Selected Publications
"Intranasal Administration of Oxytocin Attenuates Social Recognition Deficits and Increases Prefrontal Cortex Inhibitory Postsynaptic Currents following Traumatic Brain Injury"
Runyan A, Lengel D, Huh JW, Barson JR, Raghupathi R
eNeuro. Jun 11;8(3):ENEURO.0061-21.2021 (2021)
"A Role for the Amygdala in Impairments of Affective Behaviors Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury"
McCorkle TA, Barson, JR, Raghupathi R
Front Behav Neurosci. Mar 4;15:601275 (2021)
"Expression and Distribution of Neuropeptide-Expressing Cells Throughout the Rodent Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus"
Curtis GR, Oakes K, Barson JR
Front Behav Neurosci. Jan 14;14:634163 (2021)
"A little night(PA)CAP: pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide mediates behavioral effects of alcohol withdrawal"
Pirino BE, Barson JR
Neuropsychopharmacology. Feb;46(3):489-490 (2021)
"Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide isoforms in nucleus accumbens subregions on ethanol drinking"
Gargiulo AT, Pirino BE, Curtis GR, Barson JR
Addict Biol. May;26(3):e12972 (2021)
“Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide isoforms in nucleus accumbens subregions on ethanol drinking”
Gargiulo AT, Pirino BE, Curtis GR, Barson JR
Addict Biol; 26(3):e12972 (2021)
"The Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus Is an Important Node in the Emotional Processing Network"
Barson JR, Mack NR, Gao WJ
Front Behav Neurosci. 2020 Oct 29;14:598469 (2020)
"Heightened Exploratory Behavior Following Chronic Excessive Ethanol Drinking: Mediation by Neurotensin Receptor Type 2 in the Anterior Paraventricular Thalamus"
Pandey S, Barson JR
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. Sep;44(9):1747-1759 (2020)
"The role of neuropeptides in drug and ethanol abuse: Medication targets for drug and alcohol use disorders"
Barson JR
Brain Res. Aug 1;1740:146876 (2020)
"Progesterone treatment following traumatic brain injury in the 11-day-old rat attenuates cognitive deficits and neuronal hyperexcitability in adolescence"
Lengel D, Huh JW, Barson JR, Raghupathi R
Exp Neurol. Aug;330:113329 (2020)
“Kappa-opioid receptor-dependent changes in dopamine and anxiety-like or approach-avoidance behavior occur differentially across the nucleus accumbens shell rostro-caudal axis”
Pirino BE, Spodnick MB, Gargiulo AT, Curtis GR, Barson JR, Karkhanis AN
Neuropharmacology; 181:108341 (2020)
"Short- and long-access palatable food self-administration results in different phenotypes of binge-type eating"
Curtis GR, Coudriet JM, Sanzalone L, Mack NR, Stein LM, Hayes MR, Barson JR
Physiol Behav; 212:112700 (2019)
"Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide-27 (PACAP-27) in the Thalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Is Stimulated by Ethanol Drinking"
Gupta A, Gargiulo AT, Curtis GR, Badve PS, Pandey S, Barson JR
Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 42(9):1650-60, 2018
"Orexin/hypocretin and dysregulated eating: Promotion of foraging behavior"
Barson JR
Brain Res [Epub ahead of print] (2018)
"Orexin/Hypocretin System: Role in Food and Drug Overconsumption"
Barson JR, Leibowitz SF
Int Rev Neurobiol, 136:199-237 (2017)
"Hypocretin receptor 1 knockdown in the ventral tegmental area attenuates mesolimbic dopamine signaling and reduces motivation for cocaine"
Bernstein DL, Badve PS, Barson JR, Bass CE, España RA
Addict Biol. [Epub ahead of print], 2017
"Neurotensin in the posterior thalamic paraventricular nucleus: inhibitor of pharmacologically relevant ethanol drinking"
Pandey S, Badve PS, Curtis GR, Leibowitz SF & Barson JR
Addict Biol. [Epub ahead of print], 2017
"Substance P in anterior thalamic paraventricular nucleus: Promotion of ethanol drinking in response to orexin from the hypothalamus"
Barson JR, Poon K, Ho HT, Sanzalone L & Leibowitz SF
Addict Biol, 22(1): 58-69, 2017
"Involvement of the CXCL12 System in the Stimulatory Effects of Prenatal Exposure to High-Fat Diet on Hypothalamic Orexigenic Peptides and Behavior in Offspring"
Poon K, Barson JR, Shi H, Chang GQ & Leibowitz SF
