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Marisa Roberto is affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience, focusing significantly on cellular and molecular neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, and biological psychiatry. Their work also extends into neurology and physiology, reflecting a broad approach to understanding brain function and disorders.

The scientist has published extensively in the field of neuroscience, with a total of 168 publications. Subfield contributions include 65 papers in cellular and molecular neuroscience, 34 in behavioral neuroscience, 21 in neurology, 19 in biological psychiatry, and 19 in physiology. Their investigations often center on the mechanisms of neurotransmitter receptors and their influence on behavior, stress responses involving cortisol, and neuropharmacology research related to brain disorders.

Key research topics covered in their work include:

  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Adipose tissue and metabolism

Marisa Roberto has published in several prominent scientific venues. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Alcohol
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Neurobiology of Stress
  • Biological Psychiatry

The scientist has collaborated often with peers in their field. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Michal Bajo
  • Amanda J. Roberts
  • Sophia Khom
  • Valentina Vozella
  • Roman Vlkolinský

Select recent publications exemplify their research focus and contributions:

  • The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue semaglutide reduces alcohol drinking and modulates central GABA neurotransmission (2023, JCI Insight)
  • Microglia Control Escalation of Drinking in Alcohol-Dependent Mice: Genomic and Synaptic Drivers (2020, Biological Psychiatry)
  • The Role of the Central Amygdala in Alcohol Dependence (2020, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine)
  • IL-10 normalizes aberrant amygdala GABA transmission and reverses anxiety-like behavior and dependence-induced escalation of alcohol intake (2020, Progress in Neurobiology)
  • Synthetic, Mechanistic, and Biological Interrogation of Ginkgo biloba Chemical Space En Route to (−)-Bilobalide (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Best Publications

  • The Central Amygdala as an Integrative Hub for Anxiety and Alcohol Use Disorders

    Nicholas W. Gilpin;Melissa A. Herman;Marisa Roberto

  • Ethanol increases GABAergic transmission at both pre- and postsynaptic sites in rat central amygdala neurons

    Marisa Roberto;Samuel G. Madamba;Scott D. Moore;Melanie K. Tallent

  • Corticotropin releasing factor-induced amygdala gamma-aminobutyric Acid release plays a key role in alcohol dependence.

    Marisa Roberto;Maureen T. Cruz;Nicholas W. Gilpin;Valentina Sabino;Valentina Sabino

  • Increased GABA release in the central amygdala of ethanol-dependent rats.

    Marisa Roberto;Samuel G. Madamba;David G. Stouffer;Loren H. Parsons

  • Acute and chronic ethanol alter glutamatergic transmission in rat central amygdala: an in vitro and in vivo analysis.

    Marisa Roberto;Paul Schweitzer;Samuel G. Madamba;David G. Stouffer

  • CRF system recruitment mediates dark side of compulsive eating

    Pietro Cottone;Valentina Sabino;Marisa Roberto;Michal Bajo

  • Synaptic effects induced by alcohol

    David M. Lovinger;Marisa Roberto

  • The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue semaglutide reduces alcohol drinking and modulates central GABA neurotransmission

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  • The tipsy terminal: presynaptic effects of ethanol.

    George Robert Siggins;Marisa Roberto;Zhiguo Nie

  • NMDA Receptors Regulate Nicotine-Enhanced Brain Reward Function and Intravenous Nicotine Self-Administration: Role of the Ventral Tegmental Area and Central Nucleus of the Amygdala

    Paul J Kenny;Elena Chartoff;Marisa Roberto;William A Carlezon

  • The Central Amygdala and Alcohol: Role of γ-Aminobutyric Acid, Glutamate, and Neuropeptides

    Marisa Roberto;Nicholas W. Gilpin;George R. Siggins

  • Synaptic targets: Chronic alcohol actions.

    Marisa Roberto;Florence P. Varodayan

  • Glutamatergic transmission in opiate and alcohol dependence.

    George Robert Siggins;Gilles Martin;Marisa Roberto;Zhiguo Nie

  • Cellular and Behavioral Interactions of Gabapentin with Alcohol Dependence

    Marisa Roberto;Nicholas W. Gilpin;Laura E. O'Dell;Maureen T. Cruz

  • VTA CRF neurons mediate the aversive effects of nicotine withdrawal and promote intake escalation

    Taryn E Grieder;Melissa A Herman;Candice Contet;Laura A Tan

  • Neurobiological mechanisms contributing to alcohol-stress-anxiety interactions.

    Yuval Silberman;Michal Bajo;Ann M. Chappell;Daniel T. Christian

  • Neuropeptide Y Opposes Alcohol Effects on Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Release in Amygdala and Blocks the Transition to Alcohol Dependence

    Nicholas W. Gilpin;Kaushik Misra;Melissa A. Herman;Maureen T. Cruz

  • Chronic Ethanol Exposure and Protracted Abstinence Alter NMDA Receptors in Central Amygdala

    Marisa Roberto;Michal Bajo;Elena Crawford;Samuel G Madamba

  • Protein kinase C epsilon mediation of CRF- and ethanol-induced GABA release in central amygdala.

    Michal Bajo;Maureen T. Cruz;George R. Siggins;Robert Messing

  • Neuropeptide modulation of central amygdala neuroplasticity is a key mediator of alcohol dependence.

    Nicholas W. Gilpin;Marisa Roberto

  • Nociceptin/orphanin FQ presynaptically decreases GABAergic transmission and blocks the ethanol-induced increase of GABA release in central amygdala.

    Marisa Roberto;George R. Siggins

Frequent Co-Authors

George R. Siggins
George R. Siggins Scripps Research Institute
Loren H. Parsons
Loren H. Parsons Scripps Research Institute
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca Complutense University of Madrid
Eric P. Zorrilla
Eric P. Zorrilla Scripps Research Institute
Rémi Martin-Fardon
Rémi Martin-Fardon Scripps Research Institute
Olivier George
Olivier George University of California, San Diego
Chitra D. Mandyam
Chitra D. Mandyam Veterans Health Administration
Gregg E. Homanics
Gregg E. Homanics University of Pittsburgh
Scott Edwards
Scott Edwards Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Robert O. Messing
Robert O. Messing The University of Texas at Austin

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