Selected Publications
Primary Research Articles:
2026
Rinker J, Kutlu M, Knapp J, Hoffman M, Wukitsch T, Calipari ES, McMahan C, Baker G, Woodward JJ, Mulholland P. (2026) Consumption of reinforcing solutions engages dynamic activity of prelimbic cortex glutamatergic neurons in male C57BL/6J mice. Translational Psychiatry. In Press.
Luessen DJ, Gallinger IM, Wolfe B, Meadows MJ, Leonard MZ, Freitas GA, Lindsley CW, Calipari ES, Niswender CM, Conn PJ (2026) Selective mGlu1 receptor activation restores cortical inhibitory tone and improves cognitive performance in a subchronic phencyclidine NMDA hypofunction model. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. In Press.
Doyle MA, Yoon HJ, Altemus ME, Park AS, Troutman ME, Grunenkovaite L, Adank DN, Edwards CM, Chetkovich NA, Hallal SD, Lantier L, Siciliano CA, Calipari ES, Winder DG (2026) Alcohol abstinence precipitates alcohol seeking and aversion-resistant intake in association with increased BNST activity. Molecular Psychiatry. In Press.
Christensen BA, Tat J, Leonard MZ, Emerson SD, Roberts S, Holmgren EB, Konomi-Pilkati A, Elam HB, Gomez DM, Zheng L, Yoon HJ, Lago SF, Carr AL, Brady LJ, Chevée M, Calipari ES (2026) Sex and ovarian hormone cycles alter effects of stimulant drugs on mouse dopaminergic signaling. Journal of Clinical Investigation. In press.
Peck EG, Emerson SD, Curry AM, Holter KH, Estave PM, Sens JP, Ortelli OA, Farris SP, Kiraly DD, Gould RW, McCool BA, Calipari ES, Holleran KM, Jones SR (2026) Synaptogyrin-3 plays a critical role in addiction-related dopamine dysfunction and behavioral maladaptations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. In Press.
2025
Kutlu MG, Cajigas SA, Zachry JE, Calipari ES (2025) Novelty influences dopamine responses to conditioned and unconditioned aversive stimuli over extended temporal windows. eNeuro. In Press.
Buchanan RA, Kramer AT, Calipari ES, Bowman AB, Nobis WP, Harrison FE (2025) Differential impact of Manganese on Glutamate Clearance, EEG and sleep in Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia. In Press.
Leonard MZ, Elam HB, Yoon HJ, Lago SH, Altemus ME, Roberts S, Chevée M, Calipari ES (2025) Nicotine enhances cue-maintained behavior through modulation of dorsolateral striatal dopamine. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. In press.
Wang Y, Liu J, Singh A, Yue S, Calipari ES, Wang Z (2025) Prefrontal Cortex Excitatory Neurons Show Distinct Response to Heroin-associated Cue and Social Stimulus after Prolonged Heroin Abstinence in Mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Jul;50(8):1284-1297.
2024
Yoon HJ, Doyle M, Altemus M, Bethi R, Lago SH, Winder DG, Calipari ES (2024) Operant alcohol self-administration behaviors do not predict sex differences in continuous access home cage drinking. Alcohol. 123:87-99.
Thibeault KC, Leonard MZ, Kondev V, Bethi R, Lopez AJ, Sens JP, Emerson SD, Nabit BP, Elam HB Winder DG, Patel S, Kiraly DD, Grueter BG, Calipari ES (2025) A cocaine-activated ensemble exerts increased control over behavior while decreasing in size. Biological Psychiatry. 97(6):590-601.
Zachry JE, Kutlu MG, Yoon HJ, Leonard MZ, Chevee M, Patel DD, Gaidici A, Kondev V, Thibeault KC, Bethi R, Tat JT, Melugin PR, Isiktas AU, Joffe ME, Cai DJ, Conn PJ, Grueter BA, Calipari ES (2024) D1 and D2 medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens core have distinct and valence-independent roles in learning. Neuron. 112(5):835-849.e7.
2023
Montgomery SE, Long L, Russo SJ, Calipari ES, Nestler EJ, Morel C, Han MH (2023) Mesolimbic neural response dynamics predict future individual alcohol drinking in mice. Biological Psychiatry. 95(10):951-962.
Chevée M, Kim C, Crow JN, Follman EG, Calipari ES (2023) Sensitivity to outcome devaluation in operant tasks is better predicted by food restriction level than reinforcement training schedule in mice. eNeuro. 10.1523/ENEURO.0063-23.2023
Kutlu MG, Tat J, Christensen BA, Zachry JE, Calipari ES (2023) Dopamine release at the time of a predicted aversive outcome causally controls the trajectory and expression of conditioned behavior. Cell Reports. 42(8):112948.
