Manuscript accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior

The manuscript titled “Genetic Loci Influencing Sex-Specific Social Reinforcement in Heterogeneous Stock Rats” was accepted for publication in Genes, Brain and Behavior.

Authors: Dale R. Federico, Keita Ishiwari, Thiago Missfeldt Sanches, Connor Martin, Christian R. Bruno, Apurva S. Chitre, Christopher P. King, Beverly F. Peng, Benjamin B. Johnson, Bonnie Lin, Celine L. St. Pierre, Elaine Keung, Gavrila Ang, Hannah Bimschleger, Katarina Cohen, Kendra Shae Ziegler, Khai-Minh H. Nguyen, Riyan Cheng, Yizhi Wang, Leah C. Solberg Woods, Jerry B. Richards, Suzanne H. Mitchell, Oksana Polesskaya, Abraham A. Palmer, Paul J. Meyer, David M. Dietz

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Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2026, in press

Manuscript accepted in Cell Reports

The manuscript titled “Aberrant recursive splicing in a human disease locus” was accepted for publication in Cell Reports.

Authors: Boone PM, Harripaul R, Yadav R, Grzybowski M, Hanafy MK, Lee AC, Choi EY, Collins RL, Polesskaya O, Makhortova N, Larson MO, Kayir H, Wang Y*, Avila RA, Frie JA, Eed A, Albeely AM, Vemuri S, Ayoub SM, Lemanski JM, Ben-Isvy D, Zhao X, Sanchis-Juan A, Handley M, Erdin S, de Esch C, Mohajeri K, Chen C, Gonzalez Tovar P, Salani M, Moyses-Oliveira M, Tai DJC, Currall B, McGraw C, Slaugenhaupt S, Doan R, Gao D, Gusella JF, Sanchez-Roige S*, Young JW, Khokhar JY, Geurts AM, Palmer AA, Talkowski ME

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Cell Reports, 2026, in press

Pilot grant with Yale/NIDA Neuroproteomics Center awarded to Dr. Daniel Munro

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Dr. Daniel Munro, Assistant Project Scientist at Palmer Lab, was awarded a Pilot Grant for his project titled “Mapping Protein Quantitative Trait Loci in the Heterogeneous Stock Rat Brain to Identify Causal Genes at Substance Use Disorder GWAS Loci.” The Pilot Grant project was selected for support by the Yale/NIDA Neuroproteomics Center, and it is directly aligned … Read more…

Manuscript accepted in Nature Communications

The manuscript titled “Genome-wide association study of cocaine self-administration behavior in Heterogeneous Stock rats” was accepted for publication in Nature Communications.

Authors: Montana Kay Lara, Lieselot L. G. Carrette, Thiago Missfeldt Sanches, Oksana Polesskaya, Alicia Avelar, Angela Beeson, Hassiba Beldjoud, Brent Boomhower, Molly Brennan, Denghui Chen, Riyan Cheng, Lindsey China, Apurva S. Chitre, Dana Elizabeth Conlisk, McKenzie Fannon, Benjamin B. Johnson, Elaine Keung*, Adam Kimbrough, Jenni Kononoff, Angelica Renee Martinez, Lisa Maturin, Khai-Minh Nguyen*, Alex Morgan, Joseph Mosquera, Dyar Othman, Sonja L. Plasil, Jarryd Ramborger, Paul Schweitzer, Sharona Sedighim, Osborne Seshie, Kokila Shankar, Benjamin Sichel, Sierra Simpson, Lauren Cassandra Smith, Elizabeth A. Sneddon, Lani Tieu, Nathan Velarde, Selene Zahedi, Leah C. Solberg Woods, Marsida Kallupi, Giordano de Guglielmo, Abraham A. Palmer, Olivier George

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Nature Communications, 2026, in press (online ahead of print)

Manuscript accepted in Psychopharmacology

The manuscript titled “High Incidence of Estrous Cycle Irregularities in Heterogeneous Stock (HS) Rats is Associated with Footshock-Resistant Cocaine Intake” was accepted for publication in Psychopharmacology.

Authors: Elizabeth A. Sneddon, Supakorn Chonwattanagul, Kathleen Bai, Pranav H. Kurup, Sonja L. Plasil, Michelle R. Doyle, Sélène Zahedi, Sierra Simpson, Benjamin C. Sichel, Dyar N. Othman, Molly Brennan, Abraham A. Palmer, Marsida Kallupi, Lieselot L.G. Carrette, Giordano de Guglielmo, & Olivier George

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Psychopharmacology, 2026, in press (online ahead of print)