• 2024
  Tochon L, Henkous N, Besson M, Maskos U, David V, Distinct Chrna5 mutations link excessive alcohol use to types I/II vulnerability profiles and IPN GABAergic neurons., Transl Psychiatry 2024 Nov; 14(1): 461.
• 2023
  Lakosa A, Rahimian A, Tomasi F, Marti F, Reynolds LM, Tochon L, David V, Danckaert A, Canonne C, Tahraoui S, de Chaumont F, Forget B, Maskos U, Besson M, Impact of the gut microbiome on nicotine’s motivational effects and glial cells in the ventral tegmental area in male mice., Neuropsychopharmacology 2023 May; 48(6): 963-974.
• 2021
  Forget B, Icick R, Robert J, Correia C, Prevost MS, Gielen M, Corringer PJ, Bellivier F, Vorspan F, Besson M*, Maskos U* , Alterations in nicotinic receptor alpha5 subunit gene differentially impact early and later stages of cocaine addiction: a translational study in transgenic rats and patients., Prog Neurobiol 2021 02; 197(): 101898.
• 2019
  Grieder TE1, Besson M, Maal-Bared G, Pons S, Maskos U, van der Kooy D., β2* nAChRs on VTA dopamine and GABA neurons separately mediate nicotine aversion and reward., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 17;116(51):25968-25973. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1908724116.
• 2019
  Besson M, Forget B, Correia C, Blanco R, Maskos U, , Profound alteration in reward processing due to a human polymorphism in CHRNA5: a role in alcohol dependence and feeding behavior., Neuropsychopharmacology 2019 10; 44(11): 1906-1916.
• 2018
  Forget B, Scholze P, Langa F, Morel C, Pons S, Mondoloni S, Besson M, Durand-de Cuttoli R, Hay A, Tricoire L, Lambolez B, Mourot A, Faure P, Maskos U, , A Human Polymorphism in CHRNA5 Is Linked to Relapse to Nicotine Seeking in Transgenic Rats., Curr Biol 2018 Oct; 28(20): 3244-3253.e7.
• 2016
  Lombardo S, Catteau J, Besson M, Maskos U, , A role for β2* nicotinic receptors in a model of local amyloid pathology induced in dentate gyrus., Neurobiol Aging 2016 10; 46(): 221-34.
• 2016
  Besson M, Forget B, Cognitive Dysfunction, Affective States, and Vulnerability to Nicotine Addiction: A Multifactorial Perspective, Front Psychiatry 2016;7:160.
• 2016
  Besson M, Guiducci S, Granon S, Guilloux JP, Guiard B, Repérant C, Faure P, Pons S, Cannazza G, Zoli M, Gardier AM, Maskos U, , Alterations in alpha5* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors result in midbrain- and hippocampus-dependent behavioural and neural impairments., Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2016 Sep; 233(18): 3297-314.
• 2016
  Belin-Rauscent A, Daniel ML, Puaud M, Jupp B, Sawiak S, Howett D, McKenzie C, Caprioli D, Besson M, Robbins TW, Everitt BJ, Dalley JW, Belin D, Impulsivity is predicted by the thinness of the insular cortex in rats, Mol. Psychiatry 2016 Apr;21(4):445.
• 2015
  Belin-Rauscent A, Daniel ML, Puaud M, Jupp B, Sawiak S, Howett D, McKenzie C, Caprioli D, Besson M, Robbins TW, Everitt BJ, Dalley JW, Belin D, From impulses to maladaptive actions: the insula is a neurobiological gate for the development of compulsive behavior, Mol. Psychiatry 2016 Apr;21(4):491-9.
• 2013
  Besson M, Pelloux Y, Dilleen R, Theobald DE, Lyon A, Belin-Rauscent A, Robbins TW, Dalley JW, Everitt BJ, Belin D, Cocaine modulation of frontostriatal expression of Zif268, D2, and 5-HT2c receptors in high and low impulsive rats, Neuropsychopharmacology 2013 Sep;38(10):1963-73.
