Dakota Palmer is awarded an NRSA fellowship

Graduate student Dakota Palmer was recently award an individual Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) from NIDA/NIH! This “F31” fellowship will fund the remainder of his graduate studies.

Dakota’s project is entitled “Dissociating Invigoration and Reinforcement by GABAergic Ventral Pallidum Projections to the Ventral Tegmental Area During Cue-Elicited Reward-Seeking.” Dakota uses a combination of fiber photometry with calcium sensors, and optogenetic manipulations, to dissect neural circuit specific contributions to reward-seeking behavior.

Congratulations Dakota!!!