Sean B Ostlund

Title(s)Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Health Sciences Road
Irvine CA 92697-3950
Phone(949) 824-1347, 9826
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    Nucleus accumbens circuits for regulating cue-motivated behavior
    NIH R01MH126285Apr 2, 2021 - Jan 31, 2026
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Interactions between orbitofrontal cortex and mediodorsal thalamus in cue- and value-based decision making
    NIH R21DA046667Sep 30, 2020 - Aug 31, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Identifying motivational decision making deficits underlying the apathy domain in a rat model of Alzheimers disease
    NIH R21AG060752Feb 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2021
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Cholinergic regulation of striatal neurochemistry in cue-triggered decision-making
    NIH R01MH106972Apr 15, 2016 - Feb 28, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Neurochemical bases for changes in decision-making across the lifespan
    NIH R01AG045380Aug 1, 2014 - May 31, 2020
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Cafeteria diet-induced dysregulation of food seeking: neurochemical bases
    NIH R01DK098709May 1, 2014 - Apr 30, 2018
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Cocaine-Seeking and the Transfer of Behavioral Control
    NIH R01DA029035Feb 1, 2011 - Nov 30, 2017
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Differential effects of acute and prolonged morphine withdrawal on motivational and goal-directed control over reward-seeking behaviour. Addict Biol. 2024 05; 29(5):e13393. Halbout B, Hutson C, Agrawal S, Springs ZA, Ostlund SB. PMID: 38706098; PMCID: PMC11070494.
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    2. Differential effects of acute and prolonged morphine withdrawal on motivational and goal-directed control over reward-seeking behavior. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 15. Halbout B, Hutson C, Agrawal S, Springs ZA, Ostlund SB. PMID: 37745601; PMCID: PMC10515939.
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    3. Long-term effects of THC exposure on reward learning and motivated behavior in adolescent and adult male rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2023 May; 240(5):1151-1167. Halbout B, Hutson C, Hua L, Inshishian V, Mahler SV, Ostlund SB. PMID: 36933028; PMCID: PMC10102061.
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    4. Flexible control of Pavlovian-instrumental transfer based on expected reward value. J Exp Psychol Anim Learn Cogn. 2023 Jan; 49(1):14-30. Marshall AT, Halbout B, Munson CN, Hutson C, Ostlund SB. PMID: 36795420; PMCID: PMC10561628.
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    5. Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex activation disrupts Pavlovian incentive motivation. Front Behav Neurosci. 2022; 16:999320. Halbout B, Hutson C, Wassum KM, Ostlund SB. PMID: 36311857; PMCID: PMC9608868.
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    6. Reward-predictive cues elicit excessive reward seeking in adolescent rats. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2020 10; 45:100838. Marshall AT, Munson CN, Maidment NT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 32846387; PMCID: PMC7451619.
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    7. The push and pull of dopamine in cue-reward learning. Learn Behav. 2019 12; 47(4):273-274. Ostlund SB. PMID: 30737730; PMCID: PMC6687573.
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    8. Mesolimbic dopamine projections mediate cue-motivated reward seeking but not reward retrieval in rats. Elife. 2019 05 20; 8. Halbout B, Marshall AT, Azimi A, Liljeholm M, Mahler SV, Wassum KM, Ostlund SB. PMID: 31107241; PMCID: PMC6548499.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 23     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Nucleus Accumbens Cholinergic Interneurons Oppose Cue-Motivated Behavior. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 09 01; 86(5):388-396. Collins AL, Aitken TJ, Huang IW, Shieh C, Greenfield VY, Monbouquette HG, Ostlund SB, Wassum KM. PMID: 30955842; PMCID: PMC7003647.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 35     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    10. Repeated cocaine exposure dysregulates cognitive control over cue-evoked reward-seeking behavior during Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer. Learn Mem. 2018 09; 25(9):399-409. Marshall AT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 30115761; PMCID: PMC6097769.
