Michela (Micky) Marinelli, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Pharmacology, 1997, University of Bordeaux 2 (France) B.S. in Pharmacy, 1991, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (Italy)
Office: room 2.124; Labs: rooms 2.122, 2.127A, 2.129C Office: (847) 578 8673 Cell: (847) 987 4772 Fax: (847) 578 3268 Email:micky.marinelli@rosalindfranklin.edu Skype: mickymarinelli
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McCutcheon JE, Wang X, Tseng KY, Wolf ME, Marinelli M (2011) Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors are present in nucleus accumbens synapses after prolonged withdrawal from cocaine self-administration but not experimenter-administered cocaine. J Neurosci 31:5737-5743. Abstract Conrad KL, Ford KE, Marinelli M, Wolf ME (2010) Dopamine receptor expression and distribution dynamically change in the rat nucleus accumbens after withdrawal from cocaine self-administration. Neuroscience 169:182-194. Abstract Van Waes V, Beverley J, Marinelli M, Steiner H (2010) SSRI antidepressants potentiate methylphenidate (Ritalin)-induced gene regulation in the adolescent striatum Eur J Neurosci 32:435-447. Abstract Conrad KL, McCutcheon JE, Cotterly LM, Ford KA, Beales M, Marinelli M (2010) Persistent increases in cocaine-seeking behavior after acute exposure to cold swim stress. Biol Psych 68:303-305. Abstract Steiner H, Van Waes V, Marinelli M (2010) Fluoxetine potentiates methylphenidate-induced gene regulation in addiction-related brain regions: Concerns for use of cognitive enhancers? Biol Psych, 67:592-594 Abstract Zahm DS, Becker ML, Freiman AJ, Strauch S, Geisler S, Meredith GE, Marinelli M (2010) Fos after single and repeated self-administration of cocaine and saline in the rat: emphasis on the basal forebrain and recalibration of expression. Neuropsychopharmacology, 35:445-594. Abstract McCutcheon, White FJ, Marinelli M (2009) Individual differences in dopamine cell neuroadaptations following cocaine self-administration. Biol Psych, 66:801-803. Abstract McCutcheon JE, Marinelli M (2009) Age matters. Eur J Neurosci 29:997-1014. Abstract Jhou TC, Geisler S, Marinelli M, DeGarmo BA, Zahm DS (2009) The mesopontine rostromedial tegmental nucleus: a structure targeted by the lateral habenula that projects to the ventral tegmental area of tsai and substantia nigra compacta. J Comp Neurol 513:566–596. Abstract Ambroggi F, Turiault M, Milet A, Deroche-Gamonet V, Parnaudeau S, Balado E, Barik J, van der Veen R, Maroteaux G, Lemberger T, Schütz G, Lazar M, Marinelli M, Piazza PV, Tronche F (2009) Stress and addiction: glucocorticoid receptor in dopaminoceptive neurons facilitates cocaine seeking. Nature Neurosci 12:247-249. Abstract Geisler S, Marinelli M, DeGarmo B, Becker ML, Freiman AJ, Beales M,. Meredith GE, Zahm DS (2008) Prominent activation of brainstem and pallidal afferents of the ventral tegmental area by cocaine. Neuropsychopharmacology 33:2688-2670. Abstract Conrad KL, Tseng KY, Uejima JL, Reimers JM, Heng L-J, Shaham Y, Marinelli M, Wolf ME (2008) Formation of accumbens GluR2-lacking AMPA receptors mediates incubation of cocaine craving. Nature 454:118-121. Abstract Marinelli M (2007) Dopaminergic reward pathways and effects of stress. In: Stress and Addiction: Biological and Psychological Mechanisms. Ed: Mustafa al’Absi. Elsevier Science, pp. 41-83. Abstract Hommel JD, Trinko R, Sears RM, Georgescu D, Liu ZW, Gao XB, Thurmon JJ, Marinelli M, DiLeone RJ (2006) Leptin receptor signaling in midbrain dopamine neurons regulates feeding. Neuron 51:801-810Abstract PDF Cagniard B, Beeler J, Britt J, McGehee D, Marinelli M, Zhuang X (2006) Dopamine scales performance in the control of voluntary behavior. Neuron 51:541-547 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Rudick CN, Hu X-T, White FJ (2006) Excitability of dopamine neurons: modulation and physiological consequences CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 5:79-97 (Review) Abstract Marinelli M (2005) The many facets of the locomotor response to a novel environment test: theoretical comment on Mitchell, Cunningham, and Mark (2005). Behav Neurosci 119:1144-1151Abstract PDF Mathon DS, Ramakers GM, Pintar JE, Marinelli M (2005) Decreased firing frequency of midbrain dopamine neurons in mice lacking mu opioid receptors. Eur J Neurosci 21:2883-2886 PDF Brandon CL, Marinelli M, White FJ (2003) Adolescent exposure to methylphenidate alters the activity of rat midbrain dopamine neurons. Biol Psychiatry 54:1338-1344 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Cooper DC, Baker LK, White FJ (2003) Impulse activity of midbrain dopamine neurons modulates drug-seeking behavior. Psychopharmacology 168:84-98 Abstract PDF Shalev U, Marinelli M, Baumann MH, Piazza PV, Shaham Y (2003) The role of corticosterone in food