Front Behav Neurosci, 11:91, 2016
"Role of hypothalamic neuropeptide signaling in alcohol addiction"
Barson JR & Leibowitz SF
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, Epub ahead of print, 2015
"Anterior thalamic paraventricular nucleus is involved in intermittent access ethanol drinking: Role of orexin receptor 2"
Barson JR, Ho HT & Leibowitz SF
Addict Biol, 20(3), 469-81, 2015
"Hypothalamic peptides controlling alcohol intake: Differential effects on microstructure of drinking bouts"
Chen Y-W, Barson JR, Chen A, Hoebel BG & Leibowitz SF
Alcohol, 48(7), 657-664, 2014
"Galanin and ingestive behavior"
Barson JR, Morganstern I & Leibowitz SF
In Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides, 2nd Ed, SC Woods & AJ Kastin (eds), San Diego: Elsevier, Chapter 147, 2013
"Opioids in the perifornical lateral hypothalamus suppress ethanol drinking"
Chen Y-W, Barson JR, Chen A, Hoebel BG & Leibowitz SF
Alcohol, 47(1), 31-38, 2013
"Complementary roles of orexin and melanin-concentrating hormone in feeding behavior"
Barson JR, Morganstern I & Leibowitz SF
Int J Endocrinol, 2013(983964), 1-10, 2013
"Glutamatergic input to the lateral hypothalamus stimulates ethanol intake: Role of orexin and melanin-concentrating hormone"
Chen Y-W, Barson JR, Chen A, Hoebel BG & Leibowitz SF
Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 37(1), 123-131, 2013
"Neurochemical heterogeneity of rats predicted by different measures to be high ethanol consumers"
Barson JR, Fagan SE, Chang G-Q & Leibowitz SF
Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 37(S1), E141-151, 2013
"Developmental changes in embryonic hypothalamic neurons during prenatal fat exposure"
Poon K, Barson JR, Fagan SE & Leibowitz SF
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 303(3), E432-441, 2012
"Effect of dietary fatty acid composition on food intake, triglycerides, and hypothalamic peptides"
Barson JR, Karatayev O, Gaysinskaya O, Chang G-Q & Leibowitz SF
Regul Pept, 173(1-3), 13-20, 2012
"Neurobiology of consummatory behavior: Mechanisms underlying overeating and drug use"
Barson JR, Morganstern I & Leibowitz SF
ILAR J, 53(1), 35-58, 2012
"Galanin and the orexin 2 receptor as possible regulators of enkephalin in the PVN: Relation to dietary fat"
Barson JR, Chang G-Q, Poon K, Morganstern I & Leibowitz SF
Neuroscience, 193, 10-20, 2011
"Similarities in hypothalamic and mesocorticolimbic circuits regulating the overconsumption of food and alcohol"
Barson JR, Morganstern I & Leibowitz SF
Physiol Behav, 104(1), 128-137, 2011
"Effect of chronic ethanol in the hypothalamus and extra-hypothalamic areas"
Chang G-Q, Barson JR, Karatayev O, Chang S-Y, Chen Y-W & Leibowitz SF
Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 34(5), 761-770, 2010
"Opioids in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus stimulate ethanol intake"
Barson JR, Carr AJ, Soun JE, Sobhani NC, Leibowitz SF & Hoebel BG
Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 34(2), 214-222, 2010
"Galanin and consummatory behavior: Special relationship with dietary fat, alcohol and circulating lipids"
Barson JR, Morganstern I & Leibowitz SF
In Galanin, T. Hökfelt (ed), Basel: Springer, Experientia Supplementum Vol 102, 87-111, 2010
"Opioids in the hypothalamus control dopamine and acetylcholine levels in the nucleus accumbens"
Rada PV, Barson JR, Leibowitz SF & Hoebel BG
Brain Res, 1312, 1-9, 2009
"Hypothalamic injection of non-opioid peptides increases gene expression of the opioid enkephalin in hypothalamic and mesolimbic nuclei: Possible mechanism underlying their behavioral effects"
Karatayev O, Barson JR, Chang G-Q & Leibowitz SF
Peptides, 30(12), 2423-2431, 2009
"Opioids in the nucleus accumbens stimulate ethanol intake"
Barson JR, Carr AJ, Soun JE, Sobhani NC, Leibowitz SF & Hoebel BG. Physiol Behav, 98(4), 453-459, 2009
"Positive relationship between dietary fat, ethanol intake, triglycerides, and hypothalamic peptides: Counteraction by lipid-lowering drugs"
Barson JR, Karatayev O, Chang G-Q, Johnson DF, Bocarsly ME, Hoebel BG & Leibowitz SF
Alcohol, 42(6), 433-441, 2009