Nikki Crowley
Assistant Research Professor
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354F Health & Human Development
University Park, PA - nzc27@psu.edu
- 814-863-5802
Research Summary
investigation of peptidergic transmission throughout the brain, using cell-specific and pathway-specific manipulations to understand how peptides alter neuronal signaling and behavior, particularly in the context of stress and drug use.
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Anxiety Brain Ethanol Prefrontal Cortex Synaptic Transmission Amygdala Basolateral Nuclear Complex Alcohols Ketamine Neurons Optogenetics Drinking Behavior Treatment Resistant Depressive Disorder Kappa Opioid Receptor Neuropeptides In Vitro Techniques Corpus Striatum Ezogabine Somatostatin Binge Drinking Drinking Nicotine High Fat Diet Learning Nucleus AccumbensMost Recent Papers
In Vitro Optogenetic Characterization of Neuropeptide Release from Prefrontal Cortical Somatostatin Neurons
Nigel C. Dao, Dakota F. Brockway, Nicole A. Crowley, 2019, Neuroscience on p. 1-4
Reversal of a Treatment-Resistant, Depression-Related Brain State with the Kv7 Channel Opener Retigabine
Mengyang Feng, Nicole A. Crowley, Akshilkumar Patel, Yao Guo, Sierra E. Bugni, Bernhard Luscher, 2019, Neuroscience on p. 109-125
Ketamine normalizes binge drinking-induced defects in glutamatergic synaptic transmission and ethanol drinking behavior in female but not male mice
Nicole Crowley, Sarah N. Magee, Mengyang Feng, Sarah J. Jefferson, Christian J. Morris, Nigel C. Dao, Dakota F. Brockway, Bernhard Luscher, 2019, Neuropharmacology on p. 35-44
Chronic stress dysregulates amygdalar output to the prefrontal cortex
Emily G. Lowery-Gionta, Nicole Crowley, Olena Bukalo, Shana Silverstein, Andrew Holmes, Thomas Louis Kash, 2018, Neuropharmacology on p. 68-75
Adolescent Social Stress Increases Anxiety-like Behavior and Alters Synaptic Transmission, Without Influencing Nicotine Responses, in a Sex-Dependent Manner
Michael J. Caruso, Nicole Crowley, Dana E. Reiss, Jasmine I. Caulfield, Bernhard Luscher, Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Helen Marie Kamens, 2018, Neuroscience on p. 182-198
Effects of chronic ethanol exposure on neuronal function in the prefrontal cortex and extended amygdala
Kristen E. Pleil, Emily G. Lowery-Gionta, Nicole Crowley, Chia Li, Catherine A. Marcinkiewcz, Jamie H. Rose, Nora M. McCall, Antoniette M. Maldonado-Devincci, A. Leslie Morrow, Sara R. Jones, Thomas L. Kash, 2015, Neuropharmacology on p. 735-749
Kappa opioid receptor signaling in the brain
Nicole A. Crowley, Thomas L. Kash, 2015, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry on p. 51-60
Glutamatergic mechanisms associated with stress-induced amygdala excitability and anxiety-related behavior
Sophie Masneuf, Emily Lowery-Gionta, Giovanni Colacicco, Kristen E. Pleil, Chia Li, Nicole Crowley, Shaun Flynn, Andrew Holmes, Thomas Kash, 2014, Neuropharmacology on p. 190-197
Chronic alcohol produces neuroadaptations to prime dorsal striatal learning
Lauren DePoy, Rachel Daut, Jonathan L. Brigman, Kathryn MacPherson, Nicole Crowley, Ozge Gunduz-Cinar, Charles L. Pickens, Resat Cinar, Lisa M. Saksida, George Kunos, David M. Lovinger, Timothy J. Bussey, Marguerite C. Camp, Andrew Holmes, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 14783-14788
Most-Cited Papers
Chronic alcohol produces neuroadaptations to prime dorsal striatal learning
Lauren DePoy, Rachel Daut, Jonathan L. Brigman, Kathryn MacPherson, Nicole Crowley, Ozge Gunduz-Cinar, Charles L. Pickens, Resat Cinar, Lisa M. Saksida, George Kunos, David M. Lovinger, Timothy J. Bussey, Marguerite C. Camp, Andrew Holmes, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 14783-14788
Effects of chronic ethanol exposure on neuronal function in the prefrontal cortex and extended amygdala
Kristen E. Pleil, Emily G. Lowery-Gionta, Nicole Crowley, Chia Li, Catherine A. Marcinkiewcz, Jamie H. Rose, Nora M. McCall, Antoniette M. Maldonado-Devincci, A. Leslie Morrow, Sara R. Jones, Thomas L. Kash, 2015, Neuropharmacology on p. 735-749
Kappa opioid receptor signaling in the brain
Nicole A. Crowley, Thomas L. Kash, 2015, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry on p. 51-60
Glutamatergic mechanisms associated with stress-induced amygdala excitability and anxiety-related behavior
Sophie Masneuf, Emily Lowery-Gionta, Giovanni Colacicco, Kristen E. Pleil, Chia Li, Nicole Crowley, Shaun Flynn, Andrew Holmes, Thomas Kash, 2014, Neuropharmacology on p. 190-197
Chronic stress dysregulates amygdalar output to the prefrontal cortex
Emily G. Lowery-Gionta, Nicole Crowley, Olena Bukalo, Shana Silverstein, Andrew Holmes, Thomas Louis Kash, 2018, Neuropharmacology on p. 68-75
Adolescent Social Stress Increases Anxiety-like Behavior and Alters Synaptic Transmission, Without Influencing Nicotine Responses, in a Sex-Dependent Manner
Michael J. Caruso, Nicole Crowley, Dana E. Reiss, Jasmine I. Caulfield, Bernhard Luscher, Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Helen Marie Kamens, 2018, Neuroscience on p. 182-198
Reversal of a Treatment-Resistant, Depression-Related Brain State with the Kv7 Channel Opener Retigabine
Mengyang Feng, Nicole A. Crowley, Akshilkumar Patel, Yao Guo, Sierra E. Bugni, Bernhard Luscher, 2019, Neuroscience on p. 109-125
Ketamine normalizes binge drinking-induced defects in glutamatergic synaptic transmission and ethanol drinking behavior in female but not male mice
Nicole Crowley, Sarah N. Magee, Mengyang Feng, Sarah J. Jefferson, Christian J. Morris, Nigel C. Dao, Dakota F. Brockway, Bernhard Luscher, 2019, Neuropharmacology on p. 35-44
In Vitro Optogenetic Characterization of Neuropeptide Release from Prefrontal Cortical Somatostatin Neurons
Nigel C. Dao, Dakota F. Brockway, Nicole A. Crowley, 2019, Neuroscience on p. 1-4