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Pre-prints

Reducing astrocyte calcium in the nucleus accumbens core increases reward valuation

VanRyzin JW, Laraia GA, Gyawali U, James MH, & Reissner KJ. BioRxiv, 2025

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Feminization of social play behavior depends on microglia

VanRyzin JW, Marquardt AE, & McCarthy MM. BioRxiv, 2024

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Nucleus accumbens astrocytes bidirectionally modulate social behavior

VanRyzin JW & Reissner KJ. BioRxiv, 2024

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Investigating cocaine- and abstinence-induced effects on astrocyte gene expression in the nucleus accumbens

Franklin JP, Testen A, Mieczkowski PA, Hepperla A, Crynen G, Simon JM, Wood JD, Harder EV, Bellinger TJ, Witt EA, Powell LS, VanRyzin JW, & Reissner KJ. BioRxiv, 2024.

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2026

Perineuronal net and inhibitory synapse remodeling on striatal fast-spiking interneurons by chronic alcohol exposure

Patton MS, Sheats SH, Wulff AB, McKeon PN, VanRyzin JW, Patton MH, Heckman M, Siclair AN, Iffland PH, & Mathur BN. Biological Psychiatry, 2026.

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2025

Abstinence from cocaine self-administration promotes microglial pruning of astrocytes which drives cocaine-seeking behavior

Testen A*, VanRyzin JW*, Bellinger TJ*, Kim R, Wang H, Gastinger M, Witt EA, Franklin JP, Vecchiarelli HA, Picard K, Scofield MD, Tremblay M-È, & Reissner KJ. Cell Reports, 2025.

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Timing matters: Modeling the effects of gestational cannabis exposure on social behavior and microglia in the developing amygdala

Pham AL, Marquardt AE, Montgomery KR, Sobota KN, McCarthy MM, & VanRyzin JW. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2025.

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The transcriptome of playfulness is sex-biased in the juvenile rat medial amygdala: A role for inhibitory neurons

Marquardt AE, Basu M, VanRyzin JW, Ament S, & McCarthy MM. Cell Reports, 2025.

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2024

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Neurochemical characterization of dopaminoceptive cells in song control nuclei of canaries and their activation during song production: a multiple fluorescent in situ hybridization study

Haakenson CM, Balthazart J, VanRyzin JW, Marquardt AE, Ashton SE, McCarthy MM, & Ball GF. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2024.

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Viral-mediated inflammation by Poly I:C induces the chemokine CCL5 in NK cells and its receptors CCR1 and CCR5 in microglia in the neonatal rat cerebellum

Perez-Pouchoulen M, Holley AS, Reinl ES, VanRyzin JW, Mehrabani A, Dionisos C, Mirza M, & McCarthy MM. Neuroimmune Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2024.

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2023

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Microglia phagocytosis mediates the volume and function of the rat sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area

Pickett LA, VanRyzin JW, Marquardt AE, & McCarthy MM. PNAS USA, 2023.

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Social Play Experience in juvenile rats is indispensable for appropriate socio-sexual behavior in adulthood in males but not females

Marquardt AE, VanRyzin JW, Fuquen RW, & McCarthy MM. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023.

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2022

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The mouse claustrum synaptically connects cortical network motifs

Qadir H, Stewart BW, VanRyzin JW, Wu Q, Chen S, Seminowicz DA, & Mathur BN. Cell Reports, 2022.

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Fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibition and N-arachidonoylethanolamine modulation by isoflavonoids: A novel target for upcoming antidepressants

Zada W, VanRyzin JW, Perez-Pouchoulen M, Baglot SL, Hill MN, Abbas G, Clark SM, Rashid U, McCarthy MM, & Mannan A. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2022.

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Maternal-fetal transmission of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its metabolites following inhalation and injection exposure during pregnancy in rats

Baglot S, VanRyzin JW, Marquardt AE, Aukema R, Petrie G, Hume C, Reinl E, Bieber J, McLaughlin R, McCarthy MM, & Hill MN. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2022.

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2021

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Phagocytic microglia in development: Are they what they eat?

VanRyzin JW. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 2021.

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Generation of an Iba1-EGFP transgenic rat for the study of microglia in an outbred rodent strain

VanRyzin JW, Arambula S, Ashton S, Blanchard A, Burzinski M, Davis K, Edwards S, Graham E, Holley A, Kight K, Marquardt AE, Perez-Pouchoulen M, Pickett L, Reinl E, & McCarthy MM. eNeuro, 2021.

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