deprivation-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking in the rat. Psychopharmacology 168:170-176 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Piazza PV (2002) Interaction between glucocorticoid hormones, stress and psychostimulant drugs. Eur J Neurosci 16:387-394 (Review) Abstract PDF Lu W, Marinelli M, Xu D, Worley PF, Wolf ME (2002) Amphetamine and cocaine do not increase Narp expression in rat ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens or prefrontal cortex, but Narp may contribute to individual differences in responding to a novel environment. Eur J Neurosci 15:2027-2036 Abstract PDF Brandon CL, Marinelli M, Baker LK, White FJ (2001) Enhanced Reactivity and Vulnerability to Cocaine Following Methylphenidate Treatment in Adolescent Rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 25:651-661 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Cooper DC, White FJ (2001) Electrophysiological correlates of enhanced vulnerability to cocaine self-administration. In: Phenotypic differences in drug effects related to behavioral traits versus states. N.I.D.A. Res Monogr Rev 181:46-48 PDF Marinelli M, White FJ (2000) Enhanced vulnerability to cocaine self-administration is associated with elevated impulse activity of midbrain dopamine neurons. J Neurosci 20:8876-8885 Abstract PDF Barrot M, Marinelli M, Abrous DN, Rouge-Pont F, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (2000) The dopaminergic hyper-responsiveness of the shell of the nucleus accumbens is hormone-dependent. Eur J Neurosci. 12:973-979 Abstract PDF Barrot M, Marinelli M, Abrous DN, Rougé-Pont F, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (1999) Functional heterogeneity in dopamine release and in the expression of Fos-like proteins within the rat striatal complex. Eur J Neurosci 11:1155-66 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Aouizerate B, Barrot M, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (1998) Dopamine-dependent responses to morphine depend on glucorticoid receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95: 7742-7747 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (1998) Sensitization to the motor effects of contingent infusions of heroin but not of k agonist RU 51599. Psychopharmacology 139:281-285 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Barrot M, Simon H, Oberlander C, Dekeyne A, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (1998) Pharmacological stimuli decreasing nucleus accumbens dopamine can act as positive reinforcers but have a low addictive potential. Eur J Neurosci 10:3269-3275 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Rougé-Pont F, Deroche V, Barrot M, De Jésus Oliveira C, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (1997) Glucocorticoids & behavioral effects of psychostimulants I: Locomotor response to cocaine depends on basal levels of glucocorticoids. J Pharm Exp Ther 281:1392-1400 Abstract PDF Deroche V, Marinelli M, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (1997) Glucocorticoids & behavioral effects of psychostimulants II: Cocaine intravenous self-administration and reinstatement depend on glucocorticoids levels. J Pharm Exp Ther 281:1401-1407 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Rougé-Pont F, De Jésus Oliveira C, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (1997) Acute blockade of corticosterone secretion decreases the psychomotor stimulant effects of cocaine. Neuropsychopharmacology 16:156-161 Abstract PDF Marinelli M, Le Moal M, Piazza PV (1996) Acute pharmacological blockade of corticosterone secretion reverses food restriction-induced sensitization of the locomotor response to cocaine. Brain Res 724:251-255 Abstract PDF Deroche V, Marinelli M, Maccari S, Le Moal M, Simon H, Piazza PV (1995) Stress-induced sensitization and glucocorticoids. I Sensitization of dopamine-dependent locomotor effects of amphetamine and morphine depends on stress-induced corticosterone secretion. J Neurosci 15:7181-7188 Abstract PDF Rougé-Pont F, Marinelli M, Le Moal M, Simon H, Piazza PV (1995) Stress-induced sensitization and glucocorticoids. II Sensitization of the increase in extracellular dopamine induced by cocaine depends on stress-induced corticosterone secretion. J Neurosci 15:7189-7195 Abstract PDF Piazza PV, Marinelli M, Jodogne C, Deroche V, Rougé-Pont F, Maccari S, Le Moal M, Simon H (1994) Inhibition of corticosterone synthesis by metyrapone decreases cocaine-induced locomotion and relapse of cocaine self-administration. Brain Res 658:259-264. Abstract Marinelli M, Piazza PV, Deroche V, Maccari S, Le Moal M, Simon H (1994) Corticosterone circadian secretion differentially facilitates dopamine-mediated psychomotor effect of cocaine and morphine. J Neurosci 14:2724-2731 Abstract PDF
Kuei Y. Tseng, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor