2024

 

Functional and morphological adaptation of medial prefrontal corticotropin releasing factor receptor 1-expressing neurons in male mice following chronic ethanol exposure

Reesha R. Patel*, Pauravi Gandhi*, Kathryn Spencer, Nihal A. Salem, Chloe. M. Erikson, Vittoria Borgonetti, Roman Vlkolinsky, Larry Rodriguez, Tali Nadav, Michal Bajo, Amanda J. Roberts, R. Dayne Mayfield, Marisa Roberto

*Equal Contribution

Neurobiology of Stress, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100657 Read PDF

2023

 

Social isolation recruits amygdala-cortical circuitry to escalate alcohol drinking

Reesha R. Patel, Makenzie Patarino, Kelly Kim, Rachelle Pamintuan, Felix Taschbach, Hao Li, Christopher Lee, Aniek van Hoek, Rogelio Castro, Christian Cazares, Ray Miranda, Caroline Jia, Jeremy Delahanty, Kanha Batra, Laurel Keyes, Avraham Libster, Romy W. Wichmann, Talmo Pereira, Marcus Benna, & Kay M. Tye

BioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.09.566421 Read PDF

2022

 

Amygdalostriatal transition zone neurons encode sustained valence to direct conditioned behaviors

Fergil Mills*, Christopher R. Lee*, James R. Howe *, Hao Li*, Shan Hao, Maria N. Keisler, Mackenzie E. Lemieux, Felix H. Taschbach, Laurel R. Keyes, Matilde Borio, Hannah S. Chen, Reesha R. Patel, Alexa L. Gross, Jeremy Delahanty, Christian Cazares, Liezl Maree, Romy Wichmann, Talmo D. Pereira, Marcus K. Benna, Cory M. Root, & Kay M. Tye.

BioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2022.10.28.514263

Blockade of orexin receptors in the infralimbic cortex prevents stress-induced reinstatement of alcohol-seeking behaviour in alcohol-dependent rats.

Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez, Florence P. Varodayan, Reesha R. Patel, Jessical M. Illenberger, Francesca Di Ottavio, Marisa Roberto, & Rémi Martin-Fardon

British Journal of Pharmacology, doi: 10.1111/bph.16015 Read PDF

Development and use of a high-throughput screen to identify novel modulators of the corticotropin releasing factor binding protein

Carolina L. Haass-Koffler, Chase Francis, Pauravi Gandhi, Reesha R. Patel, Mohammad Naemuddin, Carsten K. Nielsen, Selena E. Barlett, Antonello Bonci, Stefan Vasile, Becky L. Hood, Eigo Suyama, Michael P. Hendrick, Layton H. Smith, Allison S. Limpert, Marisa Roberto, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, & Douglas J. Sheffler

SLAS Discovery, doi 10.1016/j.slasd.2022.09.005 Read PDF

Ethanol withdrawal-induced adaptations in prefrontal corticotropin releasing factor receptor 1-expressing neurons regulate anxiety and conditioned rewarding effects of ethanol

Reesha R. Patel, Sarah A. Wolfe, Vittoria Borgonetti, Pauravi J. Gandhi, Larry Rodriguez, Angela E. Snyder, Shannon D’Ambrosio, Michal Bajo, Alain Domissy, Steven Head, Candice Contet, R. Dayne Mayfield, Amanda J. Roberts, & Marisa Roberto

Molecular Psychiatry, doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01642-3 Read PDF

Alcohol dependence induces CRF sensitivity in female central amygdala GABA syanpses

Larry Rodriguez, Dean Kirson, Sarah A. Wolfe, Reesha R. Patel, Florence P. Varodayan, Angela E. Snyder, Pauravi J. Gandhi, Sophia Khom, Roman Vlkolinsky, Michal Bajo, & Marisa Roberto

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, doi: 10.3390/ijms23147842 Read PDF

The amygdala noradrenergic system is compromised with alcohol use disorder

Florence P. Varodayan, Reesha R. Patel, Alessandra Matzeu, Sarah A. Wolfe, Dallece E. Curley, Sophia Khom, Pauravi J. Gandhi, Larry Rodriguez, Michal Bajo, Shannon D’Ambrosio, Hui Sun, Tony M. Kerr, Rueben A. Gonzales, Lorenzo Leggio, Luis A. Natividad, Carolina L. Haass-Koffler, Remi Martin-Fardon, & Marisa Roberto

