Featured: Neuropsychopharmacology Cover Image
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A figure from Dr. Yafang Zhang’s recent paper Activation of GLP-1 receptors attenuates oxycodone taking and seeking without compromising the antinociceptive effects of oxycodone in rats was recently featured on the cover of Neuropsychopharmacology (middle image). Congrats Dr. Zhang and … Read More

Thesis Defense: Nicole Hernandez
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On Tuesday, September 24, our NGG student Nicole successfully defended her doctoral thesis! Her talk was entitled “The Role of the Central GLP-1 System in Cocaine-Seeking Behavior,” and it encapsulated her 5 years of graduate research into the effects and … Read More

Fall CURF Expo 2019
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Suditi Rahematpura ’21 and Amanda Moreno ’21 presented their summer research projects funded by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) at the Fall 2019 Research Expo!

Schmidt Lab
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“Our research investigates how addictive drugs like cocaine, opioids, and nicotine change the brain to produce compulsive drug-taking and -seeking behaviors.” Lab Art by Antonia Caffrey
News & Events
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News Congratulations, Cajsa, on successfully defending your thesis!Read moreCongratulations Riley and colleagues on your Science Advances paper!Recent studies show that systemic administration of a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist is sufficient to attenuate cocaine seeking. However, the neural mechanisms mediating … Read More
Publications
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Selected Publications 2025 Caffrey A, Lavecchia E, Chichura KS, Hayes MR, Doyle RP, Schmidt HD (2025) A GLP-1R/Y1 receptor/Y2 receptor triple agonist decreases fentanyl-evoked dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and attenuates fentanyl taking and seeking in rats.British Journal of … Read More