The Li lab -- Publications

Amygdalostriatal transition zone neurons encode sustained valence to direct conditioned behaviors
Mills F*, Lee CR*, Howe JR*, Li H*, Shao S, Keisler MN, Lemieux ME, Taschbach FH, Keyes LR, Borio M, Chen HS, Patel RR, Gross AL, Delahanty J, Cazares C, Maree L, Wichmann R, Pereira TD, Benna MK, Root CM, Tye KM. *Co-first author. bioRxiv, 2022.
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Delving into anxiety and trauma-related disorders: Generation of translational preclinical models
Jia C*, Li H*, Tye KM. *Co-first author. Neurobiology of Mental Illness 6th Edition, In Press.
Neurotensin orchestrates valence assignment in the amygdala
Li H*, Namburi P*, Olson JM*, Borio M , Lemieux ME, Beyeler A, Calhoon GG, Hitora-Imamura N, Coley AA, Libster A, Bal A, Jin X, Wang H, Jia C, Choudhury SR, Shi X, Felix-Ortiz AC, de la Fuente V, Barth VP, King HO, Izadmehr EM, Revanna JS, Batra K, Fischer KB, Keyes LR, Padilla-Coreano N, Siciliano CA, McCullough KM, Wichmann R, Ressler KJ, Fiete IR, Zhang F, Li Y, Tye KM. *Co-first author. Nature, 2022. July 20, PMID: 35859170.
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Cortical ensembles orchestrate social competition through hypothalamic outputs
Padilla-CoreanoN*, Batra K*, Patarino M, Chen Z, Rock RR, Zhang R, Hausmann SB, Weddington J, Patel R, Zhang YE, Fang HS, Li H, Keyes LR, Libster A, Matthews GA, Curley JP, Fiete IR, Lu C, Tye KM. *Co-first author. Nature, 2022. Mar 16. 603 (7902), 667-671, PMID: 35296862.
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Synaptic adaptations at the rostromedial tegmental nucleus underlie individual differences in cocaine avoidance behavior
Parrilla-Carrero J, Eid M, Li H, Chao YS, Jhou TC. Journal of Neuroscience, 2021. Mar 22, 41 (21), 4620 - 4630. PMID: 33753546, PMCID: PMC8260244.
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Entopeduncular nucleus projections to the lateral habenula contribute to cocaine avoidance
Li H, Eid M, Pullmann D, Chao YS, Thomas AA, Jhou TC. Journal of Neuroscience, 2021. Jan 13, 41 (2), 298-306, PMID: 33214316. PMCID: PMC7810656.
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Multiple elements of addiction vulnerability are independently heritable in rats
Eid M, Pullmann D, Li H, Thomas AA, Nietert PJ, Jhou TC. bioRxiv, 2019.
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Three rostromedial tegmental afferents drive triply dissociable aspects of punishment learning and aversive valence encoding
Li H*, Vento PJ*, Pullmann D, Eid M, Chao YS, Jhou TC. *Co-first author. Neuron, 2019. 104(5), 987-999, PMID: 31627985. PMCID: PMC6989096.
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Local inhibition of uptake transporters augments stress-induced increases in serotonin in the rat central amygdala
Hassell JE, Collions VE, Li H, Rogers JT, Austin RC, Visceau CV, Orchinik M, Lowry CA, Renner KJ. Neuroscience Letters, 2019. May 14. 701:119-124, PMID: 30776492.
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Valence-encoding in the lateral habenula arises from the entopeduncular region
Li H, Pullmann D, Jhou TC. Elife, 2019. Mar 11; 8, PMID: 30855228. PMCID: PMC6456292.
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Generality and opponency of rostromedial tegmental (RMTg) responses in valence processing
Li H, Pullmann D, Cho JC, Eid M, Jhou TC. Elife, 2019. Jan 22; 8, PMID: 30667358. PMCID: PMC6361585.
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Cocaine self-administration and extinction leads to reduced GFAP expression and morphometric features of astrocytes in the nucleus accumbens core
Scofield MD, Li H, Siemsen B, Healey KL, Tran PK, Woronoff N, Boger HA, Kalivas PW, Reissner KJ. Biological Psychiatry, 2015. 12.022, PMID: 26946381. PMCID: PMC4930433.
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Gq-DREADD selectively initiates glial glutamate release and inhibits cue-induced cocaine seeking
Scofield MD, Boger HA, Smith RJ, Li H, Haydon PG, Kalivas PW. Biological Psychiatry, 2015. 02.016, PMID: 25861696. PMCID: PMC4547911.
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Serotonergic responses to stress are enhanced in the central amygdala and inhibited in the ventral hippocampus during amphetamine withdrawal
Li H, Scholl JL, Tu W, Hassell JE, Watt MJ, Forster GL and Renner KJ. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2014. 40(11):3684-92. PMID: 25234335. PMCID: PMC4262691.
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Anxiolytic function of the orexin 2 / hypocretin a receptor in the basolateral amygdala
Arendt DH, Hassell JE, Li H, Achua JK, Gurnieri DJ, Dileone RJ, Ronan PJ, Summers CH. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2014. 40:17–26, PMID: 24485472. PMCID: PMC4361941.
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