Biological Psychiatry, doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.02.006 Read PDF

Cortical ensembles orchestrate social competition through hypothalamic outputs

Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Kanha Batra, Makenzie Patarino, Zexin Chen, Rachel R. Rock, Ruihan Zhang, Sébastien B Hausmann, Javier C Weddington, Reesha R. Patel, Yu E. Zhang, Hao-Shu Fang, Srishti Mishra, Deryn O. LeDuke, Jasmin Revanna, Hao Li, Matilde Borio, Rachelle Pamintuan, Aneesh Bal, Laurel R. Keyes, Avraham Libster, Romy Wichmann, Fergil Mills, Felix H Taschbach, Gillian A. Matthews, James P. Curley, Ila R. Fiete, Cewu Lu, & Kay M. Tye

Nature, doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04507-5 Read PDF

2021

 

Synaptic effects of IL-1β and CRF in the central amygdala after protracted alcohol abstinence in male rhesus macaques

Reesha R. Patel*, Florence P. Varodayan* , Melissa A. Herman, Vanessa Jimenez, Rebecca Agnore, Lina Gao, Michal Bajo, Verginia C. Cuzon Carlson, Nicole A. Walter, Suzanne S. Fei, Kathleen A. Grant, & Marisa Roberto

*Equal Contribution

Neuropsychopharmacology, doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01231-y Read PDF


IL-10 normalizes aberrant amygdala GABA transmission and reverses anxiety-like behavior and dependence-induced escalation of alcohol intake

Reesha R. Patel, Sarah A. Wolfe, Michal Bajo, Shawn Abeynaike, Amanda Pahng, Vittoria Borgonetti, Shannon D'Ambrosio, Rana Nikzad, Scott Edwards, Silke Paust, Amanda J. Roberts, & Marisa Roberto

Progress in Neurobiology, doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101952 Read PDF

 

Sex differences in acute alcohol sensitivity of naïve and alcohol dependent central amygdala GABA synapses

Dean Kirson, Sophia Khom, Larry Rodriguez, Sarah A. Wolfe, Florence P. Varodayan, Pauravi J. Gandhi, Reesha R. Patel, Roman Vlkolinsky, Michal Bajo, & Marisa Roberto

Alcohol and Alcoholism, doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agab034 Read PDF

 

Valence processing in the PFC: Reconciling circuit-level and systems-level views

Austin A. Coley, Nancy Padilla-Coreano*, Reesha R. Patel*, & Kay M. Tye

*Equal Contribution

International Review of Neurobiology, doi: 10.1016/bs.irn.2020.12.002 Read PDF

2020

 

Alcohol dependence promotes systemic IFN-γ and IL-17 responses in mice

Kayla Frank, Shawn Abeynaike ,Rana Nikzad, Reesha R. Patel, Amanda J. Roberts, Marisa Roberto, & Silke Paust

PLoS One, doI; 10.1371/journal.pone.0239246 Read PDF


Alcohol dependence and withdrawal impair serotonergic regulation of GABA transmission in the rat central nucleus of the amygdala

Sophia Khom, Sarah A. Wolfe, Reesha R. Patel, Dean Kirson, David M. Hedges, Florence P. Varodayan, Michal Bajo, & Marisa Roberto

Journal of Neuroscience, doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0733-20.2020 Read PDF

 

Microglia Control Escalation of Drinking in Alcohol-Dependent Mice: Genomic and Synaptic Drivers

Anna S. Warden, Sarah A. Wolfe, Sophia Khom, Florence P. Varodayan, Reesha R. Patel, Michael Q. Steinman, Michal Bajo, Sarah E. Montgomery, Roman Vlkolinsky, Tali Nadav, Ilham Polis, Amanda J. Roberts, R. Dayne Mayfield, R. Adron Harris, & Marisa Roberto

Biological Psychiatry, doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.05.011 Read PDF

 

Preferential Pharmacological Inhibition of Nav1.6, but not Nav1.1, Abolishes Epileptiform Activity Induced by 4-AP in Mouse Cortical Slices

Reesha R. Patel, Xingjie Ping, Shaun R. Patel, Jeff S. McDermott, Jeffrey L. Krajewski, Xian Xuan Chi, Eric S. Nisenbaum, Xiaoming Jin, & Theodore R. Cummins

bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/2020.05.29.124693 Read PDF

2019

 

Role of MyD88 in IL-1β and Ethanol Modulation of GABAergic Transmission in the Central Amygdala