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    11. Junk Food Exposure Disrupts Selection of Food-Seeking Actions in Rats. Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9:350. Kosheleff AR, Araki J, Tsan L, Chen G, Murphy NP, Maidment NT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 30166974; PMCID: PMC6106797.
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    12. Not worth the wait: cocaine alters reward processing in the nucleus accumbens. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 11; 43(12):2333-2334. Ostlund SB, Cui Y. PMID: 29844476; PMCID: PMC6180040.
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    13. Contributions of Pavlovian incentive motivation to cue-potentiated feeding. Sci Rep. 2018 02 09; 8(1):2766. Marshall AT, Halbout B, Liu AT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 29426846; PMCID: PMC5807356.
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    14. Pattern of access determines influence of junk food diet on cue sensitivity and palatability. Appetite. 2018 04 01; 123:135-145. Kosheleff AR, Araki J, Hsueh J, Le A, Quizon K, Ostlund SB, Maidment NT, Murphy NP. PMID: 29248689; PMCID: PMC5817006.
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    15. Beta-arrestin 1 regulation of reward-motivated behaviors and glutamatergic function. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0185796. Mittal N, Minasyan A, Romaneschi N, Hakimian JK, Gonzalez-Fernandez G, Albert R, Desai N, Mendez IA, Schallert T, Ostlund SB, Walwyn W. PMID: 28973019; PMCID: PMC5626489.
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    16. Sex-specific enhancement of palatability-driven feeding in adolescent rats. PLoS One. 2017; 12(7):e0180907. Marshall AT, Liu AT, Murphy NP, Maidment NT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 28708901; PMCID: PMC5510835.
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    17. Modulation of cue-triggered reward seeking by cholinergic signaling in the dorsomedial striatum. Eur J Neurosci. 2017 02; 45(3):358-364. Ostlund SB, Liu AT, Wassum KM, Maidment NT. PMID: 27813263; PMCID: PMC5293608.
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    18. Nucleus Accumbens Acetylcholine Receptors Modulate Dopamine and Motivation. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 11; 41(12):2830-2838. Collins AL, Aitken TJ, Greenfield VY, Ostlund SB, Wassum KM. PMID: 27240658; PMCID: PMC5061892.
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    19. A Closer Look at the Effects of Repeated Cocaine Exposure on Adaptive Decision-Making under Conditions That Promote Goal-Directed Control. Front Psychiatry. 2016; 7:44. Halbout B, Liu AT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 27047400; PMCID: PMC4800177.
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    20. Involvement of Endogenous Enkephalins and β-Endorphin in Feeding and Diet-Induced Obesity. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015 Aug; 40(9):2103-12. Mendez IA, Ostlund SB, Maidment NT, Murphy NP. PMID: 25754760; PMCID: PMC4613613.
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    21. Inflated reward value in early opiate withdrawal. Addict Biol. 2016 Mar; 21(2):221-33. Wassum KM, Greenfield VY, Linker KE, Maidment NT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 25081350; PMCID: PMC4312551.
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    22. Phasic mesolimbic dopamine signaling encodes the facilitation of incentive motivation produced by repeated cocaine exposure. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014 Sep; 39(10):2441-9. Ostlund SB, LeBlanc KH, Kosheleff AR, Wassum KM, Maidment NT. PMID: 24804846; PMCID: PMC4138756.
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    23. A kinder, gentler dopamine… highlighting dopamine's role in behavioral flexibility. Front Neurosci. 2014; 8:4. Beeler JA, Cools R, Luciana M, Ostlund SB, Petzinger G. PMID: 24478624; PMCID: PMC3901300.
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    24. Targeted expression of μ-opioid receptors in a subset of striatal direct-pathway neurons restores opiate reward. Nat Neurosci. 2014 Feb; 17(2):254-61. Cui Y, Ostlund SB, James AS, Park CS, Ge W, Roberts KW, Mittal N, Murphy NP, Cepeda C, Kieffer BL, Levine MS, Jentsch JD, Walwyn WM, Sun YE, Evans CJ, Maidment NT, Yang XW. PMID: 24413699; PMCID: PMC4008330.
