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Myers Lab

The Myers Lab focuses on the integration of limbic neurocircuits to determine the biological basis for stress effects on health. Specifically, we combine behavioral neuroscience and integrative physiology to examine how the brain mediates relationships between mood/anxiety disorders and cardiometabolic conditions.

Experiments utilize viral-mediated gene transfer in rodent models to monitor and modulate the activity of specific cells, circuits, and synapses. These approaches allow us to measure social, affective, and motivational behaviors, as well as endocrine and cardiovascular physiology.

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Publications

Wallace T, Myers B. Prefrontal representation of affective stimuli: importance of stress, sex, and context. Cereb Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhad110. (Epub ahead of print), 2023.

Dearing C, Morano R, Ptaskiewicz E, Mahbod P, Scheimann JR, Franco-Villanueva A, Wulsin L, Myers B. Glucoregulation and coping behavior after chronic stress in rats: sex differences across the lifespan. Horm. Behav. 136 (105060), 2021.

Wallace T, Schaeuble D, Pace SA, Schackmuth MK, Hentges ST, Chicco AJ, Myers B. Sexually divergent cortical control of affective-autonomic integration. Psychoneuroendocrinology 129 (105238), 2021.

Pace SA, Christensen C, Schackmuth MK, Wallace T, McKlveen JM, Beischel W, Morano RL, Scheimann JR, Wilson SP, Herman JP, Myers B. Reduced glutamate outflow from infralimbic prefrontal cortex prevents the neural and behavioral consequences of chronic stress. Neurobiol. Stress 13 (1002742), 2020.

Schaeuble D, Packard AEB, McKlveen JM, Morano R, Fourman S, Smith BL, Scheimann JR, Packard BA, Wilson SP, James J, Hui DY, Ulrich-Lai YU, Herman JP, Myers B. Prefrontal cortical regulation of chronic stress-induced cardiovascular susceptibility. J. Am. Heart Assoc. 8:24 (e014451), 2019.

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