1) Alizo Vera V, Childs JE, Kim J, Matheos DP, Wood MA. (2025). Expression of HDAC3-Y298H point mutant in medial habenula cholinergic neurons has no effect on cocaine-induced behavior. eNeuro.
2) Driskill CM, Childs JE, Phensy AJ, Rodriguez SR, O’Brien J, Lindquist KL, Naderi A Bordieani B, McGinty J, Kroener S. (2024). Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) modulates synaptic plasticity in the infralimbic cortex via Trk-B receptor activation to reduce drug-seeking. Journal of Neuroscience.
3) Childs JE*, Morabito S*, Das S, Santelli C, Alizo Vera V, Pham V, Kusche K, Matheos D, Swarup V, and Wood MA. (2024) Relapse to cocaine seeking is regulated by medial habenula NR4A2/NURR1 in mice. Cell Reports. [* indicates co first authors]
4) Driskill C*, Childs JE*, Itmer B, Singh J, Kroener S. (2022). Vagus nerve stimulation facilitates short term memory and cognitive flexibility in rats. Brain Sciences. [* indicates co first authors]
5) Campbell RR, Chen S, Beardwood J, Lopez AJ, Pham LV, Keiser AM, Childs JE, Matheos DP, Baldi P, Wood MA. (2021). Cocaine induces paradigm-specific changes to the transcriptome within the ventral tegmental area. Neuropsychopharmacology.
6) Baglietto-Vargas D, Cai L, Martini AC, Trujillo-Estrada L, Forner S, Swarup V, Nguyen MM, Huynh K, Jiang S, Kramár E, Nuñez-Diaz C, Balderrama-Gutierrez G, Garcia F, Childs JE, Rodriguez-Ortiz C, Kitazawa M, Shahnawaz M, Matheos M, Ma X, Da Cunha C, Walls K, Ager R, Soto C, Gutierrez A, Moreno-Gonzalez I, MacGregor G, Green K, Wood MA, Mortazavi A, Tenner A. (2021). Generation of a humanized Aβ expressing mouse demonstrating aspects of Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology. Nature Communications.
7) Childs JE, Kim S, Driskill C, Hsiu E, Kroener S. (2019). Vagus nerve stimulation during extinction learning reduces conditioned place preference and context-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. Brain Stimulation.
8) Childs JE, DeLeon J, Nickel E, Kroener S. (2016). Vagus nerve stimulation reduces cocaine seeking and alters plasticity in the extinction network. Learning and Memory.
9) Childs JE, Alvaraz-Dieppa A, McIntyre C, Kroener S. (2015). Vagus nerve stimulation as a tool to induce plasticity in pathways relevant for extinction learning. Journal of Visualized Experiment.
10) Peña DF*, Childs JE*, Willet SM, Vital A, McIntyre CK, Kroener S. (2014). Vagus nerve stimulation enhances extinction of conditioned fear and modulates plasticity in the pathway from the ventromedial prefrontal cortex to the amygdala. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. [* indicates co first authors]