[HTML][HTML] Molecular adaptations underlying susceptibility and resistance to social defeat in brain reward regions

V Krishnan, MH Han, DL Graham, O Berton, W Renthal… - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
While stressful life events are an important cause of psychopathology, most individuals
exposed to adversity maintain normal psychological functioning. The molecular mechanisms …

Mania-like behavior induced by disruption of CLOCK

K Roybal, D Theobold, A Graham… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Circadian rhythms and the genes that make up the molecular clock have long been
implicated in bipolar disorder. Genetic evidence in bipolar patients suggests that the central …

[PDF][PDF] Histone deacetylase 5 epigenetically controls behavioral adaptations to chronic emotional stimuli

…, HE Covington, G Xiao, A Kumar, SJ Russo, A Graham… - Neuron, 2007 - cell.com
Previous work has identified alterations in histone acetylation in animal models of drug
addiction and depression. However, the mechanisms which integrate drugs and stress with …

Nuclear factor κB signaling regulates neuronal morphology and cocaine reward

…, I Maze, V Krishnan, W Renthal, A Graham… - Journal of …, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
Although chronic cocaine-induced changes in dendritic spines on nucleus accumbens (NAc)
neurons have been correlated with behavioral sensitization, the molecular pathways …

Knockdown of Clock in the ventral tegmental area through RNA interference results in a mixed state of mania and depression-like behavior

…, J Kumar, S Chakravarty, A Asaithamby, A Graham… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Circadian rhythm abnormalities are strongly associated with bipolar
disorder; however the role of circadian genes in mood regulation is unclear. Previously, we …

Environmental enrichment produces a behavioral phenotype mediated by low cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding (CREB) activity in the …

…, AR Graham, S Unterberg, DL Graham… - Biological …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that rats reared in an enriched condition (EC)
are more sensitive to the acute effects of amphetamine than rats reared in an isolated …

Role of nuclear factor κB in ovarian hormone-mediated stress hypersensitivity in female mice

…, SV Taylor, I Maze, A Kumar, A Graham… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The molecular mechanisms of stress-induced depressive behaviors have
been characterized extensively in male rodents; however, much less is known about female …

[HTML][HTML] Specific role of VTA dopamine neuronal firing rates and morphology in the reversal of anxiety-related, but not depression-related behavior in the ClockΔ19 …

…, MM Sidor, SG Birnbaum, A Graham… - …, 2011 - nature.com
Lithium has been used extensively for mood stabilization, and it is particularly efficacious in
the treatment of bipolar mania. Like other drugs used in the treatment of psychiatric diseases, …

Tropomyosin-related kinase B in the mesolimbic dopamine system: region-specific effects on cocaine reward

DL Graham, V Krishnan, EB Larson, A Graham… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Previous studies found that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) derived
from nucleus accumbens (NAc) neurons can mediate persistent behavioral changes that …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of inhibitor of κB kinase activity in the nucleus accumbens on emotional behavior

…, SA Golden, M Heshmati, A Graham… - …, 2012 - nature.com
Inhibitor of κB kinase (IκK) has historically been studied in the context of immune response
and inflammation, but recent evidence demonstrates that IκK activity is necessary and …