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Daniel J. Lodge is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions in cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, biological psychiatry, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Recent papers authored by Lodge cover a range of subjects related to dopamine neuron activity, receptor modulation, and neuropharmacology. Selected publications include:

  • "Orexin receptor antagonists reverse aberrant dopamine neuron activity and related behaviors in a rodent model of stress-induced psychosis," 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Hippocampal α5-GABAA Receptors Modulate Dopamine Neuron Activity in the Rat Ventral Tegmental Area," 2022, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • "Buprenorphine Exposure Alters the Development and Migration of Interneurons in the Cortex," 2022, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • "Orexin Modulation of VTA Dopamine Neuron Activity: Relevance to Schizophrenia," 2020, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Ketamine: Leading us into the future for development of antidepressants," 2020, Behavioural Brain Research

Lodge frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Hannah B. Elam
  • Stephanie M. Perez
  • Alexandra M. McCoy
  • Jennifer J. Donegan
  • Angela M. Boley

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in journals such as:

  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • eNeuro
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • Schizophrenia Research

Best Publications

  • Regulation of firing of dopaminergic neurons and control of goal-directed behaviors

    Anthony A. Grace;Stan B. Floresco;Yukiori Goto;Daniel J. Lodge

  • A loss of parvalbumin-containing interneurons is associated with diminished oscillatory activity in an animal model of schizophrenia

    Daniel J. Lodge;Margarita M. Behrens;Anthony A. Grace

  • Aberrant Hippocampal Activity Underlies the Dopamine Dysregulation in an Animal Model of Schizophrenia

    Daniel J. Lodge;Anthony A. Grace

  • Hippocampal dysregulation of dopamine system function and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia

    Daniel J. Lodge;Anthony A. Grace

  • The laterodorsal tegmentum is essential for burst firing of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons

    Daniel J Lodge;A. A. Grace

  • The hippocampus modulates dopamine neuron responsivity by regulating the intensity of phasic neuron activation.

    Daniel J Lodge;Anthony A Grace

  • Gestational methylazoxymethanol acetate administration: A developmental disruption model of schizophrenia

    Daniel J. Lodge;Anthony A. Grace

  • Activation of a ventral hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex pathway is both necessary and sufficient for an antidepressant response to ketamine.

    F. R. Carreno;J. J. Donegan;A. M. Boley;A. Shah

  • Aversive Stimuli Alter Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neuron Activity via a Common Action in the Ventral Hippocampus

    Ornella Valenti;Daniel J. Lodge;Anthony A. Grace

  • A novel α5GABA(A)R-positive allosteric modulator reverses hyperactivation of the dopamine system in the MAM model of schizophrenia.

    Kathryn M Gill;Daniel J Lodge;James M Cook;Shamim Aras

  • Amphetamine activation of hippocampal drive of mesolimbic dopamine neurons: A mechanism of behavioral sensitization

    Daniel J. Lodge;Anthony A. Grace

  • Developmental pathology, dopamine, stress and schizophrenia.

    Daniel J. Lodge;Anthony A. Grace

  • Selective deletion of the leptin receptor in dopamine neurons produces anxiogenic-like behavior and increases dopaminergic activity in amygdala

    Jing Liu;Stephanie M. Perez;Wei Zhang;Daniel J. Lodge

  • Hippocampal dysfunction and disruption of dopamine system regulation in an animal model of schizophrenia

    Daniel J. Lodge;Anthony A. Grace

  • The medial prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortices differentially regulate dopamine system function

    Daniel J Lodge

  • A loss of hippocampal perineuronal nets produces deficits in dopamine system function: relevance to the positive symptoms of schizophrenia

    A Shah;D J Lodge

  • Hippocampal interneuron transplants reverse aberrant dopamine system function and behavior in a rodent model of schizophrenia

    Stephanie M. Perez;Daniel J. Lodge

  • Antidepressant-like cognitive and behavioral effects of acute ketamine administration associated with plasticity in the ventral hippocampus to medial prefrontal cortex pathway

    Julianne D. Jett;Angela M. Boley;Milena Girotti;Amiksha Shah

  • Acute and chronic corticotropin-releasing factor 1 receptor blockade inhibits cocaine-induced dopamine release: correlation with dopamine neuron activity.

    Daniel J. Lodge;Anthony A. Grace

  • Hippocampal deep brain stimulation reverses physiological and behavioural deficits in a rodent model of schizophrenia

    Stephanie M. Perez;Amiksha Shah;Amber Asher;Daniel J. Lodge

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony A. Grace
Anthony A. Grace University of Pittsburgh
Lynn E. DeLisi
Lynn E. DeLisi Harvard Medical School
Barnaby Nelson
Barnaby Nelson University of Melbourne
Melissa J. Green
Melissa J. Green University of New South Wales
Marta Di Forti
Marta Di Forti King's College London
M. Margarita Behrens
M. Margarita Behrens Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Stewart A. Anderson
Stewart A. Anderson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Stan B. Floresco
Stan B. Floresco University of British Columbia
Yan Dong
Yan Dong University of Pittsburgh

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