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John F. Neumaier is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Social Psychology, and Physiology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

John F. Neumaier has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CX. Classification of Receptors for 5-hydroxytryptamine; Pharmacology and Function (2020), published in Pharmacological Reviews
  • The 5-HT1B Receptor: Behavioral Implications (2025), published in Psychopharmacology Bulletin
  • Chemogenetic inhibition of lateral habenula projections to the dorsal raphe nucleus reduces passive coping and perseverative reward seeking in rats (2020), published in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • A cAMP-Related Gene Network in Microglia Is Inversely Regulated by Morphine Tolerance and Withdrawal (2021), published in Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • Sequencing the serotonergic neuron translatome reveals a new role for Fkbp5 in stress (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Neumaier include Kevin R. Coffey, Atom J. Lesiak, Bryan L. Roth, Nicholas M. Barnes, and Katharine Herrick-Davis.

Publication venues where their work has appeared multiple times are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Addiction Biology
  • Pharmacological Reviews

Best Publications

  • Transient neuronal inhibition reveals opposing roles of indirect and direct pathways in sensitization

    Susan M Ferguson;Daniel Eskenazi;Masago Ishikawa;Matthew J Wanat

  • DeepSqueak: a deep learning-based system for detection and analysis of ultrasonic vocalizations.

    Kevin R Coffey;Russell G Marx;John F Neumaier

  • A Controlled Study of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Medication-Resistant Major Depression

    David H. Avery;Paul E. Holtzheimer;Paul E. Holtzheimer;Walid Fawaz;Walid Fawaz;Joan Russo

  • Nuclear factor kB signaling regulates neuronal morphology and cocaine reward

    Scott J. Russo;Matthew B. Wilkinson;Michelle S. Mazei-Robison;David M. Dietz

  • Selective p38α MAPK deletion in serotonergic neurons produces stress resilience in models of depression and addiction

    Michael R. Bruchas;Abigail G. Schindler;Haripriya Shankar;Daniel I. Messinger

  • 5-HT6 receptors: a novel target for cognitive enhancement.

    Ellen S. Mitchell;John F. Neumaier

  • Localization of 5-HT7 receptors in rat brain by immunocytochemistry, in situ hybridization, and agonist stimulated cFos expression

    J.F. Neumaier;T.J. Sexton;J. Yracheta;A.M. Diaz

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CX. Classification of Receptors for 5-hydroxytryptamine; Pharmacology and Function

    Nicholas M. Barnes;Gerard P. Ahern;Carine Becamel;Joël Bockaert

  • Estrogen selectively increases tryptophan hydroxylase-2 mRNA expression in distinct subregions of rat midbrain raphe nucleus: association between gene expression and anxiety behavior in the open field.

    Ryoko Hiroi;Ross A. McDevitt;John F. Neumaier

  • Differential effects of ovarian steroids on anxiety versus fear as measured by open field test and fear-potentiated startle.

    Ryoko Hiroi;John F. Neumaier

  • Chronic fluoxetine reduces serotonin transporter mRNA and 5-HT1B mRNA in a sequential manner in the rat dorsal raphe nucleus.

    John F Neumaier;Daniel C Root;Mark W Hamblin;Mark W Hamblin

  • Reduced ventral striatal/ventral pallidal serotonin1B receptor binding potential in major depressive disorder.

    James W. Murrough;Shannan Henry;Jian Hu;Jean Dominique Gallezot

  • Overexpression of 5-HT1B receptor in dorsal raphe nucleus using Herpes Simplex Virus gene transfer increases anxiety behavior after inescapable stress.

    Michael S. Clark;Timothy J. Sexton;Molly McClain;Daniel Root

  • Stress Produces Aversion and Potentiates Cocaine Reward by Releasing Endogenous Dynorphins in the Ventral Striatum to Locally Stimulate Serotonin Reuptake

    Abigail G. Schindler;Daniel I. Messinger;Jeffrey S. Smith;Haripriya Shankar

  • Elevated expression of 5-HT1B receptors in nucleus accumbens efferents sensitizes animals to cocaine.

    John F. Neumaier;Evelyn S. Vincow;Andreas Arvanitogiannis;Roy A. Wise

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of medication-resistant depression: preliminary data.

    David H. Avery;Keith Claypoole;Lawrence Robinson;John F. Neumaier

  • The Effect of Early Trauma Exposure on Serotonin Type 1B Receptor Expression Revealed by Reduced Selective Radioligand Binding

    James W. Murrough;Christoph Czermak;Shannan Henry;Nabeel Nabulsi

  • Opioid receptor-mediated responses in the dentate gyrus and CA1 region of the rat hippocampus.

    J F Neumaier;S Mailheau;C Chavkin

  • Regulation of dorsal raphe nucleus function by serotonin autoreceptors: a behavioral perspective.

    Ross A. McDevitt;John F. Neumaier

  • 5-HT1B mRNA regulation in two animal models of altered stress reactivity

    John F Neumaier;Emmeline Edwards;Paul M Plotsky

  • Direct-pathway striatal neurons regulate the retention of decision-making strategies.

    Susan M. Ferguson;Paul E. M. Phillips;Bryan L. Roth;Jürgen Wess

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Chavkin
Charles Chavkin University of Washington
Patricia Szot
Patricia Szot University of Washington
Paul E. Holtzheimer
Paul E. Holtzheimer Dartmouth College
James W. Murrough
James W. Murrough Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Michael J. Bannon
Michael J. Bannon Wayne State University
Joan Russo
Joan Russo University of Washington
Gene-Jack Wang
Gene-Jack Wang National Institutes of Health
Elaine R. Peskind
Elaine R. Peskind University of Washington

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