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Michael V Baratta

TitleAsst Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
DepartmentPsych-Psychology
Phone303/641-2420

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    R21MH116353     (BARATTA, MICHAEL V)Jun 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2021
    NIH
    Behavioral control recruits prefrontal circuits that modulate conditioned fear
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R21MH106817     (BARATTA, MICHAEL V)Sep 1, 2015 - Jun 30, 2018
    NIH
    Embedded Prefrontal Circuits in Stress Resilience
    Role: Principal Investigator
    F31MH075213     (BARATTA, MICHAEL V)Jul 1, 2005 - Jun 30, 2007
    NIH
    MINORITY PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Frank MG, Baratta MV. Use of an immunocapture device to detect cytokine release in discrete brain regions. Neural Regen Res. 2024 Apr; 19(4):703-704. PMID: 37843193.
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    2. Coleman PT, Costanza-Chavez GW, Martin HN, Amat J, Frank MG, Sanchez RJ, Potter GJ, Mellert SM, Carter RK, Bonnici GN, Maier SF, Baratta MV. Prior experience with behavioral control over stress facilitates social dominance. Neurobiol Stress. 2024 Jan; 28:100597. PMID: 38213318.
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    3. Tanner MK, Hohorst AA, Mellert SM, Loetz EC, Baratta MV, Greenwood BN. Female rats are more responsive than are males to the protective effects of voluntary physical activity against the behavioral consequences of inescapable stress. Stress. 2023 11; 26(1):2245492. PMID: 37549016.
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    4. Payet JM, Stevens L, Russo AM, Jaehne EJ, van den Buuse M, Kent S, Lowry CA, Baratta MV, Hale MW. The Role of Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Serotonergic Systems in Emotional Learning and Memory in Male BALB/c Mice. Neuroscience. 2023 Dec 01; 534:1-15. PMID: 37852412.
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    5. Ball JB, McNulty CJ, Green-Fulgham SM, Dragavon JM, Correia Rocha IR, Finch MR, Pr?vost ED, Siddique II, Woodall BJ, Watkins LR, Baratta MV, Root DH. Combining RNAscope and immunohistochemistry to visualize inflammatory gene products in neurons and microglia. Front Mol Neurosci. 2023; 16:1225847. PMID: 37664240.
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    6. Coleman PT, Costanza-Chavez GW, Martin HN, Amat J, Frank MG, Sanchez RJ, Potter GJ, Mellert SM, Carter RK, Bonnici GN, Maier SF, Baratta MV. Prior experience with behavioral control over stress facilitates social dominance. bioRxiv. 2023 Jun 07. PMID: 37333397.
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    7. Baratta MV, Seligman MEP, Maier SF. From helplessness to controllability: toward a neuroscience of resilience. Front Psychiatry. 2023; 14:1170417. PMID: 37229393.
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    8. McGovern DJ, Ly A, Ecton KL, Huynh DT, Pr?vost ED, Gonzalez SC, McNulty CJ, Rau AR, Hentges ST, Daigle TL, Tasic B, Baratta MV, Root DH. Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons mediate nonassociative consequences of stress. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Nov 28. PMID: 36437312.
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    9. Hassell JE, Baratta MV, Fallon IP, Siebler PH, Karns BL, Nguyen KT, Gates CA, Fonken LK, Frank MG, Maier SF, Lowry CA. Immunization with a heat-killed preparation of Mycobacterium vaccae NCTC 11659 enhances auditory-cued fear extinction in a stress-dependent manner. Brain Behav Immun. 2023 01; 107:1-15. PMID: 36108946.
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    10. McNulty CJ, Fallon IP, Amat J, Sanchez RJ, Leslie NR, Root DH, Maier SF, Baratta MV. Elevated prefrontal dopamine interferes with the stress-buffering properties of behavioral control in female rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2023 02; 48(3):498-507. PMID: 36076018.
