Dr Aude Belin-Rauscent

Interests

My research is interested in the neurophysiological and neuropharmacological substrates of compulsive disorders such as drug addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Research Focus

Keywords

addiction

impulsivity

electrophysiology

amygdala

striatum

Clinical conditions

Addiction

Eating disorders

Obsessive compulsive disorder

Parkinson's disease

Tourette's syndrome

Equipment

Behavioural analysis

Electrophysiological recording techniques

Immunohistochemistry

Microscopy

Collaborators

Cambridge

Jeffrey Dalley

Barry Everitt

Jennifer Murray

Associated News Items


Publications

2014

Ansquer S, Belin-Rauscent A, Dugast E, Duran T, Benatru I, Mar AC, Houeto JL, Belin D (2014), “Atomoxetine decreases vulnerability to develop compulsivity in high impulsive rats.” Biol Psychiatry 75(10):825-32 Details

2013

Belin D, Belin-Rauscent A, Murray JE, Everitt BJ (2013), “Addiction: failure of control over maladaptive incentive habits.” Curr Opin Neurobiol 23(4):564-72 Details

Besson M, Pelloux Y, Dilleen R, Theobald DE, Lyon A, Belin-Rauscent A, Robbins TW, Dalley JW, Everitt BJ, Belin D (2013), “Cocaine modulation of frontostriatal expression of Zif268, D2, and 5-HT2c receptors in high and low impulsive rats.” Neuropsychopharmacology 38(10):1963-73 Details

2012

Belin-Rauscent A, Everitt BJ, Belin D (2012), “Intrastriatal shifts mediate the transition from drug-seeking actions to habits.” Biol Psychiatry 72(5):343-5 Details

Clemens S, Belin-Rauscent A, Simmers J, Combes D (2012), “Opposing modulatory effects of D1- and D2-like receptor activation on a spinal central pattern generator.” J Neurophysiol 107(8):2250-9 Details

2009

Rauscent A, Einum J, Le Ray D, Simmers J, Combes D (2009), “Opposing aminergic modulation of distinct spinal locomotor circuits and their functional coupling during amphibian metamorphosis.” J Neurosci 29(4):1163-74 Details

2006

Belin D, Rauscent A (2006), “DeltaFosB: a molecular gate to motivational processes within the nucleus accumbens?” J Neurosci 26(46):11809-10 Details

Rauscent A, Le Ray D, Cabirol-Pol MJ, Sillar KT, Simmers J, Combes D (2006), “Development and neuromodulation of spinal locomotor networks in the metamorphosing frog.” J Physiol Paris 100(5-6):317-27 Details