Megan Fox

A Drd1-cre mouse line with nucleus accumbens gene dysregulation exhibits blunted fentanyl seeking
Annalisa Montemarano, Logan D. Fox, Farrah A. Alkhaleel, Alexandria E. Ostman, Hajra Sohail, Samiksha Pandey, Laura B. Murdaugh, Megan E. Fox, 2025, In: Neuropsychopharmacology
Date: 2025

Transcriptional signatures of fentanyl use in the mouse ventral tegmental area
Megan E. Fox, Annalisa Montemarano, Alexandria E. Ostman, Mahashweta Basu, Brian Herb, Seth A. Ament, Logan D. Fox, May 2024, In: Addiction Biology
Date: May 2024

Molecular, Circuit, and Stress Response Characterization of Ventral Pallidum Npas1-Neurons
Gessynger Morais-Silva, Rianne R. Campbell, Hyungwoo Nam, Mahashweta Basu, Marco Pagliusi, Megan E. Fox, C. Savio Chan, Sergio D. Iñiguez, Seth Ament, Nathan Cramer, Marcelo Tadeu Marin, Mary Kay Lobo, Jan 18 2023, In: Journal of Neuroscience
Date: Jan 18 2023

Transcriptomic profiling of reward and sensory brain areas in perinatal fentanyl exposed juvenile mice
Jimmy Olusakin, Gautam Kumar, Mahashweta Basu, Cali A. Calarco, Megan E. Fox, Jason B. Alipio, Catherine Haga, Makeda D. Turner, Asaf Keller, Seth A. Ament, Mary Kay Lobo, 2023, In: Neuropsychopharmacology
Date: 2023

The BDNF-TrkB Pathway Acts Through Nucleus Accumbens D2 Expressing Neurons to Mediate Stress Susceptible Outcomes
Marco Pagliusi, Daniela Franco, Shannon Cole, Gessynger Morais-Silva, Ramesh Chandra, Megan E. Fox, Sergio D. Iñiguez, Cesar R. Sartori, Mary Kay Lobo, Jun 2 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Date: Jun 2 2022

Chronic Physical and Vicarious Psychosocial Stress Alter Fentanyl Consumption and Nucleus Accumbens Rho GTPases in Male and Female C57BL/6 Mice
Daniela Franco, Andreas B. Wulff, Mary Kay Lobo, Megan E. Fox, Feb 10 2022, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Date: Feb 10 2022

Adaptations in Nucleus Accumbens Neuron Subtypes Mediate Negative Affective Behaviors in Fentanyl Abstinence
Megan E. Fox, Andreas B. Wulff, Daniela Franco, Eric Y. Choi, Cali A. Calarco, Michel Engeln, Makeda D. Turner, Ramesh Chandra, Victoria M. Rhodes, Scott M. Thompson, Seth A. Ament, Mary Kay Lobo, 2022, In: Biological Psychiatry
Date: 2022

Transcriptome profiling of the ventral pallidum reveals a role for pallido-thalamic neurons in cocaine reward
Michel Engeln, Megan E. Fox, Ramesh Chandra, Eric Y. Choi, Hyungwoo Nam, Houman Qadir, Shavin S. Thomas, Victoria M. Rhodes, Makeda D. Turner, Rae J. Herman, Cali A. Calarco, Mary Kay Lobo, 2022, In: Molecular Psychiatry
Date: 2022

Mitochondria-Related Nuclear Gene Expression in the Nucleus Accumbens and Blood Mitochondrial Copy Number After Developmental Fentanyl Exposure in Adolescent Male and Female C57BL/6 Mice
Cali A. Calarco, Megan E. Fox, Saskia Van Terheyden, Makeda D. Turner, Jason B. Alipio, Ramesh Chandra, Mary Kay Lobo, Nov 18 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Date: Nov 18 2021

Individual differences in stereotypy and neuron subtype translatome with TrkB deletion
Michel Engeln, Yang Song, Ramesh Chandra, Ashley La, Megan E. Fox, Brianna Evans, Makeda D. Turner, Shavin Thomas, T. Chase Francis, Ronna Hertzano, Mary Kay Lobo, Jun 2021, In: Molecular Psychiatry
Date: Jun 2021

The molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression
Megan E. Fox, Mary Kay Lobo, Dec 1 2019, In: Molecular Psychiatry
Citations: 194

Dendritic remodeling of D1 neurons by RhoA/Rho-kinase mediates depression-like behavior
Megan E. Fox, Ramesh Chandra, Miriam S. Menken, Emily J. Larkin, Hyungwoo Nam, Michel Engeln, T. Chase Francis, Mary Kay Lobo, May 1 2020, In: Molecular Psychiatry
Citations: 80

Cross-hemispheric dopamine projections have functional significance
Megan E. Fox, Maria A. Mikhailova, Caroline E. Bass, Pavel Takmakov, Raul R. Gainetdinov, Evgeny A. Budygin, R. Mark Wightman, Jun 21 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Citations: 56

Noradrenergic synaptic function in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis varies in animal models of anxiety and addiction
Zoé A. McElligott, Megan E. Fox, Paul L. Walsh, Daniel J. Urban, Martilias S. Ferrel, Bryan L. Roth, R. Mark Wightman, Aug 2013, In: Neuropsychopharmacology
Citations: 52

The Selective RhoA Inhibitor Rhosin Promotes Stress Resiliency Through Enhancing D1-Medium Spiny Neuron Plasticity and Reducing Hyperexcitability
T. Chase Francis, Alison Gaynor, Ramesh Chandra, Megan E. Fox, Mary Kay Lobo, Jun 15 2019, In: Biological Psychiatry
Citations: 51

Perinatal Fentanyl Exposure Leads to Long-Lasting Impairments in Somatosensory Circuit Function and Behavior
Jason B. Alipio, Catherine Haga, Megan E. Fox, Keiko Arakawa, Rakshita Balaji, Nathan Cramer, Mary Kay Lobo, Asaf Keller, Apr 14 2021, In: Journal of Neuroscience
Citations: 47

Enduring consequences of perinatal fentanyl exposure in mice
Jason B. Alipio, Adam T. Brockett, Megan E. Fox, Stephen S. Tennyson, Coreylyn A. deBettencourt, Dina El-Metwally, Nikolas A. Francis, Patrick O. Kanold, Mary Kay Lobo, Matthew R. Roesch, Asaf Keller, Mar 2021, In: Addiction Biology
Citations: 43

Reciprocal Catecholamine Changes during Opiate Exposure and Withdrawal
Megan E. Fox, T. Nathan Rodeberg, R. Mark Wightman, Feb 1 2017, In: Neuropsychopharmacology
Citations: 36

Dendritic spine density is increased on nucleus accumbens D2 neurons after chronic social defeat
Megan E. Fox, Antonio Figueiredo, Miriam S. Menken, Mary Kay Lobo, Dec 1 2020, In: Scientific reports
Citations: 35

Adaptations in Nucleus Accumbens Neuron Subtypes Mediate Negative Affective Behaviors in Fentanyl Abstinence
Megan E. Fox, Andreas B. Wulff, Daniela Franco, Eric Y. Choi, Cali A. Calarco, Michel Engeln, Makeda D. Turner, Ramesh Chandra, Victoria M. Rhodes, Scott M. Thompson, Seth A. Ament, Mary Kay Lobo, 2022, In: Biological Psychiatry
Citations: 30

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