2024
Effinger, D. P., Hoffman, J. L., Mott, S. E., Magee, S. N., Quadir, S. G., Rollison, C. S., Toedt, D., Echeveste Sanchez, M., High, M. W., Hodge, C. W., & Herman, M. A. (2024). Increased reactivity of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and decreased threat responding in male rats following psilocin administration. Nature Communications, 15(1), 5321. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49741-9
Magee, S. N., Sereno, A. C., & Herman, M. A. (2024). Sex differences in basal motivated behavior, chronic ethanol drinking, and amygdala activity in female and male mice. Alcohol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2024.06.004
2023
Quadir, S. G., Arleth, G. M., Cone, M. G., High, M. W., Ramage, M. C., Effinger, D. P., Sanchez, M. E., & Herman, M. A. (2023). Chronic Alcohol Drinking Drives Sex-Specific Differences in Affective Behavior and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Activity in CRF1:Cre:tdTomato Transgenic Rats. eNeuro, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0055-23.2023
Echeveste Sanchez, M., Zhu, M., Magee, S., Grady, S., Guerry, H., Guhr-Lee, T. N., Esther, C. R., & Herman, M. A. (2023). Electronic Vaporization of Nicotine Salt or Freebase produces differential effects on metabolism, neuronal activity and behavior in male and female C57BL/6J mice. Addiction Neuroscience, 6, 100082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addicn.2023.100082
Effinger, D. P., Quadir, S. G., Ramage, M. C., Cone, M. G., & Herman, M. A. (2023). Sex-specific effects of psychedelic drug exposure on central amygdala reactivity and behavioral responding. Translational Psychiatry, 13(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02414-5
Zhu, M., Rogers, N. G., Jahad, J. V., & Herman, M. A. (2023). Sex differences in the impact of electronic nicotine vapor on corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 neurons in the mouse ventral tegmental area. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, JN-RM-2087-22. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2087-22.2023
2022
Echeveste Sanchez, M., Quadir, S. G., Whindleton, C. M., Hoffman, J. L., Faccidomo, S. P., Guhr Lee, T. N., Esther, C. R., Jr, Hodge, C. W., & Herman, M. A. (2022). The effects of electronic nicotine vapor on voluntary alcohol consumption in female and male C57BL/6 J mice. Drug and alcohol dependence, 241, 109676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109676
Weera, M. M., Agoglia, A. E., Douglass, E., Jiang, Z., Rajamanickam, S., Shackett, R. S., Herman, M. A., Justice, N. J., & Gilpin, N. W. (2022). Generation of a CRF1-Cre transgenic rat and the role of central amygdala CRF1 cells in nociception and anxiety-like behavior. eLife, 11, e67822. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.67822
Crofton, E. J., Zhu, M., Curtis, K. N., Nolan, G. W., O'Buckley, T. K., Morrow, A. L., & Herman, M. A. (2022). Medial prefrontal cortex-basolateral amygdala circuit dysfunction in chronic alcohol-exposed male rats. Neuropharmacology, 205, 108912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108912
Quadir, S. G., Arleth, G. M., Jahad, J. V., Echeveste Sanchez, M., Effinger, D. P., & Herman, M. A. (2022). Sex differences in affective states and association with voluntary ethanol intake in Sprague-Dawley rats. Psychopharmacology, 239(2), 589–604. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-06052-x
Agoglia, A. E., Zhu, M., Quadir, S. G., Bluitt, M. N., Douglass, E., Hanback, T., Tella, J., Ying, R., Hodge, C. W., & Herman, M. A. (2022). Sex-specific plasticity in CRF regulation of inhibitory control in central amygdala CRF1 neurons after chronic voluntary alcohol drinking. Addiction Biology, 27(1), e13067. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13067
2021
Zhu, M., Echeveste Sanchez, M., Douglass, E. A., Jahad, J. V., Hanback, T. D., Guhr Lee, T. N., Esther, C. R., Cole, M., Roberts, A. J., & Herman, M. A. (2021). Electronic Nicotine Vapor Exposure Produces Differential Changes in Central Amygdala Neuronal Activity, Thermoregulation and Locomotor Behavior in Male Mice. eNeuro, 8(4), ENEURO.0189-21.2021. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0189-21.2021
2020
Agoglia, A. E., Tella, J., & Herman, M. A. (2020). Sex differences in corticotropin releasing factor peptide regulation of inhibitory control and excitability in central amygdala corticotropin releasing factor receptor 1-neurons. Neuropharmacology, 180, 108296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108296