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    11. Frank MG, Nguyen KH, Ball JB, Hopkins S, Kelley T, Baratta MV, Fleshner M, Maier SF. SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 subunit induces neuroinflammatory, microglial and behavioral sickness responses: Evidence of PAMP-like properties. Brain Behav Immun. 2022 02; 100:267-277. PMID: 34915155.
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    12. Meyer HC, Sangha S, Radley JJ, LaLumiere RT, Baratta MV. Environmental certainty influences the neural systems regulating responses to threat and stress. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2021 12; 131:1037-1055. PMID: 34673111.
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    13. Foxx CL, Heinze JD, Gonz?lez A, Vargas F, Baratta MV, Elsayed AI, Stewart JR, Loupy KM, Arnold MR, Flux MC, Sago SA, Siebler PH, Milton LN, Lieb MW, Hassell JE, Smith DG, Lee KAK, Appiah SA, Schaefer EJ, Panitchpakdi M, Sikora NC, Weldon KC, Stamper CE, Schmidt D, Duggan DA, Mengesha YM, Ogbaselassie M, Nguyen KT, Gates CA, Schnabel K, Tran L, Jones JD, Vitaterna MH, Turek FW, Fleshner M, Dorrestein PC, Knight R, Wright KP, Lowry CA. Effects of Immunization With the Soil-Derived Bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae on Stress Coping Behaviors and Cognitive Performance in a "Two Hit" Stressor Model. Front Physiol. 2020; 11:524833. PMID: 33469429.
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    14. Frank MG, Baratta MV, Zhang K, Fallon IP, Pearson MA, Liu G, Hutchinson MR, Watkins LR, Goldys EM, Maier SF. Acute stress induces the rapid and transient induction of caspase-1, gasdermin D and release of constitutive IL-1? protein in dorsal hippocampus. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 11; 90:70-80. PMID: 32750541.
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    15. Fallon IP, Tanner MK, Greenwood BN, Baratta MV. Sex differences in resilience: Experiential factors and their mechanisms. Eur J Neurosci. 2020 07; 52(1):2530-2547. PMID: 31800125.
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    16. Baratta MV, Gruene TM, Dolzani SD, Chun LE, Maier SF, Shansky RM. Controllable stress elicits circuit-specific patterns of prefrontal plasticity in males, but not females. Brain Struct Funct. 2019 Jun; 224(5):1831-1843. PMID: 31028464.
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    17. Tanner MK, Fallon IP, Baratta MV, Greenwood BN. Voluntary exercise enables stress resistance in females. Behav Brain Res. 2019 09 02; 369:111923. PMID: 31028765.
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    18. Zhang K, Baratta MV, Liu G, Frank MG, Leslie NR, Watkins LR, Maier SF, Hutchinson MR, Goldys EM. A novel platform for in vivo detection of cytokine release within discrete brain regions. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 07; 71:18-22. PMID: 29678795.
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    19. Grace PM, Wang X, Strand KA, Baratta MV, Zhang Y, Galer EL, Yin H, Maier SF, Watkins LR. DREADDed microglia in pain: Implications for spinal inflammatory signaling in male rats. Exp Neurol. 2018 06; 304:125-131. PMID: 29530713.
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    20. Dolzani SD, Baratta MV, Moss JM, Leslie NL, Tilden SG, S?rensen AT, Watkins LR, Lin Y, Maier SF. Inhibition of a Descending Prefrontal Circuit Prevents Ketamine-Induced Stress Resilience in Females. eNeuro. 2018 Jan-Feb; 5(1). PMID: 29516036.
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    21. Baratta MV, Leslie NR, Fallon IP, Dolzani SD, Chun LE, Tamalunas AM, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Behavioural and neural sequelae of stressor exposure are not modulated by controllability in females. Eur J Neurosci. 2018 04; 47(8):959-967. PMID: 29359831.
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    22. Baratta MV, Maier SF. New tools for understanding coping and resilience. Neurosci Lett. 2019 02 06; 693:54-57. PMID: 28963058.
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    23. Amadi U, Lim SH, Liu E, Baratta MV, Goosens KA. Hippocampal Processing of Ambiguity Enhances Fear Memory. Psychol Sci. 2017 02; 28(2):143-161. PMID: 28182526.
