Pharmacological manipulations of the dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatum during fear extinction reveal opposing roles in fear renewal

Margaret K Tanner, Alyssa A Hohorst, Jessica D Westerman, Carolina Sanchez Mendoza, Rebecca Han, Nicolette A Moya, Jennifer Jaime, Lareina M Alvarez, Miles Q Dryden, Aleezah Balolia, Remla A Abdul, Esteban C Loetz, Benjamin N Greenwood

Journal:

• Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2024 Article in Press

Female rats are more responsive than are males to the protective effects of voluntary physical activity against the behavioral consequences of inescapable stress

Margaret K Tanner, Alyssa A Hohorst, Simone M Mellert, Esteban C Loetz, Michael Baratta, Benjamin N Greenwood

Journal:

• Stress. 2023 Nov;26(1):2245492. doi: 10.1080/10253890.2023.2245492.

Duration- and sex-dependent neural circuit control of voluntary physical activity

Margaret K Tanner, Jazmyne K P Davis, Jennifer Jaime, Nicolete A Moya, Alyssa A Hohorst, Kelsey Bonar, Kelsey A Abrams, Nashra Jamil, Rebecca Han, Troy J Hubert, Nadja Brown, Esteban C Loetz, Benjamin N Greenwood

Journal:

• Psychopharmacology. 2022 Nov;239(11):3697-3709. doi: 10.1007/s00213-022-06243-0. Epub 2022 Oct 4.

A novel social fear conditioning procedure alters social behavior and mTOR signaling in differentially housed rats

Lamya’a M Dawud, Esteban C Loetz, Brian Lloyd, Rachel Beam, Simon Tran, Kim Cowie, Kim Browne, Tassawwar Khn, Richard Montoya, Benjamin N Greenwood, Sondra T Bland

Journal:

• Developmental Psychobiology. 2021 Jan;63(1):74-87. doi: 10.1002/dev.22001. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Acute exercise enhances fear extinction through a mechanism involving central mTOR signaling

Nicolette A Moya, Margaret K Tanner, Abigail M Smith, Aleezah Balolia, Jazmyne K P Davis, Kelsey Bonar, Jennifer Jaime, Troy Hubert, Jorge Silva, William Whitworth, Esteban C Loetz, Sondra T Bland, Benjamin N Greenwood

Journal:

• Developmental Psychobiology. 2021 Jan;63(1):74-87. doi: 10.1002/dev.22001. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Partial and full deletion of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor a4 and B2 subunits reduces sensitivity to acute nicotine administration and development of tolerance following chronic nicotine administration

Micheal J Marks, Esteban Loetz, Nick C Ortiz, Penelope Herder, Allen C Collins

Journal:

• Behavioral Pharmacology. 2020 Oct; 31(7):688-701. Doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000575.

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) impairs the extinction and reconsolidation of fear memory in rats

Holl S Hake, Jazmyne K P Davis, River Wood, Margaret K Tanner, Esteban C Loetz, Anais Sanchez, Mykola Ostrovskyy, Erik B Oleson, Jim Grigsby, Rick Doblin, Benjamin N Greenwood

Journal:

• Behavioral Pharmacology. 2020 Oct; 31(7):688-701. Doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000575.

Monoacylglycercol lipase inhibition alters social behavior in male and female rats after post-weaning social isolation

Jazmin Fontenot, Esteban C Loetz, Matthew Ishiki, Sondra T Bland

Journal:

• Behavioral Pharmacology. 2020 Oct; 31(7):688-701. Doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000575.

Activation of Nigrostriatal Dopamine Neurons during Fear Extinction Prevents the Renewal of Fear

Courtney A Bouchet, Megan A Miner, Esteban C Loetz, Adam J Rosberg, Holly S Hake, Caroline E Farmer, Mykola Ostrovskyy, Nathan Gray, Benjamin N Greenwood

Journal:

• Behavioral Pharmacology. 2020 Oct; 31(7):688-701. Doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000575.

Acute exercise enhances the consolidation of extinction memory and reduces conditioned fear relapse in a sex-dependent manner

Courtney A Bouchet, Brian A Lloyd, Esteban C Loetz, Caroline E Farmer, Mykola Ostrovskyy, Natalie Haddad Rebecca M Foright, Benjamin Greenwood

Journal:

• Behavioral Pharmacology. 2020 Oct; 31(7):688-701. Doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000575.

Exercise increases mTOR signaling in brain regions involved in cognition and emotional behavior

Brian A Lloyd, Holly S Hake, Takayuki Ishiwata, Caroline E Farmer, Esteban C Loetz, Monika Fleshner, Sondra T Bland, Benjamin N Greenwood

Journal:

• Behavioral Pharmacology. 2020 Oct; 31(7):688-701. Doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000575.

Neurochemical and behavioral indices of exercise reward are independent of exercise controllability

Jonathan J Herrera, Sofiya Fedynska, Parsa R Ghasem, Tyler Weiman, Peter J Clark, Nathan Gray, Esteban Loetz, Serge Campeau, Monika Fleshner, Benjamin N Greenwood

Journal:

• Behavioral Pharmacology. 2020 Oct; 31(7):688-701. Doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000575.

Differential expression of the beta4 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit affects tolerance development and nicotinic binding sites following chronic nicotine treatment

Erin E Meyers, Esteban C Loetz, Michael J Marks

Journal:

• Behavioral Pharmacology. 2020 Oct; 31(7):688-701. Doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000575.

Optogenetic Activation of Substantia Nigra Neurons Projecting to the Dorsal Lateral Striatum during Fear Extinction Reduces Fear Renewal

Author & Presenter

• Society for Neuroscience 2019 Chicago IL

MAGL inhibition decreases aggression after post-weaning social isolation in male and female rats

Author & Presenter

• Society for Neuroscience 2018 Washington DC

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) impairs the extinction and reconsolidation of fear memory in rats

Author & Presenter

• Society for Neuroscience 2017 San Diego CA

Expression of Phosphorylated mTOR in Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala After MJN110 Administration

Author & Presenter

• Society for Neuroscience 2016 Chicago IL