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Thomas S. Hnasko is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a concentration in cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and cell biology. Their research topics include neuroscience and neuropharmacology, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, receptor mechanisms and signaling, neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, neurological disorders and treatments, and neurogenesis and neuroplasticity.

Thomas S. Hnasko has published numerous scientific papers, with recent works including:

  • "VTA Glutamate Neuron Activity Drives Positive Reinforcement Absent Dopamine Co-release," 2020, Neuron
  • "Circulating Triglycerides Gate Dopamine-Associated Behaviors through DRD2-Expressing Neurons," 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • "Therapeutically viable generation of neurons with antisense oligonucleotide suppression of PTB," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Ventral Pallidum GABA Neurons Mediate Motivation Underlying Risky Choice," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Mesoaccumbal glutamate neurons drive reward via glutamate release but aversion via dopamine co-release," 2023, Neuron

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, most notably Thomas Steinkellner, Lauren Faget, Vivien Zell, Lucie Oriol, and Sarthak M. Singhal.

Their research output has appeared in various publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Neuron
  • Cell Reports
  • Addiction Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • NPY/AgRP Neurons Are Essential for Feeding in Adult Mice but Can Be Ablated in Neonates

    Serge Luquet;Francisco A. Perez;Thomas S. Hnasko;Richard D. Palmiter

  • Dopaminergic terminals in the nucleus accumbens but not the dorsal striatum corelease glutamate.

    Garret D. Stuber;Thomas S. Hnasko;Jonathan P. Britt;Robert H. Edwards

  • Vesicular Glutamate Transport Promotes Dopamine Storage and Glutamate Corelease In Vivo

    Thomas S. Hnasko;Nao Chuhma;Hui Zhang;Germaine Y. Goh

  • Morphine reward in dopamine-deficient mice

    Thomas S. Hnasko;Bethany N. Sotak;Richard D. Palmiter;Richard D. Palmiter

  • Activation of the kappa opioid receptor in the dorsal raphe nucleus mediates the aversive effects of stress and reinstates drug seeking

    Benjamin B. Land;Michael R. Bruchas;Selena Schattauer;William J. Giardino

  • Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate Neurons: Electrophysiological Properties and Projections

    Thomas S. Hnasko;Gregory O. Hjelmstad;Howard L. Fields;Robert H. Edwards

  • Neurotransmitter Corelease: Mechanism and Physiological Role

    Thomas S. Hnasko;Robert H. Edwards

  • Cre recombinase-mediated restoration of nigrostriatal dopamine in dopamine-deficient mice reverses hypophagia and bradykinesia

    Thomas S. Hnasko;Francisco A. Perez;Alex D. Scouras;Elizabeth A. Stoll

  • Loss of Mitochondrial Fission Depletes Axonal Mitochondria in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

    A. Berthet;E. B. Margolis;J. Zhang;I. Hsieh

  • Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons co-release GABA and promote positive reinforcement.

    Ji Hoon Yoo;Vivien Zell;Navarre Gutierrez-Reed;Johnathan Wu

  • Opponent control of behavioral reinforcement by inhibitory and excitatory projections from the ventral pallidum

    Lauren Faget;Vivien Zell;Elizabeth Souter;Adam McPherson

  • The Western Blot.

    Thomas S. Hnasko;Robert M. Hnasko

  • Afferent Inputs to Neurotransmitter-Defined Cell Types in the Ventral Tegmental Area

    Lauren Faget;Fumitaka Osakada;Jinyi Duan;Reed Ressler

  • Laminar and Columnar Development of Barrel Cortex Relies on Thalamocortical Neurotransmission

    Hong Li;Sofia Fertuzinhos;Ethan Mohns;Thomas S. Hnasko

  • Palatability Can Drive Feeding Independent of AgRP Neurons

    Raphaël G P Denis;Aurélie Joly-Amado;Emily Webber;Emily Webber;Fanny Langlet

  • The multilingual nature of dopamine neurons

    Louis-Eric Trudeau;Thomas S. Hnasko;Åsa Wallén-Mackenzie;Marisela Morales

  • Circuits for Grasping: Spinal dI3 Interneurons Mediate Cutaneous Control of Motor Behavior

    Tuan V. Bui;Turgay Akay;Turgay Akay;Osama Loubani;Thomas S. Hnasko

  • VGLUT2 expression in primary afferent neurons is essential for normal acute pain and injury-induced heat hypersensitivity

    Grégory Scherrer;Sarah A. Low;Xidao Wang;Jie Zhang

  • Dysregulation of dopamine signaling in the dorsal striatum inhibits feeding

    Bethany N. Sotak;Thomas S. Hnasko;Siobhan Robinson;Erik J. Kremer

  • VTA Glutamate Neuron Activity Drives Positive Reinforcement Absent Dopamine Co-release

    Vivien Zell;Thomas Steinkellner;Nick G. Hollon;Shelley M. Warlow

  • Cocaine-Conditioned Place Preference by Dopamine-Deficient Mice Is Mediated by Serotonin

    Thomas S Hnasko;Bethany N Sotak;Richard D Palmiter

  • Genetic inhibition of neurotransmission reveals role of glutamatergic input to dopamine neurons in high-effort behavior.

    M. A. Hutchison;X. Gu;Martín Federico Adrover;M. R. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Edwards
Robert H. Edwards University of California, San Francisco
Adam R. Aron
Adam R. Aron University of California, San Diego
Bruno Giros
Bruno Giros McGill University
David A. Lewis
David A. Lewis University of Pittsburgh
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
David Sulzer
David Sulzer Columbia University
Kenneth N. Fish
Kenneth N. Fish University of Pittsburgh
Larry S. Zweifel
Larry S. Zweifel University of Washington
Stan B. Floresco
Stan B. Floresco University of British Columbia
Paul E. M. Phillips
Paul E. M. Phillips University of Washington

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