Meckel KR, Simpson SS, Godino A, Peck EG, Sens JP, Leonard MZ, George O, Calipari ES, Hofford RS, Kiraly DD (2023) Microbial short-chain fatty acids regulate drug seeking and transcriptional control in a model of cocaine seeking. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(2):386-395.
Williford KM, Taylor A, Melchior J, Yoon HJ, Sale E, Bedenbaugh MN, Brown JA, Luchsinger JR, Centanni SW, Patel S, Calipari ES, Simerly RB, Winder DG (2023) BNST PKCdelta neurons are differentially recruited by stress and aversive stimuli and drive anxiety-like behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(7):1031-1041.
Emerson SD, Chevee M, Mews P, Calipari ES (2023) The transcriptional response to acute cocaine is inverted in male mice with a history of cocaine self-administration and withdrawal throughout the mesocorticolimbic system. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 125:103823.
Jameson AN, Siemann JK, Melchior J, Calipari ES, McMahon DG, Grueter BA (2023) Photoperiod impacts nucleus accumbens dopamine dynamics in a sex-specific manner. eNeuro. 10(2):ENEURO.0361-22.2023.
2022
Follman E, Chevee M, Kim C, Johnson AR, Tat J, Calipari ES (2022) Task parameters influence operant response variability in mice. Psychopharmacology. In Press.
Brown JA, Peterson N, Centanni SW, Jin AY, Yoon HJ, Cajigas S, Bedenbaugh MN, Luchsinger JR, Patel S, Calipari ES, Simerly RB, Winder DG (2022) An ensemble recruited by α2a-adrenergic receptors is engaged in a stressor-specific manner. Neuropsychopharmacology. In Press.
2021
Manz KM, Brady LJ, Calipari ES, Grueter BA (2021) Histamine engages discrete interneuron microcircuits in the nucleus accumbens shell. Biological Psychiatry. S0006-3223(21)01668-1.
Vaillancourt K, Chen GG, Fiori L, Maussion G, Yerko V, Théroux JF, Ernst C, Labonté B, Calipari ES, Nestler EJ, Nagy C, Mechawar N, Mash DC, Turecki G. (2021) Methylation of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene is dysregulated by cocaine dependence in the human striatum. iScience. 24(10):103169.
Brady LJ, Erickson KR, Lucerne KE, Osman A, Kiraly DD, Calipari ES. (2021) Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) enhances cocaine effects in the nucleus accumbens via a dopamine release-based mechanism. Psychopharmacology. 238(12):3499-3509.
Kutlu MG, Zachry JE, Melugin P, Kutlu B, Cajigas SA, Thibeault KC, Tian L, Siciliano CA, Calipari ES. (2021) Dopamine in the nucleus accumbens core signals perceived saliency. Current Biology. 31(21), 4748-4761.e8
Lopez AJ, Johnson AR, Kunnath AJ, Morris AD, Zachry JE, Thibeault KC, Kutlu MG, Siciliano CA, Calipari ES. (2021) An optimized procedure for robust volitional cocaine intake in mice. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology. 29(4);319-333
2020
Dash S, Balasubramaniam M, Godino A, Peck EG, Patnaik S, Suar M, Calipari ES, Nestler EJ, Villalta F, Dash C, Pandhare J. (2020) Cocaine-Regulated microRNA “miR-124” Controls Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 Expression in Neuronal Cells. Scientific Reports. 10(1):11197.
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Reviews and Commentaries
Emerson SD, Sugimoto C, Honeycutt SC, Calipari ES (2026) Striatal remodeling in Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. In press.
Leonard MZ, Calipari ES (2025) Temporal spacing of stimuli as a principle of predictive learning. Nature Neuroscience. In press.
Christensen BA, Calipari ES (2023) Monitoring Fast Synaptic Transmission of Neuromodulatory Transmitters to Define Drug Effects in the Brain. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 14(9):1573-1574.
Gipson CG, Soto PL, Calipari ES, Platt DM, Salamone JD, Bevins RA (2022) Using complex behavior to understand brain mechanisms in health and disease. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 117(3):275-278.
Zachry JE, Nolan SO, Brady LJ, Kelly SJ, Siciliano CA, Calipari ES (2020) Sex differences in dopamine release regulation in the striatum. Neuropsychopharmacology. 46, 491–499.
Thibeault KC, Kutlu MG, Sanders CA, Calipari ES (2018) Cell-type and projection-specific dopaminergic encoding of aversive stimuli in addiction. Brain Research. 1713:1-15.
