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  1. Kawa, A. B., Hashimoto, J. G., Beutler, M. M., Guizzetti, M., & Wolf, M. E. (2025). Changes in nucleus accumbens core translatome accompanying incubation of cocaine craving. Neuropsychopharmacology, 50(8), 1305–1316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-025-02112-4

  2. Weber, S. J., Kawa, A. B., Beutler, M. M., Kuhn, H. M., Moutier, A. L., Westlake, J. G., Koyshman, L. M., Moreno, C. D., Wunsch, A. M., & Wolf, M. E. (2024). Dopamine transmission at D1 and D2 receptors in the nucleus accumbens contributes to the expression of incubation of cocaine craving. Neuropsychopharmacology, 50(2), 461–471. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-024-01992-2

  3. Saraswat, A. A., Longyear, L. G., Kawa, A. B., & Ferrario, C. R. (2023). Cocaine-induced plasticity, motivation, and cue responsivity do not differ in obesity-prone vs obesity-resistant rats: Implications for food addiction. Psychopharmacology, 240(4), 853–870. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06327-5

  4. Kawa, A. B., Hwang, E. K., Funke, J. R., Zhou, H., Costa-Mattioli, M., & Wolf, M. E. (2022). Positive allosteric modulation of mGlu1 reverses cocaine-induced behavioral and synaptic plasticity through the integrated stress response and Oligophrenin-1. Biological Psychiatry, 92(11), 871–879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.05.008

  5. Murray, C. H., Gaulden, A. D., Kawa, A. B., Milovanovic, M., Caccamise, A. J., Funke, J. R., Patel, S., & Wolf, M. E. (2021). CaMKII modulates diacylglycerol lipase-α activity in the rat nucleus accumbens after incubation of cocaine craving. eNeuro, 8(5), ENEURO.0220-21.2021. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0220-21.2021

  6. Kawa, A. B., Valenta, A. C., Kennedy, R. T., & Robinson, T. E. (2019). Incentive and dopamine sensitization produced by intermittent but not long access cocaine self-administration. European Journal of Neuroscience, 50(4), 2663–2682. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14418

  7. Kawa, A. B., Allain, F., Robinson, T. E., & Samaha, A. N. (2019). The transition to cocaine addiction: The importance of pharmacokinetics for preclinical models. Psychopharmacology, 236(4), 1145–1157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-019-5164-0

  8. Kawa, A. B., & Robinson, T. E. (2019). Sex differences in incentive-sensitization produced by intermittent access cocaine self-administration. Psychopharmacology, 236(2), 625–639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5091-5

  9. Singer, B. F., Fadanelli, M., Kawa, A. B., & Robinson, T. E. (2018). Are cocaine-seeking “habits” necessary for the development of addiction-like behavior in rats? Journal of Neuroscience, 38(1), 60–73. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2458-17.2017

  10. Kawa, A. B., Bentzley, B. S., & Robinson, T. E. (2016). Less is more: Prolonged intermittent access cocaine self-administration produces incentive-sensitization and addiction-like behavior. Psychopharmacology, 233(19–20), 3587–3602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-016-4393-8

  11. Calu, D. J., Chen, Y. W., Kawa, A. B., Nair, S. G., & Shaham, Y. (2014). The use of the reinstatement model to study relapse to palatable food seeking during dieting. Neuropharmacology, 76(Pt B), 395–406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.030

  12. Calu, D. J., Kawa, A. B., Marchant, N. J., Navarre, B. M., Henderson, M. J., Chen, B., Yau, H. J., Bossert, J. M., Schoenbaum, G., Deisseroth, K., Harvey, B. K., Hope, B. T., & Shaham, Y. (2013). Optogenetic inhibition of dorsal medial prefrontal cortex attenuates stress-induced reinstatement of palatable food seeking in female rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(1), 214–226. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2016-12.2013