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    25. Differential effects of systemic cholinergic receptor blockade on Pavlovian incentive motivation and goal-directed action selection. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014 May; 39(6):1490-7. Ostlund SB, Kosheleff AR, Maidment NT. PMID: 24370780; PMCID: PMC3988553.
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    26. Impact of repeated intravenous cocaine administration on incentive motivation depends on mode of drug delivery. Addict Biol. 2014 Nov; 19(6):965-71. LeBlanc KH, Maidment NT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 23639056; PMCID: PMC3903657.
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    27. Repeated cocaine exposure facilitates the expression of incentive motivation and induces habitual control in rats. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e61355. LeBlanc KH, Maidment NT, Ostlund SB. PMID: 23646106; PMCID: PMC3640016.
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    28. Decreased consumption of sweet fluids in μ opioid receptor knockout mice: a microstructural analysis of licking behavior. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Sep; 229(1):105-13. Ostlund SB, Kosheleff A, Maidment NT, Murphy NP. PMID: 23568577; PMCID: PMC3742650.
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    29. Phasic mesolimbic dopamine release tracks reward seeking during expression of Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer. Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 15; 73(8):747-55. Wassum KM, Ostlund SB, Loewinger GC, Maidment NT. PMID: 23374641; PMCID: PMC3615104.
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    30. Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer in cocaine seeking rats. Behav Neurosci. 2012 Oct; 126(5):681-9. LeBlanc KH, Ostlund SB, Maidment NT. PMID: 22866668; PMCID: PMC3496413.
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    31. Relative response cost determines the sensitivity of instrumental reward seeking to dopamine receptor blockade. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Nov; 37(12):2653-60. Ostlund SB, Kosheleff AR, Maidment NT. PMID: 22805602; PMCID: PMC3473331.
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    32. Phasic mesolimbic dopamine signaling precedes and predicts performance of a self-initiated action sequence task. Biol Psychiatry. 2012 May 15; 71(10):846-54. Wassum KM, Ostlund SB, Maidment NT. PMID: 22305286; PMCID: PMC3471807.
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    33. The orbitofrontal cortex, predicted value, and choice. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Dec; 1239:43-50. Balleine BW, Leung BK, Ostlund SB. PMID: 22145874.
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    34. Dopamine receptor blockade attenuates the general incentive motivational effects of noncontingently delivered rewards and reward-paired cues without affecting their ability to bias action selection. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Jan; 37(2):508-19. Ostlund SB, Maidment NT. PMID: 21918507; PMCID: PMC3242312.
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    35. Differential dependence of Pavlovian incentive motivation and instrumental incentive learning processes on dopamine signaling. Learn Mem. 2011; 18(7):475-83. Wassum KM, Ostlund SB, Balleine BW, Maidment NT. PMID: 21693635; PMCID: PMC3125614.
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    36. Extracellular dopamine levels in striatal subregions track shifts in motivation and response cost during instrumental conditioning. J Neurosci. 2011 Jan 05; 31(1):200-7. Ostlund SB, Wassum KM, Murphy NP, Balleine BW, Maidment NT. PMID: 21209205; PMCID: PMC3078720.
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    37. Alcohol-Paired Contextual Cues Produce an Immediate and Selective Loss of Goal-directed Action in Rats. Front Integr Neurosci. 2010; 4. Ostlund SB, Maidment NT, Balleine BW. PMID: 20725634; PMCID: PMC2917216.
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    38. Distinct opioid circuits determine the palatability and the desirability of rewarding events. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jul 28; 106(30):12512-7. Wassum KM, Ostlund SB, Maidment NT, Balleine BW. PMID: 19597155; PMCID: PMC2718390.
