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Michael V. Baratta
FearSerotoninAnxietyneuroscienceserotoninstressStressAmygdalaanxietymedial prefrontal cortex
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Optogenetic Mimicry of the Transient Activation of Dopamine Neurons by Natural Reward Is Sufficient for Operant Reinforcement
with Kyung Man Kim, Aimei Yang, Doheon Lee, Edward S. Boyden +1
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74 papers in the corpus · 2002–2026Exercise Myokine Irisin Enables Behavioral Stress Resistance in Mice.42538993 · Mellert, Simone M, da Rocha, Joana F, Levy, Emily S et al.2026 · 0 citationsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2026
Daily rhythms in fear extinction memory reflect structural and functional changes in a prefrontal-amygdala circuit.42762349 · Andrys, Noah R R, Johnson, Elise A, Rowe, Ethan B et al.2026 · 0 citationsBrain structure & function. 2026;231(8)
Steven F. Maier: a life of scientific discovery, intellectual curiosity, and lasting influence.42732839 · Fleshner, Monika, Baratta, Michael V, Rudy, Jerry W2026 · 0 citationsBrain, behavior, and immunity. 2026;139:107014
A novel soil-derived Mycolicibacterium decreases anxiety-like defensive behavioral responses in association with decreases in biomarkers of neuroinflammation and hippocampal microglial priming in adult male rats.42119907 · Zhang, Haoting, Marquart, Brandon M, Holbrook, Evan M et al.2026 · 0 citationsBrain, behavior, and immunity. 2026;137:106809
Coping with stress produces differential systemic and brain corticosterone patterns in female rats.42625789 · Levy, Emily S, Frank, Matthew G, Maier, Steven F et al.2026 · 0 citationsFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience. 2026;20:1760267
Mesohabenular glutamatergic regulation of the consequences of uncontrollable stress.42538991 · McGovern, Dillon J, Deming, Melissa, Mills, Hadley et al.2026 · 0 citationsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2026
Caudal Granular Insular Cortex to Somatosensory Cortex I: A Critical Pathway for the Transition of Acute to Chronic Pain.41402127 · Ball, Jayson B, Finch, Maggie R, Taylor, Jeremy A et al.2026 · 1 citationThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2026;46(5)
Active coping mitigates the effects of stress on glucocorticoid levels in the prefrontal cortex.40885498 · Frank, Matthew G, Levy, Emily S, Bonnici, Gianni N et al.2025 · 1 citationBrain, behavior, and immunity. 2025;130:106096
Interpeduncular GABAergic neuron function controls threat processing and innate defensive adaptive learning.40781544 · Williams, Elora W, Snively, Leshia, O'Meara, Benjamin R et al.2025 · 2 citationsMolecular psychiatry. 2025;30(11):5427-5436
Interpeduncular GABAergic neuron function controls threat processing and innate defensive adaptive learning.39372946 · Molas, Susanna, Williams, Elora, Snively, Leshia et al.2025 · 0 citationsResearch square. 2024
Dr. Steven F. Maier: A fearless scientist, a rigorous mentor, and a legacy of excellence.40233866 · Barrientos, Ruth M, Baratta, Michael V, Frank, Matthew G2025 · 0 citationsBrain, behavior, and immunity. 2025;128:303-304
Salience Signaling and Stimulus Scaling of Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate Neuron Subtypes.40473473 · McGovern, Dillon J, Phillips, Alysabeth, Ly, Annie et al.2025 · 5 citationsThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2025;45(27)
Modulation of dorsal raphe nucleus connectivity and serotonergic signalling to the insular cortex in the prosocial effects of chronic fluoxetine.40081797 · Payet, Jennyfer M, Baratta, Michael V, Christianson, John P et al.2025 · 1 citationNeuropharmacology. 2025;272:110406
Response of parvalbumin interneurons and perineuronal nets in rat medial prefrontal cortex and lateral amygdala to stressor controllability.39592089 · Wallsten, Brittani, Gligor, Abigail H, Gonzalez, Angela E et al.2025 · 3 citationsBrain research. 2025;1848:149351
Multiple Sex- and Circuit-Specific Mechanisms Underlie Exercise-Induced Stress Resistance.39080242 · Tanner, Margaret K, Mellert, Simone M, Fallon, Isabella P et al.2024 · 4 citationsCurrent topics in behavioral neurosciences. 2024;67:37-60
Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons mediate nonassociative consequences of stress.36437312 · McGovern, Dillon J, Ly, Annie, Ecton, Koy L et al.2024 · 24 citationsMolecular psychiatry. 2024;29(6):1671-1682
Effects of Immunization With the Soil-Derived Bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae on Stress Coping Behaviors and Cognitive Performance in a "Two Hit" Stressor Model.33469429 · Foxx, Christine L, Heinze, Jared D, González, Antonio et al.2024 · 28 citationsFrontiers in physiology. 2020;11:524833
Prior experience with behavioral control over stress facilitates social dominance.38213318 · Coleman, Philip T, Costanza-Chavez, Gabriel W, Martin, Heather N et al.2024 · 3 citationsNeurobiology of stress. 2024;28:100597
Combining RNAscope and immunohistochemistry to visualize inflammatory gene products in neurons and microglia.37664240 · Ball, Jayson B, McNulty, Connor J, Green-Fulgham, Suzanne M et al.2023 · 13 citationsFrontiers in molecular neuroscience. 2023;16:1225847
The Role of Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Serotonergic Systems in Emotional Learning and Memory in Male BALB/c Mice.37852412 · Payet, Jennyfer M, Stevens, Laura, Russo, Adrian M et al.2023 · 8 citationsNeuroscience. 2023;534:1-15
Use of an immunocapture device to detect cytokine release in discrete brain regions.37843193 · Frank, Matthew G, Baratta, Michael V2023 · 1 citationNeural regeneration research. 2024;19(4):703-704
Female rats are more responsive than are males to the protective effects of voluntary physical activity against the behavioral consequences of inescapable stress.37549016 · Tanner, Margaret K, Hohorst, Alyssa A, Mellert, Simone M et al.2023 · 22 citationsStress (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2023;26(1):2245492
A robust activity marking system for exploring active neuronal ensembles.27661450 · Sørensen, Andreas T, Cooper, Yonatan A, Baratta, Michael V et al.2023 · 199 citationseLife. 2016;5
Prior experience with behavioral control over stress facilitates social dominance10.1101/2023.06.06.543982v1 · Coleman, P. T., Costanza-Chavez, G. W., Martin, H. N. et al.2023 · 4 citationsbioRxiv
From helplessness to controllability: toward a neuroscience of resilience.37229393 · Baratta, Michael V, Seligman, Martin E P, Maier, Steven F2023 · 54 citationsFrontiers in psychiatry. 2023;14:1170417
Elevated prefrontal dopamine interferes with the stress-buffering properties of behavioral control in female rats.36076018 · McNulty, Connor J, Fallon, Isabella P, Amat, Jose et al.2023 · 22 citationsNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. 2023;48(3):498-507
Immunization with a heat-killed preparation of Mycobacterium vaccae NCTC 11659 enhances auditory-cued fear extinction in a stress-dependent manner.36108946 · Hassell, James E, Baratta, Michael V, Fallon, Isabella P et al.2022 · 9 citationsBrain, behavior, and immunity. 2023;107:1-15
Environmental certainty influences the neural systems regulating responses to threat and stress.34673111 · Meyer, Heidi C, Sangha, Susan, Radley, Jason J et al.2022 · 21 citationsNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 2021;131:1037-1055
SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 subunit induces neuroinflammatory, microglial and behavioral sickness responses: Evidence of PAMP-like properties.34915155 · Frank, Matthew G, Nguyen, Kathy H, Ball, Jayson B et al.2022 · 182 citationsBrain, behavior, and immunity. 2022;100:267-277
Sex differences in resilience: Experiential factors and their mechanisms.31800125 · Fallon, Isabella P, Tanner, Margaret K, Greenwood, Benjamin N et al.2021 · 55 citationsThe European journal of neuroscience. 2020;52(1):2530-2547
Acute stress induces the rapid and transient induction of caspase-1, gasdermin D and release of constitutive IL-1β protein in dorsal hippocampus.32750541 · Frank, Matthew G, Baratta, Michael V, Zhang, Kaixin et al.2021 · 16 citationsBrain, behavior, and immunity. 2020;90:70-80
Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons mediate the nonassociative consequences of traumatic stress10.1101/2021.04.02.438264v1 · McGovern, D. J., Ecton, K. L., Huynh, D. T. et al.2021 · 0 citationsbioRxiv
Control Over Stress Accelerates Extinction of Drug Seeking Via Prefrontal Cortical Activation.25954765 · Baratta, Michael V, Pomrenze, Matthew B, Nakamura, Shinya et al.2020 · 10 citationsNeurobiology of stress. 2015;2:20-27
Voluntary exercise enables stress resistance in females.31028765 · Tanner, Margaret K, Fallon, Isabella P, Baratta, Michael V et al.2020 · 23 citationsBehavioural brain research. 2019;369:111923
Controllable stress elicits circuit-specific patterns of prefrontal plasticity in males, but not females.31028464 · Baratta, Michael V, Gruene, Tina M, Dolzani, Samuel D et al.2020 · 55 citationsBrain structure & function. 2019;224(5):1831-1843
Behavioural and neural sequelae of stressor exposure are not modulated by controllability in females.29359831 · Baratta, Michael V, Leslie, Nathan R, Fallon, Isabella P et al.2019 · 51 citationsThe European journal of neuroscience. 2018;47(8):959-967
New tools for understanding coping and resilience.28963058 · Baratta, Michael V, Maier, Steven F2019 · 22 citationsNeuroscience letters. 2019;693:54-57
A novel platform for in vivo detection of cytokine release within discrete brain regions.29678795 · Zhang, Kaixin, Baratta, Michael V, Liu, Guozhen et al.2019 · 30 citationsBrain, behavior, and immunity. 2018;71:18-22
Inhibition of a Descending Prefrontal Circuit Prevents Ketamine-Induced Stress Resilience in Females.29516036 · Dolzani, S D, Baratta, M V, Moss, J M et al.2019 · 53 citationseNeuro. 2018;5(1)
DREADDed microglia in pain: Implications for spinal inflammatory signaling in male rats.29530713 · Grace, Peter M, Wang, Xiaohui, Strand, Keith A et al.2019 · 112 citationsExperimental neurology. 2018;304:125-131
Hybrid photoacoustic/fluorescence microendoscopy through a multimode fiber using speckle illumination1812.11206v1 · Antonio M. Caravaca-Aguirre, Sakshi Singh, Simon Labouesse et al.2018 · 67 citationsarXiv
Hippocampal Processing of Ambiguity Enhances Fear Memory.28182526 · Amadi, Ugwechi, Lim, Seh Hong, Liu, Elizabeth et al.2018 · 17 citationsPsychological science. 2017;28(2):143-161
Activation of a Habenulo-Raphe Circuit Is Critical for the Behavioral and Neurochemical Consequences of Uncontrollable Stress in the Male Rat.27785462 · Dolzani, Samuel D, Baratta, Michael V, Amat, Jose et al.2017 · 74 citationseNeuro. 2016;3(5)
Stress Enables Reinforcement-Elicited Serotonergic Consolidation of Fear Memory.26248536 · Baratta, Michael V, Kodandaramaiah, Suhasa B, Monahan, Patrick E et al.2017 · 65 citationsBiological psychiatry. 2016;79(10):814-822
Morphine paradoxically prolongs neuropathic pain in rats by amplifying spinal NLRP3 inflammasome activation.27247388 · Grace, Peter M, Strand, Keith A, Galer, Erika L et al.2017 · 386 citationsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016;113(24):E3441-50
DAT isn't all that: cocaine reward and reinforcement require Toll-like receptor 4 signaling.25644383 · Northcutt, A L, Hutchinson, M R, Wang, X et al.2016 · 225 citationsMolecular psychiatry. 2015;20(12):1525-37
Dynamic microglial alterations underlie stress-induced depressive-like behavior and suppressed neurogenesis.24342992 · Kreisel, T, Frank, M G, Licht, T et al.2015 · 687 citationsMolecular psychiatry. 2014;19(6):699-709
Special issue on optogenetics. Preface.23948216 · Baratta, Michael V, Cooper, Donald C2014 · 0 citationsBehavioural brain research. 2013;255:1-2
A method for high fidelity optogenetic control of individual pyramidal neurons in vivo.24022017 · Nakamura, Shinya, Baratta, Michael V, Cooper, Donald C2014 · 2 citationsJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 2013(79)
High fidelity optogenetic control of individual prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons in vivo.24555016 · Nakamura, Shinya, Baratta, Michael V, Pomrenze, Matthew B et al.2014 · 10 citationsF1000Research. 2012;1:7
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