JAMES CORTRIGHT
jcortrig@bsd.uchicago.edu

Lab: Dr. Paul Vezina

Research Topic: Investigating behavioral, molecular, and neuroanatomical changes following nicotine exposure.

Selected Publications:

Cortright J. J. and Rebec, G. V. (2006) Ascorbate modulation of sensorimotor processing in striatum of freely moving rats. Brain Res 1092: 108-116.
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Baunez C., Cortright J. J., and Rebec, G. V. Differential coding for natural and cocaine reward in the subthalamic nucleus of rats. In preparation.

Cortright J. J., Kosobud A. E. K., and Rebec, G. V. Neuronal activity in nucleus accumbens core and shell of high alcohol drinking rats during operant responding for sucrose, ethanol, or a mixed solution. In preparation.

Cortright J. J. and Rebec G. V. Role of the subthalamic nucleus in the circuitry mediating food- and cocaine-seeking behavior. In preparation.

Selected Abstracts/Presentations:

Cortright, J.J. and Rebec, G.V. (2007) Electrophysiological correlates in nucleus accumbens during food- and cocaine-seeking behavior in rats following bilateral subthalamic nucleus lesions. Annual Meeting for the Society for Neuroscience.
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Cortright, J. J., Kosobud, A. E. K., and Rebec, G. V. (2004) Electrophysiological recordings in nucleus accumbens core and shell of high alcohol drinking rats during operant responding for either sucrose, ethanol, or a mixed solution. Annual Meeting for the Society for Neuroscience.
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Cortright, J.J., Rebec, G.V., and Baunez, C. (2005) Electrophysiological recording in subthalamic nucleus during cocaine-seeking behavior in rats. Annual Meeting for the Society for Neuroscience.
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Baunez, C., Cortright, J.J., and Rebec, G.V. (July 2006) Electrophysiological activity of subthalamic nucleus neurons in rats working for sucrose or cocaine reward. Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Vienna, Austria.
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Baunez, C., Cortright, J.J., and Rebec, G.V. (2006) Coding of various types of reward within the rat’s subthalamic nucleus. Annual Meeting for the Society for Neuroscience.
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Cortright, J.J. and Rebec, G.V. (2006) Electrophysiological recording in nucleus accumbens during cocaine-seeking behavior in subthalamic nucleus-lesioned rats. Annual Meeting for the Society for Neuroscience.
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