Michal Bajo, Reesha R. Patel, David M. Hedges, Florence P. Varodayan, Roman Vlkolinsky, Tony D. Davis, Michael D. Burkart, Yuri A. Blednov, & Marisa Roberto

Brain Sciences, doi: 10.3390/brainsci9120361 Read PDF


Resurgent and Gating Pore Currents Induced by De Novo SCN2A Epilepsy Mutations

Emily R. Mason, Fenfen Wu, Reesha R. Patel, Yucheng Xiao, Stephen C. Cannon, & Theodore R. Cummins

eNeuro, doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0141-19.2019 Read PDF

 

Cessation of fluoxetine treatment increases alcohol seeking during relapse and dysregulates endocannabinoid and glutamatergic signaling in the central amygdala

Juan Suárez, Sophia Khom, Francisco Alén, Luis A Natividad, Florence P. Varodayan, Reesha R. Patel, Dean Kirson, Rocío Arco, Antonio Ballesta, Michal Bajo, Leticia Rubio, Rémi Martin-Fardon, Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca, & Marisa Roberto

Addiction Biology, doi: 10.1111/adb.12813 Read PDF

 

Molecular, Morphological, and Functional Characterization of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor 1-Expressing Neurons in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala

Sarah A. Wolfe*, Harpreet Sidhu*, Reesha R. Patel*, Max Kreifeldt, Shannon R. D’Ambrosio, Candice Contet*, and Marisa Roberto*

*Equal contribution

eNeuro, doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0087-19.2019 Read PDF

2018

 

IL-1β expression is increased and regulates GABA transmission following chronic ethanol in mouse central amygdala

Reesha R. Patel, Sophia Khom, Michael Q. Steinman, Florence P. Varodayan, William B. Kiosses, David M. Hedges, Roman Vlkolinsky, Tali Nadav, Ilham Polis, Michal Bajo, Amanda J. Roberts, & Marisa Roberto

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.10.009 Read PDF


Structural Analysis of Hippocampal Kinase Signal Transduction

Daniel B. McClatchy, Nam-Kyung Yu, Salvador Martínez-Bartolomé, Reesha R. Patel, Alexander R. Pelletier, Mathieu Lavalle-Adam, Susan B. Powell, Marissa Roberto, & John R. Yates

ACS Chemical Neuroscience, doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00284 Read PDF

 

Withdrawal-induced escalated oxycodone self-administration is mediated by kappa opioid receptor function

Jacques D. Nguyen, Dean Kirson, Michael Q. Steinman, Reesha R. Patel, Sophia Khom, Florence P. Varodayan, David M. Hedges, Christopher S. Oleata, Yanabel Grant, Marisa Roberto, & Michael A. Taffe

bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/177899 Read PDF

 

Role of TLR4 in the Modulation of Central Amygdala GABA Transmission by CRF Following Restraint Stress

Florence P. Varodayan, Sophia Khom, Reesha R. Patel, Michael Q. Steinman, David M. Hedges, Christopher S. Oleata, Gregg E. Homanics, Marisa Roberto, & Michal Bajo

Alcohol and Alcoholism, doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agx114 Read PDF

2017

 

Ethanol and Cytokines in the Central Nervous System

Marisa Robert, Reesha R. Patel, & Michal Bajo

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, doi: 10.1007/164_2017_77 Read PDF

2016

 

Aberrant epilepsy-associated mutant Nav1.6 sodium channel activity can be targeted with cannabidiol

Reesha R. Patel, Cindy Barbosa, Tatiana Brustovetsky, Nickolay Brustovetsky, Theodore R. Cummins 

Brain, doi: 10.1093/brain/aww129 Read PDF

2015

 

Navβ4 regulates fast resurgent sodium currents and excitability in sensory neurons

Cindy Barbosa, Zhi-Yong Tan, Ruizhong Wang, Wenrui Xie, Judith A. Strong, Reesha R. Patel, Michael R. Vasko, Jun-Ming Zhang, Theodore R. Cummins 

Molecular Pain, doi: 10.1186/s12990-015-0063-9 Read PDF

 

Human Nav1.6 Channels Generate Larger Resurgent Currents than Human Nav1.1 Channels, but the Navβ4 Peptide Does Not Protect Either Isoform from Use-Dependent Reduction

Reesha R. Patel, Cindy Barbosa, Yucheng Xiao, Theodore R. Cummins 

PLoS One, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133485 Read PDF