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Overview

Lisa M. Savage is affiliated with Binghamton University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics centered around Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience
  • Behavioural Brain Research

Common collaborators in their research activities are:

  • Polliana T. Nunes
  • Nicole L. Reitz
  • Brian T. Kipp
  • Matthew J. Fecik
  • Zachary H. Gursky

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Adolescent Binge-Type Ethanol Exposure in Rats Mirrors Age-Related Cognitive Decline by Suppressing Cholinergic Tone and Hippocampal Neurogenesis," 2021, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "Executive functioning-specific behavioral impairments in a rat model of human third trimester binge drinking implicate prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuitry in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders," 2021, Behavioural Brain Research
  • "Adolescent Ethanol Exposure Alters Cholinergic Function and Apical Dendritic Branching Within the Orbital Frontal Cortex," 2021, Neuroscience
  • "Adult-born neurons maintain hippocampal cholinergic inputs and support working memory during aging," 2023, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Midline Thalamic Damage Associated with Alcohol-Use Disorders: Disruption of Distinct Thalamocortical Pathways and Function," 2020, Neuropsychology Review

Best Publications

  • Thiamine deficiency in rats produces cognitive and memory deficits on spatial tasks that correlate with tissue loss in diencephalon, cortex and white matter.

    Philip J. Langlais;Philip J. Langlais;Lisa M. Savage

  • Alcohol-related amnesia and dementia: animal models have revealed the contributions of different etiological factors on neuropathology, neurochemical dysfunction and cognitive impairment.

    Ryan P. Vetreno;Joseph M. Hall;Lisa M. Savage

  • Local modulation of striatal glutamate efflux by serotonin 1A receptor stimulation in dyskinetic, hemiparkinsonian rats

    Kristin B. Dupre;Corinne Y. Ostock;Karen L. Eskow Jaunarajs;Thomas Button

  • Neuropathology of thiamine deficiency: an update on the comparative analysis of human disorders and experimental models.

    Philip J. Langlais;Shu Xing Zhang;Lisa M. Savage

  • The effects of lesions to thalamic lateral internal medullary lamina and posterior nuclei on learning, memory and habituation in the rat.

    Lisa M. Savage;Arthur J. Sweet;Rosemary Castillo;Philip J. Langlais;Philip J. Langlais

  • Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure leads to alterations in brain-derived neurotrophic factor within the frontal cortex and impaired behavioral flexibility in both adolescent and adult rats

    Gina M. Fernandez;Brandon J. Lew;Lindsey C. Vedder;Lisa M. Savage

  • Aging with alcohol-related brain damage: Critical brain circuits associated with cognitive dysfunction.

    Polliana Toledo Nunes;Brian T. Kipp;Nicole L. Reitz;Lisa M. Savage

  • Medial septum-diagonal band of Broca (MSDB) GABAergic regulation of hippocampal acetylcholine efflux is dependent on cognitive demands.

    Jessica J. Roland;Amanda L. Stewart;Kellie L. Janke;Matthew R. Gielow

  • Diencephalic damage decreases hippocampal acetylcholine release during spontaneous alternation testing.

    Lisa M. Savage;Qing Chang;Paul E. Gold

  • The effects of hippocampal lesions on learning, memory, and reward expectancies.

    Lisa M. Savage;Robert A. Buzzetti;Donna R. Ramirez

  • Reward expectation alters learning and memory: The impact of the amygdala on appetitive-driven behaviors

    Lisa M. Savage;Raddy L. Ramos

  • Interactions between chronic ethanol consumption and thiamine deficiency on neural plasticity, spatial memory, and cognitive flexibility.

    Lindsey C. Vedder;Joseph M. Hall;Kimberly R. Jabrouin;Lisa M. Savage

  • In search of the Neurobiological underpinnings of the Differential Outcomes Effect

    Lisa M. Savage

  • Adolescent binge ethanol exposure alters specific forebrain cholinergic cell populations and leads to selective functional deficits in the prefrontal cortex.

    Gina M. Fernandez;Lisa M. Savage

  • Differential involvement of the basolateral amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex, and nucleus accumbens core in the acquisition and use of reward expectancies.

    Donna R. Ramirez;Lisa M. Savage

  • Translational Rodent Models of Korsakoff Syndrome Reveal the Critical Neuroanatomical Substrates of Memory Dysfunction and Recovery

    Lisa M. Savage;Joseph M. Hall;Leticia S. Resende

  • Microdialysis measures of functional increases in ACh release in the hippocampus with and without inclusion of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in the perfusate.

    Qing Chang;Lisa M. Savage;Paul E. Gold

  • Memory enhancement in aged rats: the differential outcomes effect.

    Lisa M. Savage;Shane R. Pitkin;Jason M. Careri

  • Increasing hippocampal acetylcholine levels enhance behavioral performance in an animal model of diencephalic amnesia.

    Jessica J. Roland;Katherine Mark;Ryan P. Vetreno;Lisa M. Savage

  • The role of cholinergic and GABAergic medial septal/diagonal band cell populations in the emergence of diencephalic amnesia

    Jessica J. Roland;Lisa M. Savage

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. Langlais
Philip J. Langlais San Diego State University
Richard J. Servatius
Richard J. Servatius SUNY Upstate Medical University
Paul E. Gold
Paul E. Gold Syracuse University
Scott D. Moore
Scott D. Moore Duke University
Steven J. Schiff
Steven J. Schiff Yale University
Stan B. Floresco
Stan B. Floresco University of British Columbia
Christopher Bishop
Christopher Bishop Binghamton University
Brent A. Vogt
Brent A. Vogt Boston University
Elena I. Varlinskaya
Elena I. Varlinskaya Binghamton University
Linda P. Spear
Linda P. Spear Binghamton University

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