroin self-administration to reinstatement
2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Accumbens Nitrergic Interneurons Drive the Cell Type-Specific Synaptic Plasticity Required for Cue-Induced Cocaine Seeking
2024Open Access
Restoration of a paraventricular thalamo-accumbal behavioral suppression circuit prevents reinstatement of heroin seeking
Neuron·2023· 37 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: An opioid-gated thalamoaccumbal circuit for the suppression of reward seeking in mice
Nature Communications·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Heroin Self-Administration and Extinction Increase Prelimbic Cortical Astrocyte–Synapse Proximity and Alter Dendritic Spine Morphometrics That Are Reversed by N-Acetylcysteine
Cells·2023· 26 citedOpen Access
An opioid-gated thalamoaccumbal circuit for the suppression of reward seeking in mice
Nature Communications·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
A Subset of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons Receiving Dense and Functional Prelimbic Cortical Input Are Required for Cocaine Seeking
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2022· 26 citedOpen Access
A subset of nucleus accumbens neurons receiving dense and functional prelimbic cortical input are required for cocaine seeking
2021· 1 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Michael D. Scofield(10), Lisa M. Green(9), James M. Otis(9), Kelsey M. Vollmer(7), Jacqueline E. Paniccia(7), Roger I. Grant(6), Elizabeth M. Doncheck(6), Benjamin M. Siemsen(6), Jacqueline F. McGinty(6), Kion T. Winston(5), Bogdan Bordieanu(5), Rachel E. Clarke(4), Adam R. Denton(4), Jennifer A. Rinker(4), Sophie Buchmaier(4), Ashley G. Brock(4), Bayleigh E. Pagoota(4), Thomas C. Jhou(3), Rachel Clarke(3), Amy L. Ward(3)