Publications by authors named "Kayden A Washington"
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- This text describes an open-source method for creating a custom operant chamber intended for long-term use with miniature microscopes (miniscopes).
- The chamber is compatible with both custom and standard accessories, like houselights and levers, allowing for versatile experimental setups.
- Most components can be easily bought, reducing the need for extensive skills or labor, and it's suggested to build multiple units at once to save on costs by ordering in bulk.
Substance use disorder (SUD) is associated with severe health and social consequences. Continued drug use results in alterations of circuits within the mesolimbic dopamine system. It is critical to observe longitudinal impacts of SUD on neural activity to identify SUD predispositions, develop pharmaceuticals to prevent overdose, and help people suffering from SUD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubstance use disorder (SUD) is comorbid with devastating health issues, social withdrawal, and isolation. Successful clinical treatments for SUD have used social interventions. Neurons can encode drug cues, and drug cues can trigger relapse.
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