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Colom, Morgane; Kraev, Igor; Stramek, Agata K.; Loza, Iwona B.; Rostron, Claire L.; Heath, Christopher J.; Dommett, Eleanor J. and Singer, Bryan F. (2024). Conditioning‐ and reward‐related dendritic and presynaptic plasticity of nucleus accumbens neurons in male and female sign‐tracker rats. European Journal of Neuroscience (Early access).

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Zolkwer, Morgan B.; Hidalgo, Rafael and Singer, Bryan F. (2023). Making educational videos more engaging and enjoyable for all ages: an exploratory study on the influence of embedded questions. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 42(3) pp. 283–297.

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Singer, Bryan F. (2019). Diverse Characteristics of Addiction Necessitate Multiple Preclinical Models. Biological Psychiatry, 86(11) e43-e45.

Singer, Bryan F.; Fadanelli, Monica; Kawa, Alex B. and Robinson, Terry E. (2018). Are cocaine-seeking “habits” necessary for the development of addiction-like behavior in rats? The Journal of Neuroscience, 38(1) pp. 60–73.

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Singer, Bryan F.; Bryan, Myranda A.; Popov, Pavlo; Robinson, Terry E. and Aragona, Brandon J. (2017). Rapid induction of dopamine sensitization in the nucleus accumbens shell induced by a single injection of cocaine. Behavioural Brain Research, 324 pp. 66–70.

Singer, Bryan F.; Bubula, Nancy; Przybycien-Szymanska, Magdalena M.; Li, Dongdong and Vezina, Paul (2016). Stimuli associated with the presence or absence of amphetamine regulate cytoskeletal signaling and behavior. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26(11) pp. 1836–1842.

Singer, Bryan (2016). The myth of the drug-habit: defining addiction as a disease. In: Newton, David ed. Youth Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook. Contemporary World Issues. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 158–163.

Singer, Bryan F.; Guptaroy, Bipasha; Austin, Curtis J.; Wohl, Isabella; Lovic, Vedran; Seiler, Jillian L.; Vaughan, Roxanne A.; Gnegy, Margaret E.; Robinson, Terry E. and Aragona, Brandon J. (2016). Individual variation in incentive salience attribution and accumbens dopamine transporter expression and function. European Journal of Neuroscience, 43(5) pp. 662–670.

Ahrens, Allison M.; Singer, Bryan F.; Fitzpatrick, Christopher J.; Morrow, Jonathan D. and Robinson, Terry E. (2016). Rats that sign-track are resistant to Pavlovian but not instrumental extinction. Behavioural Brain Research, 296 pp. 418–430.

Singer, Bryan F.; Bubula, Nancy; Li, Dongdong; Przybycien-Szymanska, Magdalena M.; Bindokas, Vytautas P. and Vezina, Paul (2016). Drug-Paired Contextual Stimuli Increase Dendritic Spine Dynamics in Select Nucleus Accumbens Neurons. Neuropsychopharmacology, 41(8) pp. 2178–2187.

Singer, Bryan F.; Bryan, Myranda A.; Popov, Pavlo; Scarff, Raymond; Carter, Cody; Wright, Erin; Aragona, Brandon J. and Robinson, Terry E. (2016). The sensory features of a food cue influence its ability to act as an incentive stimulus and evoke dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core. Learning & Memory, 23(11) pp. 595–606.

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Singer, B. F.; Forneris, J. and Vezina, P. (2014). Inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinase 5 in the nucleus accumbens enhances the expression of amphetamine-induced locomotor conditioning. Behavioural Brain Research, 275 pp. 96–100.

Vander Weele, Caitlin M.; Porter-Stransky, Kirsten A.; Mabrouk, Omar S.; Lovic, Vedran; Singer, Bryan F.; Kennedy, Robert T. and Aragona, Brandon J. (2014). Rapid dopamine transmission within the nucleus accumbens: Dramatic difference between morphine and oxycodone delivery. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40(7) pp. 3041–3054.

Singer, Bryan F.; Neugebauer, Nichole M.; Forneris, Justin; Rodvelt, Kelli R.; Li, Dongdong; Bubula, Nancy and Vezina, Paul (2014). Locomotor conditioning by amphetamine requires cyclin-dependent kinase 5 signaling in the nucleus accumbens. Neuropharmacology, 85 pp. 243–252.

Singer, Bryan F.; Anselme, Patrick; Robinson, Mike J. F. and Vezina, Paul (2014). Neuronal and psychological underpinnings of pathological gambling. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8, article no. 230.

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Singer, Bryan F. and Robinson, Terry E. (2013). The Incentive-Sensitization Disease Model of Addiction: Where Are We Now? In: Rennie, J. ed. McGraw-Hill Education Yearbook Of Science And Technology 2014. Science Reference. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 167–169.

Singer, B. F.; Scott-Railton, J. and Vezina, P. (2012). Unpredictable saccharin reinforcement enhances locomotor responding to amphetamine. Behavioural Brain Research, 226(1) pp. 340–344.

Singer, B. F.; Loweth, J. A.; Neve, R. L. and Vezina, P. (2010). Transient viral-mediated overexpression of α-calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in the nucleus accumbens shell leads to long-lasting functional upregulation of α-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionate receptors: dopamine type-1 receptor and protein kinase A dependence. European Journal of Neuroscience, 31(7) pp. 1243–1251.

Loweth, Jessica A.; Singer, Bryan F.; Baker, Lorinda K.; Wilke, Georgia; Inamine, Hidetoshi; Bubula, Nancy; Alexander, John K.; Carlezon, Jr., William A.; Neve, Racheal L. and Vezina, Paul (2010). Transient Overexpression of α-Ca²⁺/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell Enhances Behavioral Responding to Amphetamine. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(3) pp. 939–949.

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Singer, Bryan F.; Tanabe, Lauren M.; Gorny, Grazyna; Jake-Matthews, Charmaine; Li, Yilin; Kolb, Bryan and Vezina, Paul (2009). Amphetamine-Induced Changes in Dendritic Morphology in Rat Forebrain Correspond to Associative Drug Conditioning Rather than Nonassociative Drug Sensitization. Biological Psychiatry, 65(10) pp. 835–840.

Hunter, John D.; Hanan, Diana M.; Singer, Bryan F.; Shaikh, Samir; Brubaker, Katherine A.; Hecox, Kurt E. and Towle, Vernon L. (2005). Locating chronically implanted subdural electrodes using surface reconstruction. Clinical Neurophysiology, 116(8) pp. 1984–1987.