All Publications
Selected Publications
2019
Self-assembly of the bZIP transcription factor ΔFosB.
Yin Z, Venkannagari H, Lynch H, Aglyamova G, Bhandari M, Machius M, Nestler EJ, Robison AJ, Rudenko G.
Current Research in Structural Biology. In press.
Cognition and Reward Circuits in Schizophrenia: Synergistic, not Separate.
Robison AJ, Thakkar K, Diwadkar V.
Biological Psychiatry. In press.
T cells as an emerging target for chronic pain therapy.
Laumet G, Ma J, Robison AJ, Kumari S, Heijnen C, Kavelaars A.
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 12:216. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00216.
Epigenetic Regulation of Hippocampal Fosb Expression Controls Behavioral Responses to Cocaine.
Gajewski PA, Eagle AL, Williams ES, Manning CE, Lynch HM, McCornack C, Maze I, Heller EA, Robison AJ.
Journal of Neuroscience. 39 (42) 8305-8314.
Androgen-dependent excitability of mouse ventral hippocampal afferents to nucleus accumbens underlies sex-specific susceptibility to stress.
Williams ES, Manning CE, Eagle AL, Swift-Gallant A, Duque-Wilckens N, Chinnusamy S, Moeser A, Jordan C, Leinninger G, Robison AJ.
Biological Psychiatry. pii: S0006-3223(19)31618-X.
Pubertal Testosterone Programs Adult Behavioral Adaptations to Sexual Experience through Infralimbic Cortex ΔFosB.
De Lorme KC, Staffend-Michael NA, Simmons SC, Robison AJ, Sisk CL.
eNeuro. 2019 Jun 5;6(3). pii: ENEURO.0176-19.2019. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0176-19.2019. Print 2019 May/Jun.
Upregulation of hippocampal extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-2 induces antidepressant-like behavior in the rat forced swim test.
Iñiguez SD, Parise LF, Lobo MK, Flores-Ramirez FJ, Garcia-Carachure I, Warren BL, Robison AJ.
Behav Neurosci. 2019 Apr;133(2):225-231. doi: 10.1037/bne0000303.
Hippocampal Subgranular Zone FosB Expression Is Critical for Neurogenesis and Learning.
Manning CE, Eagle AL, Kwiatkowski CC, Achargui R, Woodworth H, Potter E, Ohnishi Y, Leinninger GM, Robison AJ.
Neuroscience. 2019 May 15;406:225-233. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.03.022.
Daytime Light Intensity Modulates Spatial Learning and Hippocampal Plasticity in Female Nile Grass Rats (Arvicanthis niloticus).
Soler JE, Stumpfig M, Tang YP, Robison AJ, Núñez AA, Yan L.
Neuroscience. 2019 Jan 26. pii: S0306-4522(19)30051-X. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.031.
GSK3&Beta in the prefrontal cortex: a molecular handle specific to addiction pathology?
Eagle AL, Robison AJ.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Dec;43(13):2497-2498. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0224-4.
2018
Brain Health and the Batterer.
Kwiatkowski CC, Robison AJ, Zeoli AM..
Violence and Gender 3 Dec 2018 https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2018.0010
ΔFosB Decreases Excitability of Dorsal Hippocampal CA1 Neurons.
Eagle AL, Williams ES, Beatty JA, Cox CL, Robison AJ.
eNeuro. 2018 Aug 3;5(4). pii: ENEURO.0104-18.2018.
Sex differences in the traumatic stress response: the role of adult gonadal hormones.
Pooley AE, Benjamin RC, Sreedhar S, Eagle AL, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS, Breedlove SM, Jordan CL.
Biol Sex Differ. 2018 Jul 13;9(1):32.
Sex differences in the traumatic stress response: PTSD symptoms in women recapitulated in female rats.
Pooley AE, Benjamin RC, Sreedhar S, Eagle AL, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS, Breedlove SM, Jordan CL.
Biol Sex Differ. 2018 Jul 5;9(1):31.
Emerging role of viral vectors for circuit-specific gene interrogation and manipulation in rodent brain.
Sarno E, Robison AJ.
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2018 Apr 27. pii: S0091-3057(17)30669-X.
Ventral CA3 Activation Mediates Prophylactic Ketamine Efficacy Against Stress-Induced Depressive-like Behavior.
Mastrodonato A, Martinez R, Pavlova IP, LaGamma CT, Brachman RA, Robison AJ, Denny CA.
Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Feb 23. pii: S0006-3223(18)30112-4..
Light modulates hippocampal function and spatial learning in a diurnal rodent species: A study using male nile grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus).
Soler JE, Robison AJ Núñez AA, Yan L.Hippocampus. 2018 Mar;28(3):189-200. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22822. Epub 2017 Dec 27.
