Brad Grueter
Vanderbilt Anesthesiology Research Division
Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR)
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (MPB)
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
The goal of the Grueter lab research program is to advance the current understanding of the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain region responsible for integrating information from diverse inputs and modifying complex motivated behaviors, including its involvement in adaptive responses to rewarding and aversive stimuli. Specifically, we strive to elucidate the molecular constituents in the NAc that are necessary and sufficient to drive complex motivated behaviors.
The goal of the Grueter lab research program is to advance the current understanding of the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain region responsible for integrating information from diverse inputs and modifying complex motivated behaviors, including its involvement in adaptive responses to rewarding and aversive stimuli. Specifically, we strive to elucidate the molecular constituents in the NAc that are necessary and sufficient to drive complex motivated behaviors.
Keywords: nucleus accumbens , synapses , synaptic plasticity , brain reward circuits , electrophysiology , neuroscience
Research Area: Cell Signaling , Synaptic Function and Neuroendocrinology