• 2013
  Tolu S, Eddine R, Marti F, David V, Graupner M, Pons S, Baudonnat M, Husson M, Besson M, Reperant C, Zemdegs J, Pagès C, Hay YA, Lambolez B, Caboche J, Gutkin B, Gardier AM, Changeux JP, Faure P, Maskos U, , Co-activation of VTA DA and GABA neurons mediates nicotine reinforcement., Mol. Psychiatry 2013 Mar; 18(3): 382-93.
• 2011
  Besson M, David V, Baudonnat M, Cazala P, Guilloux JP, Reperant C, Cloez-Tayarani I, Changeux JP, Gardier AM, Granon S, Alpha7-nicotinic receptors modulate nicotine-induced reinforcement and extracellular dopamine outflow in the mesolimbic system in mice, Psychopharmacology (Berl.) 2012 Mar;220(1):1-14.
• 2010
  Besson M, Belin D, McNamara R, Theobald DE, Castel A, Beckett VL, Crittenden BM, Newman AH, Everitt BJ, Robbins TW, Dalley JW, Dissociable control of impulsivity in rats by dopamine d2/3 receptors in the core and shell subregions of the nucleus accumbens, Neuropsychopharmacology 2010 Jan;35(2):560-9.
• 2008
  Besson M, Suarez S, Cormier A, Changeux JP, Granon S, Chronic nicotine exposure has dissociable behavioural effects on control and beta2-/- mice, Behav. Genet. 2008 Sep;38(5):503-14.
• 2007
  Besson M, Granon S, Mameli-Engvall M, Cloëz-Tayarani I, Maubourguet N, Cormier A, Cazala P, David V, Changeux JP, Faure P, Long-term effects of chronic nicotine exposure on brain nicotinic receptors, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2007 May;104(19):8155-60.
• 2006
  Cressant A, Besson M, Suarez S, Cormier A, Granon S, Spatial learning in Long-Evans Hooded rats and C57BL/6J mice: different strategies for different performance, Behav. Brain Res. 2007 Feb;177(1):22-9.
• 2006
  Besson M, David V, Suarez S, Cormier A, Cazala P, Changeux JP, Granon S, Genetic dissociation of two behaviors associated with nicotine addiction: beta-2 containing nicotinic receptors are involved in nicotine reinforcement but not in withdrawal syndrome, Psychopharmacology (Berl.) 2006 Aug;187(2):189-99.
• 2006
  David V, Besson M, Changeux JP, Granon S, Cazala P, Reinforcing effects of nicotine microinjections into the ventral tegmental area of mice: dependence on cholinergic nicotinic and dopaminergic D1 receptors, Neuropharmacology 2006 Jun;50(8):1030-40.
• 2006
  Molles BE, Maskos U, Pons S, Besson M, Guiard P, Guilloux JP, Evrard A, Cormier A, Mameli-Engvall M, Cloëz-Tayarani I, Nakatani H, Dufour N, Bemelmans AP, Mallet J, Cazala P, Gardier AM, David V, Faure P, Granon S, Changeux JP, , Targeted in vivo expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mouse brain using lentiviral expression vectors., J. Mol. Neurosci. 2006 ; 30(1-2): 105-6.
• 2005
  Maskos U, Molles BE, Pons S, Besson M, Guiard BP, Guilloux JP, Evrard A, Cazala P, Cormier A, Mameli-Engvall M, Dufour N, Cloëz-Tayarani I, Bemelmans AP, Mallet J, Gardier AM, David V, Faure P, Granon S, Changeux JP, , Nicotine reinforcement and cognition restored by targeted expression of nicotinic receptors., Nature 2005 Jul; 436(7047): 103-7.
• 2005
  Besson M, Martin JR, Centrophobism/thigmotaxis, a new role for the mushroom bodies in Drosophila, J. Neurobiol. 2005 Feb;62(3):386-96.