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    39. Resolution of conflict between goal-directed actions: outcome encoding and neural control processes. J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process. 2009 Jul; 35(3):382-93. de Wit S, Ostlund SB, Balleine BW, Dickinson A. PMID: 19594283.
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    40. Evidence of action sequence chunking in goal-directed instrumental conditioning and its dependence on the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex. J Neurosci. 2009 Jun 24; 29(25):8280-7. Ostlund SB, Winterbauer NE, Balleine BW. PMID: 19553467; PMCID: PMC6666053.
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    41. The integrative function of the basal ganglia in instrumental conditioning. Behav Brain Res. 2009 Apr 12; 199(1):43-52. Balleine BW, Liljeholm M, Ostlund SB. PMID: 19027797.
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    42. Reward-guided learning beyond dopamine in the nucleus accumbens: the integrative functions of cortico-basal ganglia networks. Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Oct; 28(8):1437-48. Yin HH, Ostlund SB, Balleine BW. PMID: 18793321; PMCID: PMC2756656.
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    43. Differential involvement of the basolateral amygdala and mediodorsal thalamus in instrumental action selection. J Neurosci. 2008 Apr 23; 28(17):4398-405. Ostlund SB, Balleine BW. PMID: 18434518; PMCID: PMC2652225.
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    44. On habits and addiction: An associative analysis of compulsive drug seeking. Drug Discov Today Dis Models. 2008; 5(4):235-245. Ostlund SB, Balleine BW. PMID: 20582332; PMCID: PMC2891067.
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    45. Genetic control of instrumental conditioning by striatopallidal neuron-specific S1P receptor Gpr6. Nat Neurosci. 2007 Nov; 10(11):1395-7. Lobo MK, Cui Y, Ostlund SB, Balleine BW, Yang XW. PMID: 17934457.
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    46. The contribution of orbitofrontal cortex to action selection. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Dec; 1121:174-92. Ostlund SB, Balleine BW. PMID: 17872392.
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    47. Orbitofrontal cortex mediates outcome encoding in Pavlovian but not instrumental conditioning. J Neurosci. 2007 May 02; 27(18):4819-25. Ostlund SB, Balleine BW. PMID: 17475789; PMCID: PMC6672090.
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    48. The influence of Pavlovian cues on instrumental performance is mediated by CaMKII activity in the striatum. Eur J Neurosci. 2007 Apr; 25(8):2491-7. Wiltgen BJ, Law M, Ostlund S, Mayford M, Balleine BW. PMID: 17445244.
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    49. Still at the choice-point: action selection and initiation in instrumental conditioning. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 May; 1104:147-71. Balleine BW, Ostlund SB. PMID: 17360797.
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    50. Selective reinstatement of instrumental performance depends on the discriminative stimulus properties of the mediating outcome. Learn Behav. 2007 Feb; 35(1):43-52. Ostlund SB, Balline BW. PMID: 17557390.
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    51. Lesions of medial prefrontal cortex disrupt the acquisition but not the expression of goal-directed learning. J Neurosci. 2005 Aug 24; 25(34):7763-70. Ostlund SB, Balleine BW. PMID: 16120777; PMCID: PMC6725247.
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    52. The role of the dorsomedial striatum in instrumental conditioning. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Jul; 22(2):513-23. Yin HH, Ostlund SB, Knowlton BJ, Balleine BW. PMID: 16045504.
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    53. Consolidation and reconsolidation of incentive learning in the amygdala. J Neurosci. 2005 Jan 26; 25(4):830-5. Wang SH, Ostlund SB, Nader K, Balleine BW. PMID: 15673662; PMCID: PMC6725620.
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    54. Sensitivity to instrumental contingency degradation is mediated by the entorhinal cortex and its efferents via the dorsal hippocampus. J Neurosci. 2002 Dec 15; 22(24):10976-84. Corbit LH, Ostlund SB, Balleine BW. PMID: 12486193; PMCID: PMC6758438.
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