Marina Picciotto, PhD
Charles B. G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology and of Pharmacology; Assistant Chair for Basic Science Research, Dept. of Psychiatry
Departments & Organizations
Affiliated Faculty
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Neurobiology
Pharmacology: Neuropharmacology
Psychiatry: Molecular Psychiatry | CENTURY: Principal Investigators | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program | Division of Women's Behavioral Health Research
Research Interests
Neuroscience; Molecular basis of behavior; Intracellular signaling; Mouse genetic models more...
Education
- B.S., Stanford University, 1985
- Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1992
Selected Publications
- Mineur, Y.S., Abizaid, A., Rao, Y., Salas, R., DiLeone, R.J., Gündisch, D., Diano, S., De Biasi, M., Horvath, T.L., Gao, X.-B. and Picciotto, M.R. (2011) Nicotine decreases food intake through activation of POMC neurons, Science, 332(6035): 1330-2.
- Heath, C.J., King, S.L., Gotti, C., Marks, M.J. and Picciotto, M.R. (2010) Cortico-thalamic connectivity is vulnerable to nicotine exposure during early postnatal development via alpha4/beta2/alpha5 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, Neuropsychopharmacology, 35: 2324–38.
- Brunzell, D.H., Mineur, Y.S., Neve, R.L. and Picciotto, M.R. (2009) CREB activity in the NAc shell is necessary for nicotine reward, Neuropsychopharmacology, 34(8):1993-2001.
