Publications

Original, Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Driskill CM, Childs JE, Phensy AJ, Rodriguez SR, O’Brien JT§, Lindquist KL§, Naderi A§, Bordieanu B, McGinty JF, Kroener S (2024) Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) modulates synaptic plasticity in the infralimbic cortex via Trk-B receptor activation to reduce drug-seeking in male rats. J Neurosci. 44 (23) e0107242024; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0107-24.2024.
  2. O’Brien JT§, Jalilvand SP§, Suji NA§, Jupelly RK§, Phensy A, Mwirigi JM, Elahi H, Price TJ, Kroener S (2024) Elevations in the mitochondrial matrix protein cyclophilin D correlate with reduced parvalbumin expression in the prefrontal cortex of patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae016.
  3. Driskill CM*, Childs JE*, Itmer B§, Rajput JS§, Kroener S (2022) Acute vagus nerve stimulation facilitates short term memory and cognitive flexibility in rats. Brain Sciences. doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12091137 (* these authors contributed equally).
  4. Melugin PR, Wu F, Munoz C§, Phensy A, Pradhan G, Luo Y, Nofal A, Manepalli R, Kroener S (2022) The effects of acamprosate on prefrontal cortical function are mimicked by CaCl2 and they are influenced by the history of alcohol exposure. Neuropharmacology. 212:109062. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109062. (Impact Factor 5.250). E, Sui S, Tian J, Driskill C, Yu C, Jia K, Rughwani T, Wang Q, Kroener S, Guo L, Du H. (2020) Modulation of OSCP mitigates mitochondrial and synaptic deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 98:63-77. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.09.018.
  5. Phensy A, Lindquist KL§, Lindquist KA§, Bairuty D§, Gauba E, Guo L, Tian J, Du H, Kroener S (2020) Deletion of the mitochondrial matrix protein cyclophilin-D prevents parvalbumin interneuron dysfunction and cognitive deficits in a mouse model of NMDA hypofunction. J Neurosci 5;40(32):6121-6132. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0880-20.2020.
  6. Becker JE, Price JL, Leonard D, Suris A, Kandil E, Shaw M, Kroener S, Brown ES, Adinoff B (2020) The efficacy of lidocaine in disrupting cocaine cue-induced memory reconsolidation. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020; 212:108062. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108062.
  7. Xiong H, Li X, Kang P, Perish J, Neuhaus F, Ploski J, Kroener S, Ogunyankin MO, Shin JE, Zasadzinski JA, Wang H, Slesinger P, Zumbuehl A, Qin Z (2020). Near-infrared light triggered-release in deep brain regions using ultra-photosensitive nanovesicles. Angewandte Chemie.  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915296 and 10.1002/ange.201915296.
  8. Phensy A, Kroener S. Delay-Period Activity and Executive Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex. Brain Sci. 2019 Dec 19;10(1). pii: E3. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10010003.
  9. Shiers S, Mwirigi J, Pradhan G, Kume M, Black B, Barragan-Iglesias P, Moy JK, Dussor G, Pancrazio JJ, Kroener S, Price TJ (2019) Reversal of peripheral nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain and cognitive dysfunction via genetic and tomivosertib targeting of MNK. Neuropsychopharmacology doi: 10.1038/s41386-019-0537-y.
  10. Childs JE, Kim S, Driskill CM, Hsiu E, Kroener S. (2019) Vagus nerve stimulation during extinction learning reduces conditioned place preference and context-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking. Brain Stimulation pii: S1935-861X(19)30283-9. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.07.001.
  11. Tian J, Guo L, Sui S, Driskill C, Phensy A, Wang Q, Gauba E, Zigman JM, Swerdlow R, Kroener S, Du H (2019). GHSR1a and DRD1 co-activation prevents early hippocampal synaptic deficits in Alzheimer’s disease. Science Transl. Med. 11(505). pii: eaav6278. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aav6278..
  12. Shiers S, Pradhan G, Mwirigi J, Mejia G, Ahmad A, Kroener S, Price T (2018) Neuropathic pain creates an enduring prefrontal cortex dysfunction corrected by the type II diabetic drug metformin but not by gabapentin. J Neurosci. 38(33):7337-7350. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0713-18.2018. Epub 2018 Jul 20. PMID: 30030404.
  13. Pradhan G, Melugin P, Wu F, Fang HM, Weber R, Kroener S (2018) Calcium chloride mimics the effects of acamprosate on cognitive deficits in chronic–alcohol exposed mice. Psychopharmacology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-4900-1.
  14. Phensy A, Driskill C, Lindquist K, Guo L, Jeevakumar V, Fowler B, Du H, Kroener S (2017) Antioxidant treatment in male mice prevents mitochondrial and synaptic changes in an NMDA receptor dysfunction model of schizophrenia. eNeuro. 4(4). pii: ENEURO.0081-17.2017. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0081-17.2017. eCollection 2017 Jul-Aug. PMCID: PMC5559903.
  15. Phensy A, Duzdabanian HE, Brewer S, Panjabi A, Driskill C, Berz A, Peng G, Kroener S (2017) Antioxidant treatment with N-acetyl cysteine prevents the development of cognitive and social behavioral deficits that result from perinatal ketamine treatment. Front Behav Neurosci. 11:106. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00106. eCollection 2017.
  16. Childs JE, DeLeon J, Nickel E, Kroener, S (2016). Vagus nerve stimulation reduces cocaine–seeking and alters plasticity in the extinction network. Learning Mem. 24(1):35-42. doi: 10.1101/lm.043539.116.
  17. Holehonnur R, Phensy A, Kim L, Milivojevic M, Vuong D, Daison D, Alex S, Tiner M, Jones L, Kroener, S, Ploski J (2016) Increasing the GluN2A/GluN2B ratio in neurons of the mouse basal and lateral amygdala inhibits the modification of an existing fear memory trace. J Neurosci 36(36): 9490-9504; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1743-16.2016.
  18. Beck SJ, Guo L, Phensy A, Tian J, Wang L, Tandon N, Gauba E, Lu L, Pascual J, Kroener, S, Du H (2016) Deregulation of mitochondrial F1FO–ATP synthase via OSCP in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications 7:11483. doi:10.1038/ncomms11483.
  19. Childs JE, Alvarez AC, McIntyre CK, Kroener, S (2015) Vagus nerve stimulation as a tool to induce plasticity in pathways relevant for extinction learning. JoVE – Journal of Visualized Experiments. 102. doi: 10.3791/53032. PMID: 26325100.
  20. Hu W, Morris B, Carrasco A, Kroener, S (2015) Effects of acamprosate on attentional set–shifting and cellular function in the prefrontal cortex of chronic alcohol–exposed mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 39(6):953–61. doi: 10.1111/acer.12722. PMID: 25903298.
  21. Jeevakumar V, Driskill C, Paine A, Sobhanian M, Vakil H, Morris B, Ramos J, Kroener, S (2015) Ketamine administration during the second postnatal week induces enduring schizophrenia-like behavioral symptoms and reduces parvalbumin expression in the medial prefrontal cortex of adult mice. Behav Brain Res. 282C:165-175. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.01.010.
  22. Jeevakumar V, Kroener, S (2014) Ketamine administration during the second postnatal week alters synaptic properties of fast-spiking interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of adult mice. Cereb Cortex 26(3):1117-29. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhu293. Epub 2014 Dec 4. PMID: 25477370.
  23. Mulholland P, Spencer K, Hu W, Kroener, S, Chandler J (2014) Neuroplasticity of A–type potassium channel complexes induced by chronic alcohol exposure enhances dendritic calcium transients in hippocampus. Psychopharmacol. 232(11):1995–2006. doi: 10.1007/s00213–014–3835–4. Epub 2014 Dec 17.
  24. Peña DF, Childs JE, Willett S, Vital A, McIntyre CK, Kroener, S (2014) Vagus nerve stimulation enhances extinction of conditioned fear and modulates plasticity in the pathway from the ventromedial prefrontal cortex to the amygdala. Front Behav Neurosci. 8:327. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00327. eCollection 2014.
  25. Kroener S, Mulholland PJ, New NN, Gass JT, Becker HC, Chandler LJ (2012) Chronic alcohol exposure alters behavioral and synaptic plasticity of the rodent prefrontal cortex. PLoS One. 7(5):e37541

