Clara Franco

The paper shows that astrocyte calcium signals and the protein hevin mediate cocaine-induced reward and synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens.

This study shows that adolescent nicotine exposure disrupts dopamine circuit development, leading to adult vulnerability to nicotine, which can be reversed by restoring dopamine pathway balance.

This study shows astrocyte aquaporin 4 mediates a tonic water efflux that maintains brain water homeostasis, astrocyte volume, and extracellular space remodeling.