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    24. Dolzani SD, Baratta MV, Amat J, Agster KL, Saddoris MP, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Activation of a Habenulo-Raphe Circuit Is Critical for the Behavioral and Neurochemical Consequences of Uncontrollable Stress in the Male Rat. eNeuro. 2016 Sep-Oct; 3(5). PMID: 27785462.
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    25. S?rensen AT, Cooper YA, Baratta MV, Weng FJ, Zhang Y, Ramamoorthi K, Fropf R, LaVerriere E, Xue J, Young A, Schneider C, G?tzsche CR, Hemberg M, Yin JC, Maier SF, Lin Y. A robust activity marking system for exploring active neuronal ensembles. Elife. 2016 Sep 23; 5. PMID: 27661450.
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    26. Grace PM, Strand KA, Galer EL, Urban DJ, Wang X, Baratta MV, Fabisiak TJ, Anderson ND, Cheng K, Greene LI, Berkelhammer D, Zhang Y, Ellis AL, Yin HH, Campeau S, Rice KC, Roth BL, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Morphine paradoxically prolongs neuropathic pain in rats by amplifying spinal NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 06 14; 113(24):E3441-50. PMID: 27247388.
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    27. Baratta MV, Kodandaramaiah SB, Monahan PE, Yao J, Weber MD, Lin PA, Gisabella B, Petrossian N, Amat J, Kim K, Yang A, Forest CR, Boyden ES, Goosens KA. Stress Enables Reinforcement-Elicited Serotonergic Consolidation of Fear Memory. Biol Psychiatry. 2016 05 15; 79(10):814-822. PMID: 26248536.
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    28. Northcutt AL, Hutchinson MR, Wang X, Baratta MV, Hiranita T, Cochran TA, Pomrenze MB, Galer EL, Kopajtic TA, Li CM, Amat J, Larson G, Cooper DC, Huang Y, O'Neill CE, Yin H, Zahniser NR, Katz JL, Rice KC, Maier SF, Bachtell RK, Watkins LR. DAT isn't all that: cocaine reward and reinforcement require Toll-like receptor 4 signaling. Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Dec; 20(12):1525-37. PMID: 25644383.
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    29. Baratta MV, Pomrenze MB, Nakamura S, Dolzani SD, Cooper DC. Control Over Stress Accelerates Extinction of Drug Seeking Via Prefrontal Cortical Activation. Neurobiol Stress. 2015; 2:20-27. PMID: 25954765.
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    30. Kreisel T, Frank MG, Licht T, Reshef R, Ben-Menachem-Zidon O, Baratta MV, Maier SF, Yirmiya R. Dynamic microglial alterations underlie stress-induced depressive-like behavior and suppressed neurogenesis. Mol Psychiatry. 2014 Jun; 19(6):699-709. PMID: 24342992.
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    31. Baratta MV, Rozeske RR, Maier SF. Understanding stress resilience. Front Behav Neurosci. 2013; 7:158. PMID: 24265608.
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    32. Nakamura S, Baratta MV, Cooper DC. A method for high fidelity optogenetic control of individual pyramidal neurons in vivo. J Vis Exp. 2013 Sep 02; (79). PMID: 24022017.
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    33. Baratta MV, Cooper DC. Special issue on optogenetics. Preface. Behav Brain Res. 2013 Oct 15; 255:1-2. PMID: 23948216.
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    34. Pomrenze MB, Baratta MV, Rasmus KC, Cadle BA, Nakamura S, Birnbaumer L, Cooper DC. Cocaine self-administration in mice with forebrain knock-down of trpc5 ion channels. F1000Res. 2013; 2:53. PMID: 24358869.
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    35. Nakamura S, Baratta MV, Pomrenze MB, Dolzani SD, Cooper DC. High fidelity optogenetic control of individual prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons in vivo. F1000Res. 2012; 1:7. PMID: 24555016.