Agoglia, A. E., Zhu, M., Ying, R., Sidhu, H., Natividad, L. A., Wolfe, S. A., Buczynski, M. W., Contet, C., Parsons, L. H., Roberto, M., & Herman, M. A. (2020). Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor-1 Neurons in the Lateral Amygdala Display Selective Sensitivity to Acute and Chronic Ethanol Exposure. eNeuro, 7(2), ENEURO.0420-19.2020. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0420-19.2020
2019
Hughes, B. A., Bohnsack, J. P., O’Buckley, T. K., Herman, M. A., & Morrow, A. L. (2019). Chronic Ethanol Exposure and Withdrawal Impair Synaptic GABAA Receptor-Mediated Neurotransmission in Deep-Layer Prefrontal Cortex. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 43(5), 822–832. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14015
Jimenez, V. A., Herman, M. A., Cuzon Carlson, V. C., Walter, N. A., Grant, K. A., & Roberto, M. (2019). Synaptic adaptations in the central amygdala and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus associated with protracted ethanol abstinence in male rhesus monkeys. Neuropsychopharmacology: Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 44(5), 982–993. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-018-0290-7
2018
Ghosh, A., Coakley, R. C., Mascenik, T., Rowell, T. R., Davis, E. S., Rogers, K., Webster, M. J., Dang, H., Herring, L. E., Sassano, M. F., Livraghi-Butrico, A., Van Buren, S. K., Graves, L. M., Herman, M. A., Randell, S. H., Alexis, N. E., & Tarran, R. (2018). Chronic E-Cigarette Exposure Alters the Human Bronchial Epithelial Proteome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 198(1), 67–76. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201710-2033OC
2017
Valentino, R. J., Guyenet, P., Hou, X. H., & Herman, M. (2017). Central Network Dynamics Regulating Visceral and Humoral Functions. The Journal of Neuroscience: The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 37(45), 10848–10854. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1833-17.2017
Borghese, C. M., Herman, M., Snell, L. D., Lawrence, K. J., Lee, H.-Y., Backos, D. S., Vanderlinden, L. A., Harris, R. A., Roberto, M., Hoffman, P. L., & Tabakoff, B. (2017). Novel Molecule Exhibiting Selective Affinity for GABAA Receptor Subtypes. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 6230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05966-x
2016
Herman, M. A., Contet, C., & Roberto, M. (2016). A Functional Switch in Tonic GABA Currents Alters the Output of Central Amygdala Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptor-1 Neurons Following Chronic Ethanol Exposure. The Journal of Neuroscience: The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 36(42), 10729–10741. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1267-16.2016
Buczynski, M. W., Herman, M. A., Hsu, K.-L., Natividad, L. A., Irimia, C., Polis, I. Y., Pugh, H., Chang, J. W., Niphakis, M. J., Cravatt, B. F., Roberto, M., & Parsons, L. H. (2016). Diacylglycerol lipase disinhibits VTA dopamine neurons during chronic nicotine exposure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(4), 1086–1091. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1522672113
2014
Grieder, T. E., Herman, M. A., Contet, C., Tan, L. A., Vargas-Perez, H., Cohen, A., Chwalek, M., Maal-Bared, G., Freiling, J., Schlosburg, J. E., Clarke, L., Crawford, E., Koebel, P., Canonigo, V., Sanna, P., Tapper, A., Roberto, M., Kieffer, B. L., Sawchenko, P. E., … George, O. (2014). CRF neurons in the ventral tegmental area control the aversive effects of nicotine withdrawal and promote escalation of nicotine intake. Nature Neuroscience, 17(12), 1751–1758. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3872
Selected Reviews
Agoglia, A. E., Crofton, E. J., & Herman, M. A. (2020). Biological intersection of sex, age, and environment in the corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) system and alcohol. Neuropharmacology, 170, 108045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108045
Agoglia, A. E., & Herman, M. A. (2018). The center of the emotional universe: Alcohol, stress, and CRF1 amygdala circuitry. Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 72, 61–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.03.009
Herman, M. A., & Roberto, M. (2015). The addicted brain: Understanding the neurophysiological mechanisms of addictive disorders. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 9, 18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2015.00018
Gilpin NW, Herman MA, Roberto M (2014). The Central Amygdala as an Integrative Hub for Anxiety and Alcohol Use Disorders. Biological Psychiatry. Sep 2014. PMID: 25433901.
Gilpin, N. W., Herman, M. A., & Roberto, M. (2015). The central amygdala as an integrative hub for anxiety and alcohol use disorders. Biological Psychiatry, 77(10), 859–869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.09.008