Reposted by Melissa Herman
really very extremely excited (and proud!!) of my first postdoc paper officially out TODAY!! I’ve been investigating how simultaneous alcohol and nicotine exposure alter PL activity and anxiety-like behavior, and love the direction the work is taking us.
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Alcohol and nicotine vapor co-exposure differentially engages prelimbic prefrontal cortex activity and decreases anxiety-like behavior in rats
Alcohol and nicotine are two leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States. Simultaneous co-use of alcohol and nicotine is rising, as is t…