Publications

Drug Self-Administration in Head-Restrained Mice for Simultaneous Multiphoton Imaging
Vollmer, Doncheck, Grant, Winston, Romanova, Bowen, Siegler, Bobadilla, Trujillo-Pisanty, Kalivas, Otis. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, in press 2021

Circuit Selectivity in Drug Versus Natural Reward Seeking Behaviors
Nall, Heinsbroek, Nentwig, Kalivas, Bobadilla. Journal of Neurochemistry, 157(5):1450-1472, 2021


Heroin Seeking and Extinction from Seeking Activate Matrix Metalloproteinases at Synapses on Distinct Subpopulations of Accumbens Cells
Chioma, Kruyer, Bobadilla, Angelis, Ellison, Hodebourg, Scofield, Kalivas. Biological Psychiatry, 89(10):947-958, 2020

Cocaine and Sucrose Rewards Recruit Different Seeking Ensembles in the Nucleus Accumbens Core
Bobadilla, Dereschewitz, Vaccaro, Heinsbroek, Scofield, Kalivas. Molecular Psychiatry, 25:3150–3163, 2020

Opposing Regulation of Cocaine Seeking by Glutamate and Encephalin Neurons in the Ventral Pallidum
Heinsbroek, Bobadilla, Dereschewitz, Assali, Chalhoub, Cowan, Kalivas. Cell Reports, 30(6):2018-2027.e3, 2020


Understanding Addiction Using Animal Models
Kuhn, Kalivas, Bobadilla. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13:262, 2019

Extracellular Matrix Signaling Through β3 Integrin Mediates Cocaine Cue-Induced Transient Synaptic Plasticity and Relapse
Garcia-Keller, Neuhofer, Bobadilla, Spencer, Chioma, Monforton, Kalivas. Biological Psychiatry, 86(5):377-387, 2019

Transient Synaptic Potentiation in Nucleus Accumbens Shell During Refraining From Cocaine Seeking
Roberts-Wolfe, Heinsbroek, Spencer, Bobadilla, Smith, Kalivas. Addiction Biology, e12759, 2019


Drug Refraining and Seeking Potentiate Synapses on Distinct Populations of Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons
Roberts-Wolfe, Bobadilla, Heinsbroek, Neuhofer, Kalivas. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(32):7100-7107, 2018

Accumbens Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Transmission Inhibits Cocaine Seeking
Bobadilla, Garcia-Keller, Chareunsouk, Hyde, Medina Camacho, Heinsbroek, Kalivas. Addiction Biology, 24(5):860-873, 2018


Norepinephrine
Drouin, Bobadilla, Tassin. Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, 625-646, 2017

Corticostriatal Plasticity, Neuronal Ensembles and Regulation of Drug-Seeking Behavior
Bobadilla, Heinsbroek, Gipson, Griffin, Fowler, Kenny, Kalivas. Progress in Brain Research, 235:93-112, 2017

HDAC5 and NPAS4 Regulate Cocaine Addiction-Relevant Behaviors
Taniguchi, Carreira, Cooper, Bobadilla, Heinsbroek, Koike, Larson, Balmuth, Hughes, Penrod, Kumar, Smith, Guzman, Takahashi, Kim, Self, Kalivas, Lin, Cowan. Neuron, 96(1):130-144.e6, 2017

Accumbens Mechanisms for Cued Sucrose-Seeking
Bobadilla, Garcia-Keller, Heinsbroek, Scofield, Chareunsouk, Monforton, Kalivas. Neuropsychopharmacology, 42(12):2377-2386, 2017


Loss of Plasticity in the D2-Accumbens Pallidal Pathway Promotes Cocaine Seeking
Heinsbroek, Neuhofer, Griffin, Siegel, Bobadilla, Kupchik, Kalivas. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(4):757-767, 2016

Glutamatergic Mechanisms of Comorbidity Between Acute Stress and Cocaine Self-Administration
Garcia-Keller, Kupchik, Gipson, Brown, Spencer, Bollati, Esparza, Roberts-Wolfe, Heinsbroek, Bobadilla, Cancela, Kalivas. Molecular Psychiatry, 21(8):1063-9, 2016


Repeated Exposure to MDMA Triggers Long-Term Plasticity of Noradrenergic and Serotonergic Neurons
Lanteri, Doucet, Hernandez-Vallejo, Godeheu, Bobadilla, Salomon, Lanfumey, Tassin. Molecular Psychiatry, 19(7):823-33, 2014


Sustained Impairment of α2A-Adrenergic Autoreceptor Signalling Mediates Neurochemical and Behavioural Sensitization to Amphetamine
Doucet, Bobadilla, Houades, Lanteri, Godeheu, Lanfumey, Sara, Tassin. Biological Psychiatry, 74(2):90-8, 2013

Differential genetic expression within reward-specific ensembles in mice

Litif CG, Flom LT, Sandum KL, Hodgins SL, Vaccaro L, Stitzel JA, Blouin NA, Mannino MC, Gigley JP, Schoborg TA, Bobadilla AC. Differential genetic expression within reward-specific ensembles in mice. bioRxiv. 2024 Feb 8:2023.11.02.565378.


Synaptic plasticity in cocaine-seeking ensembles of the nucleus accumbens core

Flom LT, Hodgins SL, Gutierrez Erives G, Russelavage JM, Hyken SM, Zhang Z, Vaaga CE, Bobadilla AC. Synaptic plasticity in cocaine-seeking ensembles of the nucleus accumbens core. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2026 May 2.


Corticostriatal cocaine-seeking ensembles are defined by differing gene expression from sucrose-seeking ensembles using a within-subject dual self-administration and seeking mouse model

Litif CG, Flom LT, Sandum KL, Hodgins SL, Vaccaro L, Stitzel JA, Ungerleider N, Mannino MC, Gigley JP, Schoborg TA, Bobadilla AC. Corticostriatal cocaine-seeking ensembles are defined by differing gene expression from sucrose-seeking ensembles using a within-subject dual self-administration and seeking mouse model. Addict Neurosci. 2025 Dec;17:100242.

Characterization of neuronal ensembles in a model of dual reward conditioned place preference

Flom LT, Sandum KL, Hodgins SL, Johnson Noya S, Crouse J, Zhang Z, Bobadilla AC. Characterization of neuronal ensembles in a model of dual reward conditioned place preference. bioRxiv. 2025 Jun 15:2025.06.11.659163.

Functional and Structural Plasticity in Cocaine-Seeking Ensembles of the Nucleus Accumbens Core

Flom LT, Hodgins SL, Erives GG, Russelavage JM, Hyken SM, Zhang Z, Vaaga CE, Bobadilla AC. Functional and Structural Plasticity in Cocaine-Seeking Ensembles of the Nucleus Accumbens Core. bioRxiv. 2025 Oct 15:2025.10.15.682633.