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    36. Kim KM, Baratta MV, Yang A, Lee D, Boyden ES, Fiorillo CD. Optogenetic mimicry of the transient activation of dopamine neurons by natural reward is sufficient for operant reinforcement. PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e33612. PMID: 22506004.
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    37. Han X, Chow BY, Zhou H, Klapoetke NC, Chuong A, Rajimehr R, Yang A, Baratta MV, Winkle J, Desimone R, Boyden ES. A high-light sensitivity optical neural silencer: development and application to optogenetic control of non-human primate cortex. Front Syst Neurosci. 2011; 5:18. PMID: 21811444.
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    38. Thompson BM, Baratta MV, Biedenkapp JC, Rudy JW, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Activation of the infralimbic cortex in a fear context enhances extinction learning. Learn Mem. 2010 Nov; 17(11):591-9. PMID: 21041382.
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    39. Baratta MV, Zarza CM, Gomez DM, Campeau S, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Selective activation of dorsal raphe nucleus-projecting neurons in the ventral medial prefrontal cortex by controllable stress. Eur J Neurosci. 2009 Sep; 30(6):1111-6. PMID: 19686468.
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    40. McDevitt RA, Szot P, Baratta MV, Bland ST, White SS, Maier SF, Neumaier JF. Stress-induced activity in the locus coeruleus is not sensitive to stressor controllability. Brain Res. 2009 Aug 18; 1285:109-18. PMID: 19524553.
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    41. Christianson JP, Benison AM, Jennings J, Sandsmark EK, Amat J, Kaufman RD, Baratta MV, Paul ED, Campeau S, Watkins LR, Barth DS, Maier SF. The sensory insular cortex mediates the stress-buffering effects of safety signals but not behavioral control. J Neurosci. 2008 Dec 10; 28(50):13703-11. PMID: 19074043.
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    42. Baratta MV, Lucero TR, Amat J, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Role of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex in mediating behavioral control-induced reduction of later conditioned fear. Learn Mem. 2008 Feb; 15(2):84-7. PMID: 18235108.
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    43. Baratta MV, Christianson JP, Gomez DM, Zarza CM, Amat J, Masini CV, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Controllable versus uncontrollable stressors bi-directionally modulate conditioned but not innate fear. Neuroscience. 2007 Jun 08; 146(4):1495-503. PMID: 17478046.
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    44. Frank MG, Baratta MV, Sprunger DB, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Microglia serve as a neuroimmune substrate for stress-induced potentiation of CNS pro-inflammatory cytokine responses. Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Jan; 21(1):47-59. PMID: 16647243.
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    45. Maier SF, Amat J, Baratta MV, Paul E, Watkins LR. Behavioral control, the medial prefrontal cortex, and resilience. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2006; 8(4):397-406. PMID: 17290798.
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    46. Tallent MK, Fabre V, Qiu C, Calbet M, Lamp T, Baratta MV, Suzuki C, Levy CL, Siggins GR, Henriksen SJ, Criado JR, Roberts A, de Lecea L. Cortistatin overexpression in transgenic mice produces deficits in synaptic plasticity and learning. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2005 Nov; 30(3):465-75. PMID: 16182561.
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    47. Amat J, Baratta MV, Paul E, Bland ST, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Medial prefrontal cortex determines how stressor controllability affects behavior and dorsal raphe nucleus. Nat Neurosci. 2005 Mar; 8(3):365-71. PMID: 15696163.
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    48. Tapert SF, Brown GG, Baratta MV, Brown SA. fMRI BOLD response to alcohol stimuli in alcohol dependent young women. Addict Behav. 2004 Jan; 29(1):33-50. PMID: 14667419.
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    49. Baratta MV, Lamp T, Tallent MK. Somatostatin depresses long-term potentiation and Ca2+ signaling in mouse dentate gyrus. J Neurophysiol. 2002 Dec; 88(6):3078-86. PMID: 12466431.
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    50. Nett TM, Turzillo AM, Baratta M, Rispoli LA. Pituitary effects of steroid hormones on secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. Domest Anim Endocrinol. 2002 Jul; 23(1-2):33-42. PMID: 12142224.
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