Recent Publications

Multiple sex- and circuit-specefic mechanisms underlie exercise-induced stress resistance

Tanner MK, Mellert SM, Fallon IP, Baratta MV & Greenwood BN (2024). Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences.
doi: 10.1007/7854_2024_490

Use of an immunocapture device to detect cytokine release in discrete brain regions

Frank MG & Baratta MV (2024). Neural Regeneration Research.
doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.382237

Prior experience with behavioral control over stress facilitates social dominance

Coleman PT, Costanza-Chavez GW, Martin HN, Amat J, Frank MG, Sanchez RJ, Potter GJ, Mellert SM, Carter RK, Bonnici GN, Maier SF & Baratta MV (2024). Neurobiology of Stress.
doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2023.100597

From helplessness to controllability: Toward a neuroscience of resilience

Baratta MV, Seligman MEP, & Maier SF (2023). Frontiers in Psychiatry.
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04507-5

Elevated prefrontal dopamine interferes with the stress-buffering properties of behavioral control in female rats

McNulty CJ, Fallon IP, Amat J, Sanchez RJ, Leslie NR, Root DH, Maier SF & Baratta MV (2023). Neuropsychopharmacology. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04507-5

Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons mediate nonassociative consequences of stress

McGovern DJ, Ly A, Ecton KL, Huynh DT, Prévost ED, Gonzalez SC, McNulty CJ, Rau AR, Hentges ST, Daigle TL, Tasic B, Baratta MV & Root DH (2022). Molecular Psychiatry.
doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01858-3

SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 subunit induces neuroinflammatory, microglial and behavioral sickness responses: Evidence of PAMP-like propertiess

Frank MG, Nguyen KH, Ball JB, Hopkins S, Kelley T, Baratta MV, Fleshner M & Maier SF (2022). Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.12.007

Environmental certainty influences the neural systems regulating responses to threat and stress

Meyer HC, Sangha S, Radley JJ, LaLumiere RT & Baratta MV (2021). Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.10.014

Sex differences in resilience: Experiential factors and their mechanisms

Fallon IP, Tanner MK, Greenwood BN & Baratta MV (2020). The European Journal of Neuroscience. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14639

Conference Presentations

The bidirectional relationship between controllable stress and social dominance may rely on thalamocortical regulation of instrumental effort

Costanza-Chavez G, Lafehr V, Ahrens S, Maier S, Baratta M. (June, 2024). Stress Neurobiology Workshop, Boston, MA.

Deconstructing the coping experience

McNulty CJ, Bonnici GN, Root DH, Rozeske RR, Baratta MV. (June, 2024). Stress Neurobiology Workshop, Boston, MA.

Effect of stressor controllability on glucocorticoids levels in brain: Implications for neuroinflammatory priming

Levy ES, Frank MG, McNulty CJ, Maier SF, Baratta MV. (June, 2024). Stress Neurobiology Workshop, Boston, MA.

Voluntary exercise prevents stress-induced dorsal raphe serotonergic activity in female rats

Mellert SM, Levy ES, Amat J, Baratta MV, Greenwood BN. (May, 2024). Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, Bergen, Norway.

Sex-specific circuitry underlying the impact of behavioral control

Bonnici GN, McNulty CJ, Amat J, Baratta MV. (April, 2024). CU Boulder Undergraduate Research Day, Boulder, CO.

Dominance status buffers against neurochemical and behavioral responses to nonsocial stressors

Costanza-Chavez G, Coleman P, Amat J, Frank M, Bonnici G, Levy E, Ahrens S, Baratta M. (December, 2023). American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Tampa, FL.

Exercise hormone irisin enables stress resistance

Mellert SM, Levy ES, Fernandes de Rocha J, Wrann CD, Spiegelman BM, Baratta MV, Greenwood BN. (November, 2023). Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.

Prefrontal dopamine recruits a distinct circuit during behavioral control in females

McNulty CJ, Bonnici GN, Fallon IP, Amat J, Root DH, Baratta MV. (September, 2023). Leibniz International Symposium on Resilience Research, Mainz, Germany.

Mesocortical dopamine disrupts the stress-buffering effects of behavioral control in females

McNulty CJ, Bonnici GN, Amat J, Root DH, Baratta MV. (August, 2023). European Brain and Behaviour Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Controllable stress increases performance in both the social and non-social tube test

Costanza-Chavez G, Lafehr V, Ziegler J, Ahrens S, Maier S, Baratta M. (August, 2023). European Brain and Behaviour Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands.