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Daniel S. Zahm is affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience and psychology, contributing to a range of topics that intersect these fields.

The main fields of study for Daniel S. Zahm include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Within these areas, their work spans several subfields:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Neurology

Daniel S. Zahm's research covers multiple topics, reflecting a broad interest in neural mechanisms and behavioral regulation:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

The scientist has published in several prominent venues, with a concentration of work appearing in:

  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Daniel S. Zahm include:

  • "The Lateral Preoptic Area: A Novel Regulator of Reward Seeking and Neuronal Activity in the Ventral Tegmental Area," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "A novel giant non-cholinergic striatal interneuron restricted to the ventrolateral striatum coexpresses Kv3.3 potassium channel, parvalbumin, and the vesicular GABA transporter," 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "The novel giant striatal neurons are not cholinergic," 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Daniel S. Zahm include:

  • Lydia Lebenheim
  • Sam A. Booker
  • Christian Derst
  • Torsten Weiß
  • Clemens Gruber

Best Publications

  • Specificity in the projection patterns of accumbal core and shell in the rat.

    L. Heimer;D.S. Zahm;L. Churchill;P.W. Kalivas

  • On the significance of subterritories in the “accumbens” part of the rat ventral striatum

    D.S. Zahm;J.S. Brog

  • The patterns of afferent innervation of the core and shell in the “Accumbens” part of the rat ventral striatum: Immunohistochemical detection of retrogradely transported fluoro‐gold

    Judith S. Brog;Aimee Salyapongse;Ariel Y. Deutch;Ariel Y. Deutch;Daniel S. Zahm

  • An integrative neuroanatomical perspective on some subcortical substrates of adaptive responding with emphasis on the nucleus accumbens.

    Daniel S. Zahm

  • Glutamatergic Afferents of the Ventral Tegmental Area in the Rat

    Stefanie Geisler;Christian Derst;Rüdiger W. Veh;Daniel S. Zahm

  • The mesopontine rostromedial tegmental nucleus: A structure targeted by the lateral habenula that projects to the ventral tegmental area of Tsai and substantia nigra compacta

    Thomas C. Jhou;Stefanie Geisler;Michela "Micky" Marinelli;Beth A. Degarmo

  • The accumbens: beyond the core-shell dichotomy.

    Heimer L;Alheid Gf;de Olmos Js;Groenewegen Hj

  • Two transpallidal pathways originating in the rat nucleus accumbens.

    D. S. Zahm;Lennart Heimer

  • Afferents of the ventral tegmental area in the rat‐anatomical substratum for integrative functions

    Stefanie Geisler;Daniel S. Zahm

  • Functional-anatomical implications of the nucleus accumbens core and shell subterritories.

    Daniel S. Zahm

  • Specificity in the efferent projections of the nucleus accumbens in the rat: comparison of the rostral pole projection patterns with those of the core and shell.

    D. S. Zahm;Lennart Heimer

  • Insulin gene expression and insulin synthesis in mammalian neuronal cells

    S.U. Devaskar;S.J. Giddings;P.A. Rajakumar;L.R. Carnaghi

  • Specificity in the Projections of Prefrontal and Insular Cortex to Ventral Striatopallidum and the Extended Amygdala

    Sheila M. Reynolds;Daniel S. Zahm

  • Morphological differences between projection neurons of the core and shell in the nucleus accumbens of the rat.

    G.E. Meredith;R. Agolia;M.P.M. Arts;H.J. Groenewegen

  • Ventral striatopallidal parts of the basal ganglia in the rat i. neurochemical compartmentation as reflected by the distributions of neurotensin and substance p immunoreactivity

    D. S. Zahm;L. Heimer

  • Neurotoxicity of MAO metabolites of catecholamine neurotransmitters: role in neurodegenerative diseases.

    William J Burke;Shu Wen Li;Hyung D Chung;David A Ruggiero

  • Altered dendritic spine plasticity in cocaine-withdrawn rats.

    Hao-wei Shen;Shigenobu Toda;Khaled Moussawi;Ashley Bouknight

  • The ventral striatopallidal parts of the basal ganglia in the rat--II. Compartmentation of ventral pallidal efferents.

    D.S. Zahm

  • Separate Prefrontal-Subcortical Circuits Mediate Different Components of Risk-Based Decision Making

    Jennifer R St Onge;Colin M Stopper;Daniel S Zahm;Stan B Floresco

  • 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde is the toxic dopamine metabolite in vivo: implications for Parkinson's disease pathogenesis.

    William J. Burke;Shu Wen Li;Evelyn A. Williams;Randal Nonneman

  • Evidence for the coexistence of glutamate decarboxylase and Met-enkephalin immunoreactivities in axon terminals of rat ventral pallidum.

    D.S. Zahm;L. Zaborszky;V.E. Alones;L. Heimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lennart Heimer
Lennart Heimer University of Virginia
Peter W. Kalivas
Peter W. Kalivas Medical University of South Carolina
Gloria E. Meredith
Gloria E. Meredith Binghamton University
Gary W. Van Hoesen
Gary W. Van Hoesen University of Iowa
Anne Bérod
Anne Bérod Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Michela \Micky\" Marinelli"
Michela \Micky\" Marinelli" The University of Texas at Austin
Ariel Y. Deutch
Ariel Y. Deutch Vanderbilt University
Laszlo Zaborszky
Laszlo Zaborszky Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Philip Winn
Philip Winn University of Strathclyde
Rüdiger W. Veh
Rüdiger W. Veh Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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