Search Results - "Ung, Randall L."

Visualizing Hypothalamic Network Dynamics for Appetitive and Consummatory Behaviors by Jennings, Joshua H., Ung, Randall L., Resendez, Shanna L., Stamatakis, Alice M., Taylor, Johnathon G., Huang, Jonathan, Veleta, Katie, Kantak, Pranish A., Aita, Megumi, Shilling-Scrivo, Kelson, Ramakrishnan, Charu, Deisseroth, Karl, Otte, Stephani, Stuber, Garret D.

“…Optimally orchestrating complex behavioral states, such as the pursuit and consumption of food, is critical for an organism’s survival. The lateral…”
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The Inhibitory Circuit Architecture of the Lateral Hypothalamus Orchestrates Feeding by Jennings, Joshua H., Rizzi, Giorgio, Stamatakis, Alice M., Ung, Randall L., Stuber, Garret D.

“…The growing prevalence of overeating disorders is a key contributor to the worldwide obesity epidemic. Dysfunction of particular neural circuits may trigger…”
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A Unique Population of Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons Inhibits the Lateral Habenula to Promote Reward by Stamatakis, Alice M., Jennings, Joshua H., Ung, Randall L., Blair, Grace A., Weinberg, Richard J., Neve, Rachael L., Boyce, Frederick, Mattis, Joanna, Ramakrishnan, Charu, Deisseroth, Karl, Stuber, Garret D.

“…Lateral habenula (LHb) neurons convey aversive and negative reward conditions through potent indirect inhibition of ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopaminergic…”
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Social Stimuli Induce Activation of Oxytocin Neurons Within the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus to Promote Social Behavior in Male Mice by Resendez, Shanna L, Namboodiri, Vijay Mohan K, Otis, James M, Eckman, Louisa E H, Rodriguez-Romaguera, Jose, Ung, Randall L, Basiri, Marcus L, Kosyk, Oksana, Rossi, Mark A, Dichter, Gabriel S, Stuber, Garret D

“…Oxytocin (OT) is critical for the expression of social behavior across a wide array of species; however, the role of this system in the encoding of socially…”
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Prepronociceptin-Expressing Neurons in the Extended Amygdala Encode and Promote Rapid Arousal Responses to Motivationally Salient Stimuli by Rodriguez-Romaguera, Jose, Ung, Randall L., Nomura, Hiroshi, Otis, James M., Basiri, Marcus L., Namboodiri, Vijay M.K., Zhu, Xueqi, Robinson, J. Elliott, van den Munkhof, Hanna E., McHenry, Jenna A., Eckman, Louisa E.H., Kosyk, Oksana, Jhou, Thomas C., Kash, Thomas L., Bruchas, Michael R., Stuber, Garret D.

“…Motivational states consist of cognitive, emotional, and physiological components controlled by multiple brain regions. An integral component of this neural…”
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Inhibition of projections from the basolateral amygdala to the entorhinal cortex disrupts the acquisition of contextual fear by Sparta, Dennis R, Smithuis, Jim, Stamatakis, Alice M, Jennings, Joshua H, Kantak, Pranish A, Ung, Randall L, Stuber, Garret D

“…The development of excessive fear and/or stress responses to environmental cues such as contexts associated with a traumatic event is a hallmark of…”
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Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states by Jennings, Joshua H., Sparta, Dennis R., Stamatakis, Alice M., Ung, Randall L., Pleil, Kristen E., Kash, Thomas L., Stuber, Garret D.

“…Examination of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis projections to the ventral tegmental area shows that glutamatergic and GABAergic projections have…”
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Visualization of cortical, subcortical and deep brain neural circuit dynamics during naturalistic mammalian behavior with head-mounted microscopes and chronically implanted lenses by Resendez, Shanna L, Jennings, Josh H, Ung, Randall L, Namboodiri, Vijay Mohan K, Zhou, Zhe Charles, Otis, James M, Nomura, Hiroshi, McHenry, Jenna A, Kosyk, Oksana, Stuber, Garret D

“…This protocol describes how to use miniature, integrated microscopes in conjunction with an implantable microendoscopic lens to guide light into and out of the…”
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Paraventricular Thalamus Projection Neurons Integrate Cortical and Hypothalamic Signals for Cue-Reward Processing by Otis, James M., Zhu, ManHua, Namboodiri, Vijay M.K., Cook, Cory A., Kosyk, Oksana, Matan, Ana M., Ying, Rose, Hashikawa, Yoshiko, Hashikawa, Koichi, Trujillo-Pisanty, Ivan, Guo, Jiami, Ung, Randall L., Rodriguez-Romaguera, Jose, Anton, E.S., Stuber, Garret D.

“…The paraventricular thalamus (PVT) is an interface for brain reward circuits, with input signals arising from structures, such as prefrontal cortex and…”
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Activation of prefrontal cortical parvalbumin interneurons facilitates extinction of reward-seeking behavior by Sparta, Dennis R, Hovelsø, Nanna, Mason, Alex O, Kantak, Pranish A, Ung, Randall L, Decot, Heather K, Stuber, Garret D

“…Forming and breaking associations between emotionally salient environmental stimuli and rewarding or aversive outcomes is an essential component of learned…”
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Optogenetic strategies to investigate neural circuitry engaged by stress by Sparta, Dennis R., Jennings, Joshua H., Ung, Randall L., Stuber, Garret D.

“…•Review of current techniques for optogenetic neural circuit mapping.•Strategies for optogenetic manipulation of neural circuit elements in vivo.•Review of…”
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Neural Dynamic Adaptation of Extended Amygdala to Stress and Anxiety by Ung, Randall L

“…Anxiety disorders constitute changes across behavioral, physiological, and psychological dimensions that are driven by expanse neural circuits. However, the…”
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Optogenetic strategies to investigate neural circuitry engaged by stress: Optogenetics by SPARTA, Dennis R, JENNINGS, Joshua H, UNG, Randall L, STUBER, Garret D

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