2017
Comparison of chronic physical and emotional social defeat stress effects on mesocorticolimbic circuit activation and voluntary consumption of morphine.
Cooper SE, Kechner M, Caraballo-Pérez D, Kaska S, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS.Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 16;7(1):8445. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09106-3.
Reward Network Immediate Early Gene Expression in Mood Disorders.
Manning C.E, Williams E.S., Robison AJ.Front. Beh. Neurosci. 2017 Apr 28;11:77. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00077. eCollection 2017.
Cell-Type Specific Epigenetic Editing at the Fosb Gene Controls Susceptibility to Social Defeat Stress
Hamilton PJ, Burek DJ, Lombroso SI, Neve RL, Robison AJ, Nestler EJ, Heller EA. Neuropsychopharmacology 2017 May 2. doi: 10.1038/npp.2017.88.
Reward Circuitry in Addiction.
Cooper S, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS.. Neurotherapeutics 2017 Jul;14(3):687-697. doi: 10.1007/s13311-017-0525-z. Review.
Enhanced expression of ADCY1 underlies aberrant neuronal signalling and behaviour in a syndromic autism model.
Sethna F, Feng W, Ding Q, Robison AJ, Feng Y, Wang H. Nat Commun 2017 Feb 20;8:14359. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14359.
2016
Differential Expression of FosB Proteins and Potential Target Genes in Select Brain Regions of Addiction and Depression Patients.
Gajewski PA, Turecki G, Robison AJ.PLoS One. 2016 Aug 5;11(8):e0160355.
Role of hippocampal activity-induced transcription in memory consolidation.
Eagle AL, Gajewski PA, Robison AJ. Rev Neurosci. 2016 Aug 1;27(6):559-73. doi: 10.1515/revneuro-2016-0010.
Sucrose Preference Test to Measure Stress-induced Anhedonia.
Eagle AL, Mazei-Robison M, Robison AJ. Bio-protocol. 2016; 6(11): e1822. http://www.bio-protocol.org/e1822
Sensitive Assessment of Hippocampal Learning Using Temporally Dissociated Passive Avoidance Task.
Eagle AL, Wang H, Robison AJ. Bio-protocol. 2016; 6(11): e1821. http://www.bio-protocol.org/e1821
2015
Fluoxetine exposure during adolescence increases preference for cocaine in adulthood.
Iñiguez SD, Riggs LM, Nieto SJ, Wright KN, Zamora NN, Cruz B, Zavala AR, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS. Sci Rep. 2015 Oct 9;15009.
Experience-dependent induction of hippocampal ΔFosB controls learning.
Eagle AL, Gajewski PA, Yang M, Kechner ME, Al Masraf BS, Kennedy PJ, Wang H, Mazei-Robison MS, Robison AJ. J. Neurosci Oct 7;35(40):13773-83.
Differential induction of FosB isoforms throughout the brain by fluoxetine and chronic stress.
Vialou V, Thibault M, Kaska S, Cooper S, Gajewski P, Eagle A, Mazei-Robison M, Nestler EJ, Robison AJ. Neuropharmacology. 2015 Jul 9;99:28-37
2014
Threonine 149 Phosphorylation Enhances ΔFosB Transcriptional Activity to Control Psychomotor Responses to Cocaine.
Cates HM, Thibault M, Pfau M, Heller E, Eagle A, Gajewski P, Bagot R, Colangelo C, Abbott T, Rudenko G, Neve R, Nestler EJ, Robison AJ. J Neurosci. 2014 Aug 20; 34(34):11461-9.
Emerging role of CaMKII in neuropsychiatric disease.
Robison AJ. Trends Neurosci. 2014 Nov; 37(11):653-62.
Fluoxetine Epigenetically Alters the CaMKIIa Promoter in Nucleus Accumbens to Regulate ΔFosB Binding and Antidepressant Effects.
Robison AJ, Vialou V, Sun HS, Labonte B, Golden SA, Dias C, Turecki G, Tamminga C, Russo S, Mazei-Robison M, Nestler EJ. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014 Apr; 39(5):1178-86.
2013
Behavioral and Structural Responses to Chronic Cocaine Require a Feed-Forward Loop Involving ΔFosB and CaMKII in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell.
Robison AJ, Vialou V, Mazei-Robison MS, Feng J, Kourrich S, Collins M, Wee S, Koob G, Turecki G, Neve RL, Thomas M, Nestler EJ. J Neurosci. 2013 Mar 6; 33(910):4295-4307.
ΔFosB differentially modulates nucleus accumbens direct and indirect pathway function.
Gruter BA, Robison AJ, Neve RL, Nestler EJ, Malenka RC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 29; 110(5):1923-8.
Vialou V, Feng J, Robison AJ, Nestler EJ.&nb Epigenetic Mechanisms of Depression and Antidepressant Action.
sp; Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2013; 53:59-87.