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Barbara A. Sorg is affiliated with Washington State University Vancouver in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their expertise spans several subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, endocrine and autonomic systems, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology. The main topics covered in their work include neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, neuropeptides and animal physiology, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Barbara A. Sorg's recent papers include:

  • The extracellular matrix and perineuronal nets in memory, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Impact of Perineuronal Nets on Electrophysiology of Parvalbumin Interneurons, Principal Neurons, and Brain Oscillations: A Review, 2021, Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
  • Diurnal changes in perineuronal nets and parvalbumin neurons in the rat medial prefrontal cortex, 2021, Brain Structure and Function
  • Net gain and loss: influence of natural rewards and drugs of abuse on perineuronal nets, 2022, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Sex and region-specific effects of high fat diet on PNNs in obesity susceptible rats, 2020, Physiology & Behavior

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barbara A. Sorg include:

  • Angela E. Gonzalez
  • Travis E. Brown
  • Deborah M. Hegarty
  • Sue A. Aicher
  • Jonathan D. Ramos

The scientist's work has been published multiple times in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Addiction Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, SLEEP, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • The pharmacology and neural circuitry of sensitization to psychostimulants.

    Kalivas Pw;Sorg Ba;Hooks Ms

  • Casting a Wide Net: Role of Perineuronal Nets in Neural Plasticity.

    Barbara A. Sorg;Sabina Berretta;Jordan M. Blacktop;James W. Fawcett

  • A role for sensitization in craving and relapse in cocaine addiction

    Peter W. Kalivas;R. Chris Pierce;Jennifer Cornish;Barbara A. Sorg

  • In vivo Cocaine Experience Generates Silent Synapses

    Yanhua H. Huang;Ying Lin;Ping Mu;Brian R. Lee

  • Effects of cocaine and footshock stress on extracellular dopamine levels in the ventral striatum.

    Barbara A. Sorg;Peter W. Kalivas

  • Removal of Perineuronal Nets in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Impairs the Acquisition and Reconsolidation of a Cocaine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference Memory

    Megan Slaker;Lynn Churchill;Ryan P. Todd;Jordan M. Blacktop

  • Effects of cocaine and footshock stress on extracellular dopamine levels in the medial prefrontal cortex

    B.A. Sorg;P.W. Kalivas

  • The effect of trait anxiety and situational stress on working memory capacity.

    Barbara A Sorg;Paul Whitney

  • A Silent Synapse-Based Mechanism for Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Sensitization

    T. E. Brown;B. R. Lee;P. Mu;D. Ferguson

  • Manipulation of dopamine d1-like receptor activation in the rat medial prefrontal cortex alters stress- and cocaine-induced reinstatement of conditioned place preference behavior

    C.J Sanchez;T.M Bailie;W.-R Wu;N Li

  • Diurnal differences in dopamine transporter and tyrosine hydroxylase levels in rat brain: dependence on the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Evan P. Sleipness;Barbara A. Sorg;Heiko T. Jansen

  • The extracellular matrix and perineuronal nets in memory

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  • Repeated Daily Cocaine Alters Subsequent Cocaine-induced Increase of Extracellular Dopamine in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

    Barbara A. Sorg;Debra L. Davidson;Peter W. Kalivas;Balakrishna M. Prasad

  • Characterization of Extracellular Dopamine Clearance in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: Role of Monoamine Uptake and Monoamine Oxidase Inhibition

    Hollie K. Wayment;James O. Schenk;Barbara A. Sorg

  • Exposure to Cocaine Dynamically Regulates the Intrinsic Membrane Excitability of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons

    Ping Mu;Jason T. Moyer;Masago Ishikawa;Yonghong Zhang

  • Reconsolidation of drug memories

    Barbara A. Sorg

  • Time course of tyrosine hydroxylase expression after behavioral sensitization to cocaine.

    B. A. Sorg;Shiouh-Yi Chen;P. W. Kalivas

  • Developmental expression of the myelin proteolipid protein and basic protein mRNAs in normal and dysmyelinating mutant mice.

    Barbara A. Sorg;Matthew M. Smith;Anthony T. Campagnoni

  • The NMDA antagonist MK-801 disrupts reconsolidation of a cocaine-associated memory for conditioned place preference but not for self-administration in rats.

    Travis E. Brown;Brian R. Lee;Barbara A. Sorg

  • Role of matrix metalloproteinases in the acquisition and reconsolidation of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference

    Travis E. Brown;Melissa R. Forquer;Davelle L. Cocking;Heiko T. Jansen

  • Expression of myelin proteolipid protein and basic protein in normal and dysmyelinating mutant mice.

    Barbara J. A. Sorg;Daya Agrawal;Harish C. Agrawal;Anthony T. Campagnoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter W. Kalivas
Peter W. Kalivas Medical University of South Carolina
Yan Dong
Yan Dong University of Pittsburgh
Sue A. Aicher
Sue A. Aicher Oregon Health & Science University
Eric J. Nestler
Eric J. Nestler Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ken Lukowiak
Ken Lukowiak University of Calgary
Ronald E. See
Ronald E. See Medical University of South Carolina
R. Suzanne Zukin
R. Suzanne Zukin Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Alain Prochiantz
Alain Prochiantz Collège de France
Jaak Panksepp
Jaak Panksepp Washington State University
Rachael L. Neve
Rachael L. Neve Harvard University

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