Natale Sciolino | Publications
Exercise offers anxiolytic-like potential: A role for stress and brain noradrenergic-galaninergic mechanisms
Sciolino NR and Holmes PV (2012). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 36, 1965-84.
Social isolation and chronic handling alter endocannabinoid signaling and behavioral reactivity to context in adult rats
Sciolino NR, Bortolato M, Eisenstein SA, Fu J, Oveisi F, Hohmann AG, and Piomelli D (2010). Neuroscience 168, 371-86. (Featured on journal cover).
Enhancement of endocannabinoid signaling with JZL184, an inhibitor of the 2-arachidonoylglycerol hydrolyzing enzyme monoacylglycerol lipase produces anxiolytic effects under conditions of high environmental aversiveness in rats
Sciolino NR, Zhou W, and Hohmann AG (2011). Pharmacological Research 64,226-34.
Voluntary exercise offers anxiolytic potential and amplifies galanin gene expression in the locus coeruleus of the rat
Sciolino NR, Dishman RK, & Holmes PV. (2012). Behavioural Brain Research 233, 191-200.
Anandamide suppresses pain initiation through a peripheral endocannabinoid mechanism
Clapper J, Moreno-Sanz G, Russo R, Guijarro A, Vacondio F, Duranti A, Tontini A, Sanchini S, Sciolino NR, Spradley J, Hohmann AG, Calignano A, Mor M, and Tarzia G (2010). Nature Neuroscience 13, 1265-70.
The galanin receptor agonist galnon attenuates cocaine-induced reinstatement and dopamine overflow in the frontal cortex
Ogbonmwan YE*, Sciolino NR*, Groves-Chapman JL, Freeman KG, Edwards GL, Holmes PV, and Weinshenker D (2014). Addiction Biology 20, 701-13. *Co-first author.
Galanin mediates features of neural and behavioral stress resilience afforded by exercise
Sciolino NR, Smith JM, Stranahan AM, Freeman KG, Edwards GL, Weinshenker D, and Holmes PV (2015). Neuropharmacology 89, 255-264.
A role for the locus coeruleus in the modulation of feeding
Sciolino NR, Hsiang M, Mazzone CM, Plummer NW, Amin J, Smith KG, McGee C, Fry SA, Yang CX, Powell JM, Bruchas MR, Kravitz AV, Cushman JD, Krashes MJ, Cui G, and Jensen P. Nature Metabolism, Revision Submitted 11/29/21.
Recombinase-dependent mouse lines for chemogenetic activation of genetically defined cell types
Sciolino NR*, Plummer NW*, Chen YW, Alexander GM, Robertson SD, Dudek SM, McElligott ZA, Jensen P (2016). Cell Reports 15, 2563-73.*Co-first author Research featured in NIH Catalyst & NIEHS Environmental Factor.
Chemogenetic Stimulation of Tonic Locus Coeruleus Acitvity Strengthnes the Default Mode Network
Oyarzabal, EA, Hsu LM, Das M, Harry Chao TH, Zhou J, Song S, Zhang W, Smith KG, Sciolino NR, Evsyukova IY, Yuan H, Lee SH, Cui G, Jensen P, & Ian Shih, YY (2022). Science Advances. 8, 17. (JCR impact factor =14.14)
Elimination of galanin synthesis in noradrenergic neurons reduces galanin in select brain areas and promotes active coping behaviors
Tillage RP*, Sciolino NR*, Plummer NP, Lustberg D, Liles LC, Hsiang M, Powell JM, Smith KG, Jensen P, and Weinshenker D (2020). Brain Structure and Function, 225, 785-803 *Cofirst author. (Manuscript nominated for Brain Structure & Function Editors’ Choice award)
Natural locus coeruleus dynamics during feeding
Sciolino NR, Hsiang M, Mazzone CM, Plummer NW, Amin J, Smith KG, McGee C, Fry SA, Yang CX, Powell JM, Bruchas MR, Kravitz AV, Cushman JD, Krashes MJ, Cui G, and Jensen P. (Resubmitted 5/2022). Science Advances. (JCR impact factor =14.14)