Jess Tooley

Program: Neurosciences

Current advisor: Meaghan Creed, PhD

Undergraduate university: St. Norbert College, 2017

Enrollment year: 2019

Research summary
Understanding synaptic changes and circuitry underlying the affective symptoms of opioid withdrawal

Graduate publications
Slivicki RA, Earnest T, Chang YH, Pareta R, Casey E, Li JN, Tooley J, Abiraman K, Vachez YM, Wolf DK, Sackey JT, Kumar Pitchai D, Moore T, Gereau RW 4th, Copits BA, Kravitz AV, Creed MC. 2023 Oral oxycodone self-administration leads to features of opioid misuse in male and female mice. Addict Biol, 28(1):e13253. PMCID:

Vachez YM, Tooley JR, Abiraman K, Matikainen-Ankney B, Casey E, Earnest T, Ramos LM, Silberberg H, Godynyuk E, Uddin O, Marconi L, Le Pichon CE, Creed MC. 2021 Ventral arkypallidal neurons inhibit accumbal firing to promote reward consumption. Nat Neurosci, 24(3):379-90. PMCID: PMC7933121