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Bowers MS, Hopf FW, Chou JK, Guillory AM, Chang SJ, Janak PH, Bonci A, Diamond  Nucleus accumbens AGS3 expression drives ethanol seeking through Gβγ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Aug 26;105(34):12533-8. Epub 2008 Aug 21.

Chaudhri, N., Sahuque, L.L. and Janak, P.H. "Context-induced relapse of conditioned behavioral responding to ethanol cues in rats." Biol Psychiatry 64(3): 203-10.  Aug 1, 2008.

Marian L. Logrip, Patricia H. Janak, and Dorit Ron. "Dynorphin Is A Downstream Effector Of Striatal BDNF Regulation Of Ethanol."  FASEB J. 2008 Jul;22(7):2393-404.

Tye, K.M., Stuber, G.D., de Ridder, B., Bonci, A. and Janak, P.H. "Rapid strengthening of thalamo-amygdala synapses mediates cue-reward learning." Nature 453(7199): 1253-7.  Jun 26, 2008.

Carnicella S, Kharazia V., Jeanblanc J., Janak PH and Ron D. GDNF – a fast acting potent inhibitor of motivation for alcohol seeking. PNAS. PNAS. 2008 Jun 10;105(23):8114-9.

Corbit, L.H. and Janak, P.H. "Inactivation of the lateral but not medial dorsal striatum eliminates the excitatory impact of Pavlovian stimuli on instrumental responding." J Neurosci 27(51): 13977-81.  Dec 19, 2007.

Corbit LH, Janak PH, Balleine BW.General and outcome-specific forms of Pavlovian-instrumental transfer: the effect of shifts in motivational state and inactivation of the ventral tegmental area. European Journal of Neurosci. 2007 Dec;26(11):3141-9.

Bowers MS, Chen BT, Chou JK, Osborne MP, Gass JT, See RE, Bonci A, Janak PH, Olive MF.Acamprosate attenuates cocaine- and cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2007 Dec;195(3):397-406.

Tye, K.M. and Janak, P.H. (2007) Amygdala neurons differentially encode motivation and reinforcement. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 3937-3945, 2007.

Corbit, L. H. and Janak, P.H. (2007) Ethanol-associated cues produce general Pavlovian-instrumental transfer. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(5):766-74.

Zhang, J., Pho, V., Bonasera, S.J., Holzmann, J., Tang, A.T., Hellmuth, J., Tang, S., Janak, P.H., Tecott, L.H., Huang, E.J. (2007) Essential function of HIPK2 in TGFbeta-dependent survival of midbrain dopamine neurons. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 77-86, 2007.

Blaiss, C.A. and Janak, P.H. (2007) Post-training, but not post-reactivation, administration of amphetamine and anisomycin modulates Pavlovian conditioned approach. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 87, 644-658, 2007.

Wang, J., Jeanblanc, J., Yaka, R., Chaudhri, N., Janak, P.H., and Ron, D. (2007) Ethanol Induces Long-Term Facilitation of NR2B-NMDA Receptor Activity in the Dorsal Striatum: Implications for Alcohol Drinking Behavior. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 3593-3602, 2007.

Lasek, A., Janak, P.H., He, L., Whistler, J. and Heberlein, U (2007) Downregulation of mu opioid receptor by RNAi in the VTA reduces ethanol consumption in mice. Genes, Brain and Behavior, in press.

Blaiss, C.A. and Janak, P.H. Post-training and post-reactivation administration of amphetamine enhances morphine conditioned place preference. Behav Brain Res. 2006 Aug 10;171(2):329-37.

Burattini, C., Gill, T.M., Aicardi, G., Janak, P.H. The ethanol self-administration context as a reinstatement cue: acute effects of naltrexone. Neuroscience. 2006;139(3):877-87.

Jeanblanc J, He DY, McGough NN, Logrip ML, Phamluong K, Janak PH, Ron D. The dopamine D3 receptor is part of a homeostatic pathway regulating ethanol consumption. J Neurosci. 2006 Feb 1;26(5):1457-64.

Zironi I, Burattini C, Aicardi G, Janak P.H. Context is a trigger for relapse to alcohol. Behav Brain Res. 2006 Feb 15;167(1):150-5

Dao-Yao He, Nancy N. H. McGough, Ajay Ravindranathan, Jerome Jeanblanc, Marian L. Logrip, Khanhky Phamluong, Patricia H. Janak, and Dorit Ron Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Mediates the Desirable Actions of the Anti-Addiction Drug Ibogaine against Alcohol Consumption J. Neuroscience, 25(3) 619-628, 2005.

McGough NN, He DY, Logrip ML, Jeanblanc J, Phamluong K, Luong K, Kharazia V, Janak P.H., Ron D. RACK1 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor: a homeostatic pathway that regulates alcohol addiction. J. Neuroscience. 2004 Nov 17;24(46):10542-52.

Arolfo MP, Yao L, Gordon AS, Diamond I, Janak P.H. Ethanol operant self-administration in rats is regulated by adenosine A2 receptors. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2004 Sep;28(9):1308-16.

Janak P.H., Chen MT, Caulder T. Dynamics of neural coding in the accumbens during extinction and reinstatement of rewarded behavior. Behav Brain Res. 2004 Sep 23;154(1):125-35.

Janak, P.H. and Gill, T.M. Comparison of the effects of allopregnanolone with direct GABAergic agonists on ethanol self-administration with and without concurrently available sucrose, Alcohol, 30(1), 1-7, 2003.

Nie, H. and Janak, P.H. Comparison of reinstatement of ethanol- and sucrose-seeking by conditioned stimuli and priming injections of allopregnanolone after extinction in rats, Psychopharmacology, 168(1-2), 222-228, 2003.

Yao, L., Arolfo, M.P., Dohrman, D.P., Jiang, Z., Fan, P., Fuchs, S., Janak, P.H., Gordon, A.S., and Diamond, I. βγ dimers mediate synergy of dopamine D2 and adenosine A2 receptor-stimulated PKA signaling and regulate ethanol consumption. Cell, 109(6), 1-20, 2002.

Chen, M.T., Morales, M., Woodward, D.J., Hoffer, B.J., and Janak, P.H. In vivo extracellular recording of striatal neurons in the awake rat following unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesions, Experimental Neurology, 171(1), 72-83, 2001.

Chang, J.-Y., Janak, P.H., and Woodward, D.J. Neuronal and behavioral correlations in the medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens during cocaine self-administration by rats, Neuroscience, 99(3), 433-443, 2000.

Janak, P.H., Chang, J.-Y., and Woodward, D.J. Neuronal spike activity in the nucleus accumbens of behaving rats during ethanol self-administration, Brain Research, 817, 172-184, 1999.

Janak, P.H., Redfern, J.E.M., and Samson, H.H. The reinforcing effects of ethanol are altered by the endogenous neurosteroid, allopregnanolone. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 22, 1106-1112, 1998.