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Shannon L. Gourley

Shannon L. Gourley

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
4899
World Ranking
8619
National Ranking
3664

Overview

Shannon L. Gourley is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience, psychology, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these areas, key subfields of their work include cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.

Their research addresses several main topics, such as neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, memory and neural mechanisms, receptor mechanisms and signaling, stress responses and cortisol, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Gourley's work include Biological Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, and Nature Communications.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Persistent behavioral and neurobiological consequences of social isolation during adolescence (2021) in Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • A molecularly integrated amygdalo-fronto-striatal network coordinates flexible learning and memory (2022) in Nature Neuroscience
  • How social information impacts action in rodents and humans: the role of the prefrontal cortex and its connections (2023) in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Developmental pyrethroid exposure causes a neurodevelopmental disorder phenotype in mice (2023) in PNAS Nexus
  • Social incentivization of instrumental choice in mice requires amygdala-prelimbic cortex-nucleus accumbens connectivity (2022) in Nature Communications

Gourley has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notable among them are Dan C. Li, Henry W. Kietzman, Gracy Trinoskey-Rice, Michelle K. Sequeira, and Lauren P. Shapiro.

Best Publications

  • Chronic unpredictable stress decreases cell proliferation in the cerebral cortex of the adult rat

    Mounira Banasr;Gerald W. Valentine;Xiaoyuan Li;Shannon Leigh Gourley

  • Regionally specific regulation of ERK MAP kinase in a model of antidepressant-sensitive chronic depression.

    Shannon L. Gourley;Florence J. Wu;Drew D. Kiraly;Jonathan E. Ploski

  • Acute hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor restores motivational and forced swim performance after corticosterone.

    Shannon L. Gourley;Drew D. Kiraly;Jessica L. Howell;Peter Olausson

  • A history of corticosterone exposure regulates fear extinction and cortical NR2B, GluR2/3, and BDNF.

    Shannon L Gourley;Alexia T Kedves;Peter Olausson;Jane R Taylor

  • Going and stopping: dichotomies in behavioral control by the prefrontal cortex

    Shannon L Gourley;Jane R Taylor

  • Recapitulation and Reversal of a Persistent Depression‐like Syndrome in Rodents

    Shannon L. Gourley;Jane R. Taylor

  • Corticosteroid-induced neural remodeling predicts behavioral vulnerability and resilience

    Shannon L. Gourley;Andrew M. Swanson;Anthony J. Koleske

  • Inhibition of Rho via Arg and p190RhoGAP in the Postnatal Mouse Hippocampus Regulates Dendritic Spine Maturation, Synapse and Dendrite Stability, and Behavior

    Mindan K. Sfakianos;Aaron Eisman;Shannon L. Gourley;William D. Bradley

  • Voxel-based morphometry predicts shifts in dendritic spine density and morphology with auditory fear conditioning

    O.P. Keifer;O.P. Keifer;R.C. Hurt;R.C. Hurt;David Gutman;Shella Keilholz

  • Action control is mediated by prefrontal BDNF and glucocorticoid receptor binding

    Shannon L. Gourley;Andrew M. Swanson;Andrea M. Jacobs;Jessica L. Howell

  • Dissociable regulation of instrumental action within mouse prefrontal cortex

    Shannon L. Gourley;Anni S. Lee;Jessica L. Howell;Christopher Pittenger;Christopher Pittenger

  • Integrin β1 Signals through Arg to Regulate Postnatal Dendritic Arborization, Synapse Density, and Behavior

    Michael S. Warren;William D. Bradley;Shannon L. Gourley;Yu-Chih Lin

  • The Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex Regulates Sensitivity to Outcome Value

    Shannon L Gourley;Kelsey S Zimmermann;Amanda G Allen;Jane R Taylor

  • Arg Kinase Regulates Prefrontal Dendritic Spine Refinement and Cocaine-Induced Plasticity

    Shannon L Gourley;Anastasia Olevska;M. Sloan Warren;Jane R. Taylor

  • Antidepressant-like properties of oral riluzole and utility of incentive disengagement models of depression in mice

    Shannon L. Gourley;Shannon L. Gourley;Jonathan W. Espitia;Gerard Sanacora;Jane R. Taylor

  • The orbitofrontal cortex regulates outcome-based decision-making via the lateral striatum

    Shannon L. Gourley;Shannon L. Gourley;Shannon L. Gourley;Anastasia Olevska;Kelsey S. Zimmermann;Kerry J. Ressler;Kerry J. Ressler

  • Corticosterone regulates pERK1/2 map kinase in a chronic depression model.

    Shannon L. Gourley;Florence J. Wu;Jane R. Taylor

  • Connections of the Mouse Orbitofrontal Cortex and Regulation of Goal-Directed Action Selection by Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor.

    Kelsey S. Zimmermann;John A. Yamin;John A. Yamin;Donald G. Rainnie;Donald G. Rainnie;Kerry J. Ressler

  • Selective role of the catalytic PI3K subunit p110β in impaired higher order cognition in fragile X syndrome.

    Christina Gross;Nisha Raj;Gemma Molinaro;Amanda G. Allen;Amanda G. Allen

  • Prelimbic BDNF and TrkB signaling regulates consolidation of both appetitive and aversive emotional learning

    Dennis Clarence Choi;Shannon L Gourley;Kerry Ressler;Kerry Ressler

  • Benzodiazepines and heightened aggressive behavior in rats: reduction by GABAA/α1 receptor antagonists

    Shannon L. Gourley;Joseph F. DeBold;Wenyuan Yin;James Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane R. Taylor
Jane R. Taylor Yale University
Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Ralph J. DiLeone
Ralph J. DiLeone Yale University
Donald G. Rainnie
Donald G. Rainnie Emory University
Ronald S. Duman
Ronald S. Duman Yale University
Christopher Pittenger
Christopher Pittenger Yale University
Charles A. Greer
Charles A. Greer Yale University
Lawrence Scahill
Lawrence Scahill Emory University
Klaus A. Miczek
Klaus A. Miczek Tufts University
Peng Jin
Peng Jin Emory University

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