Reviews (Peer-Reviewed)

  1. Lapish CC, Kroener, S, Durstewitz D, Lavin A, Seamans JK (2007) The ability of the mesocortical dopamine system to operate in distinct temporal modes. Neuropsychopharmacol 191(3): 609–25. DOI: 10.1007/s00213–006–0527–8.
  2. González–Burgos G, Kröner, S, Krimer LS, Seamans JK, Urban NN, Henze DA, Lewis DA, Barrionuevo G (2002) Dopamine modulation of neuronal function in the monkey prefrontal cortex. Physiol and Behav 77(4–5): 537–543. DOI: 10.1016/S0031–9384(02)00940–X.
  3. Durstewitz D, Kröner, S, Güntürkün O (1999) The dopaminergic innervation of the avian telencephalon. Prog Neurobiol 59: 161–195. DOI: 10.1016/S0301–0082(98)00100–2.

Book Chapters

  1. González-Burgos, G., Kröner, S, Seamans, J.K. (2007) Cellular mechanisms of working memory and its modulation by dopamine in the prefrontal cortex of primates and rats. In: Monoaminergic Modulation of Cortical Excitability. Tseng, K.Y. and Atzori, M. (Eds.) Springer, Berlin, pp 125-152.
  2. DeWitt, S, Kroener, S, Filbey FM (2013) Cue–elicited craving for marijuana activates the reward neurocircuitry associated with the neuropathology of addiction. In: Endocannabinoid Regulation of Monoamines in Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders. Van Bockstaele E (Ed.) New York, pp–55–71.