Excited to present our new data on the role of peripheral mu opioid receptors in fentanyl-induced cardiorespiratory depression conducted by Brian Ruyle in the lab.

FOMO of missing Pain Mechanisms and Therapeutics conference in Verona due some family issues. Please don’t miss the
Pain/sex differences panel on Tuesday am where our taped talk will be played. Thanks to our amazing postdoc Jessica Higginbotham for her amazing data.
Hope to see you all in 2026!

I couldn’t be more proud of Lucia hipolito #StopWar for this super deserved award!

A new paper from the lab in which we explore the psychological and neural underpinnings of compulsion, laying out a theoretical framework encompassing interoception, negative reinforcement, incentive habits and more… nature.com/articles/s4158…

Great opportunity for trainees interested in addiction neuroscience

For those interested in learning about the intersection between pain and alcohol

Great opportunity 👇

Congrats Lucia hipolito #StopWar!!! So proud of you!

This week's research seminar features Dr. Yeka Aponte from the National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDAnews NIH
Details below ⬇️

📆 Thurs., Feb. 27
⏰ 4p
🔬 'Hypothalamic cell types and circuits that drive survival behaviors'
📍 NRB 1st Floor Auditorium

anesthesiology.wustl.edu/events/event/r…

#ThisWeekInNPP

Tamara Markovic, Ph.D. Jose Moron-Concepcion & colleagues, in collaboration with Jordan McCall, find that the locus coeruleus to dorsal hippocampus pathway & local tyrosine hydroxylase activity mediate cue-induced reinstatement of opioid seeking

nature.com/articles/s4138…

New paper from the lab where we dissect the role of a LC to dorsal hippocampus in cue-induced reinstatement of opioid seeking. Last paper from Tamara Markovic, Ph.D. from this lab. Great collaboration with Jordan McCall. NIDAnews Neuropsychopharmacology
nature.com/articles/s4138…

This is a great opportunity with an amazing scientist and person
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International food day at the JMC lab!

Congrats Lucia hipolito #StopWar for this well deserved award. So proud of you!

Great time at winter brain with friends!

Decoding Reinforcing Behaviors and Reward Seeking: New Study on Brain's Reward Pathways anesthesiology.wustl.edu/decoding-reinf… via WashU Anesthesiology

Excited to show our new paper on the dissection of a dhippoc to NAc input and the role of dynorphin NAc neurons in reinforcement in Nature Communications !