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  1. Salinsky LM, Diaz KC, Fox JL, Panh SM, Ferguson SM. Fentanyl, methamphetamine and polysubstance use differentially affect locomotor sensitisation and social behaviour in rats: Psychedelic treatment reverses social deficits. Addiction Biology 2026;31(3):e70132. [doi: 10.1111/adb.70132]
  2. O'Neal TJ, Bernstein MX, MacDougall DJ, Ferguson SM. A conditioned place preference for heroin is signaled by increased dopamine and direct pathway activity and decreased indirect pathway activity in the nucleus accumbens. Journal of Neuroscience 2022;42(10):2011-2024 [doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1451-21.2021] PMID: 35031576 PMCID: PMC8916759
  3. Nakata KG, Yin E, Sutlief E, Ferguson SM. Chemogenetic modulation reveals distinct roles of the subthalamic nucleus and its afferents in the regulation of locomotor sensitization to amphetamine in rats. Psychopharmacology 2022;239(2):353-364. [doi: 10.1007/s00213-021-05985-7] PMID: 34549316
  4. Crummy EA, Donckels EA, Baskin BM, Bentzley BS, Ferguson SM. The impact of cocaine and heroin drug history on motivation and cue sensitivity in a rat model of polydrug abuse. Psychopharmacology 2020;237(1):55-68. [doi: 10.1007/s00213-019-05349-2] PMID: 31463541 PMCID: PMC7458349
  5. O’Neal TJ, Nooney MN, Thien K, Ferguson SM. Chemogenetic modulation of accumbens direct or indirect pathways bidirectionally alters reinstatement of heroin-seeking in high- but not low-risk rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 2020;45:1251-1262. [doi:10.1038/s41386-019-0571-9] PMID: 31747681 PMCID: PMC7297977
  6. Campus P, Covelo IR, Kim Y, Parsegian A, Kuhn BN, Lopez SA, Neumaier JF, Ferguson SM, Solberg Woods LC, Sarter M, Flagel SB. The paraventricular thalamus is a critical mediator of top-down control of cue-motivated behavior in rats. Elife 2019 Sep 10;8. pii: e49041. [doi: 10.7554/eLife.49041] PMID: 31502538 PMCID: PMC6739869
  7. Anastasio NC, Stutz SJ, Price AE, Davis-Reyes BD, Sholler DJ, Ferguson SM, Neumaier JF, Moeller FG, Hommel JD, Cunningham KA. Convergent neural connectivity in motor impulsivity and high-fat food binge-like eating in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019;44(10):1752-1761. [doi: 10.1038/s41386-019-0394-8] PMID: 31003231 PMCID: PMC6785029
  8. Yager LM, Garcia AF, Donckels EA, Ferguson SM. Chemogenetic inhibition of direct pathway striatal neurons normalizes pathological, cue-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking in rats. Addiction Biology 2019;24(2):251-264. [doi: 10.1111/adb.12594] PMID: 29314464 PMCID: PMC6033698
  9. Wunsch AM, Yager LM, Donckels EA, Le CT, Neumaier JF, Ferguson SM. Chemogenetic inhibition reveals midline thalamic nuclei and thalamo-accumbens projections mediate cocaine-seeking in rats. European Journal of Neuroscience 2017;46(3):1850-1862. [doi: 10.1111/ejn.13631] PMID: 28664636 PMCID: PMC5546988
  10. Ferguson SM, Neumaier JF. Grateful DREADDs: Engineered receptors reveal how neural circuits regulate behavior. Neuropsychopharmacol 2012;37:296–297. [doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.179] PMID: 22157861 PMCID: PMC3238068