Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Citations for each publication can be seen here. All our publications can be found on pubmed. See a short list of selected publications here.

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Reis FMCV, Liu J, Schuette PJ, Lee JY, Maesta-Pereira S, Chakerian M, Wang W, Canteras NS, Kao JC, Adhikari AShared dorsal periaqueductal gray activation patterns during exposure to innate and conditioned threats. J Neurosci. 2021 Apr 21:JN-RM-2450-20. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2450-20.2021. [pdf]

Wang W, Schuette PJ, Nagai J, Tobias BC, Cuccovia V Reis FM, Ji S, de Lima MAX, La-Vu MQ, Maesta-Pereira S, Chakerian M, Leonard SJ, Lin L, Severino AL, Cahill CM, Canteras NS, Khakh BS, Kao JC, Adhikari A. Coordination of escape and spatial navigation circuits orchestrates versatile flight from threats. Neuron. 2021 Apr 13:S0896-6273(21)00203-8. [pdf]

Adhikari A*, Lerner TN*, Finkelstein J*, Ferenczi E, Guanydin LA, Mirzabekov JJ, Ye L, Kim SY, Pak S, Lei A, Deisseroth K. Basomedial amygdala: deep brain target of prefrontal cortex for top-down control of anxiety and fear. Nature. 2015; 527(7577):179-85 [pdf]

*equal contributions

Ye L, Allen WE, Thompson KR, Tian Q, Hsueh B, Ramakrishnan C, Wang AC, Jennings JH, Adhikari A, Halpern CH, Witten IB, Barth AL, Luo L, McNab JA, Deisseroth K. Wiring and Molecular Features of Prefrontal Ensembles Representing Distinct Experiences. Cell. 2016;165(7):1776-88 [pdf]

Adhikari A*, Lerner TN*, Finkelstein J*, Ferenczi E, Gunaydin LA, Mirzabekov JJ, Ye L, Kim SY, Pak S, Lei A, Deisseroth K. Basomedial amygdala: deep brain target of prefrontal cortex for top-down control of anxiety and fear. Nature. 2015; 527(7577):179-85 2015 [pdf]

*equal contributions

Gunaydin LA, Grosenick L, Finkelstein JC, Kauvar IV, Fenno LE, Adhikari A, Lammel S, Mirzabekov JJ, Airan RD, Tye KM, Anikeeva P, Malenka RC, Deisseroth K. Natural neural projection dynamics underlying social behavior modulation. Cell. 2014; 157(7):1535-51 [pdf]

Adhikari A. Distributed circuits underlying anxiety. Front Behav Neurosci. 2014; 1;8:112  [pdf]

Kim SY*, Adhikari A*, Lee SY, Marshel JH, Kim CK, Mallory CS, Lo M, Pak S, Mattis J, Lim BK, Malenka RC, Warden MR, Neve R, Tye KM, Deisseroth K. Diverging neural pathways assemble a behavioural state from separable features in anxiety. Nature. 2013;496:219-223 [pdf]

*equal contributions

Tye TM, Mirzabekov J, Warden MR, Tsai H, Finkelstein J, Kim SY, Ferenczi E, Adhikari A, Thompson K, Andalman A, Gunaydin LA, Witten IB, Deisseroth K. Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behavior. Nature. 2013;493(7433):537-41 [pdf]

Warden MR, Selimbeyoglu A, Tye KM, Mirzabekov JJ, Lo M, Kim SY, Adhikari A, Frank LM­ and Deisseroth K. Role of a prefrontal cortex to brainstem projection in responding to behavioral challenge. Nature. 2012; 492(7429):428-32 [pdf]

Adhikari A , Topiwala MA, Gordon JA. Single units in the medial prefrontal cortex with anxiety-related firing patterns are preferentially influenced by ventral hippocampal activity. Neuron. 2011; 71(5):898-910 [pdf]

Adhikari A, Topiwala MA and Gordon JA. Synchronized activity between the ventral hippocampus and the medial prefrontal cortex during anxiety. Neuron. 2010; 65(2):257-269 [pdf]