Publications

Schierberl K, Hao J, Tropea TF, Ra S, Giordano TP, Xu Q, Garraway SM, Hofmann F, Moosmang S, Striessnig J et al..  2011.  Cav1.2 L-type Ca²⁺ channels mediate cocaine-induced GluA1 trafficking in the nucleus accumbens, a long-term adaptation dependent on ventral tegmental area Ca(v)1.3 channels.. J Neurosci. 31(38):13562-75.

Gregus AM, Tropea TF, Wang Y, Hauck SCR, Costa ACS, Rajadhyaksha AM, Inturrisi CE.  2010.  Deletion of the GluR5 subunit of kainate receptors affects cocaine sensitivity and preference.. Neurosci Lett. 468(3):186-9.

Tropea TF, Kosofsky BE, Rajadhyaksha AM.  2008.  Enhanced CREB and DARPP-32 phosphorylation in the nucleus accumbens and CREB, ERK, and GluR1 phosphorylation in the dorsal hippocampus is associated with cocaine-conditioned place preference behavior.. J Neurochem. 106(4):1780-90.

Giordano TP, Tropea TF, Satpute SS, Sinnegger-Brauns MJ, Striessnig J, Kosofsky BE, Rajadhyaksha AM.  2010.  Molecular switch from L-type Ca v 1.3 to Ca v 1.2 Ca2+ channel signaling underlies long-term psychostimulant-induced behavioral and molecular plasticity.. J Neurosci. 30(50):17051-62.

Covington HE, Tropea TF, Rajadhyaksha AM, Kosofsky BE, Miczek KA.  2008.  NMDA receptors in the rat VTA: a critical site for social stress to intensify cocaine taking.. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 197(2):203-16.

Ren J-Q, Jiang Y, Wang Z, McCarthy D, Rajadhyaksha AM, Tropea TF, Kosofsky BE, Bhide PG.  2011.  Prenatal L-DOPA exposure produces lasting changes in brain dopamine content, cocaine-induced dopamine release and cocaine conditioned place preference.. Neuropharmacology. 60(2-3):295-302.