Melissa A. Herman

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

Taryn E. Grieder, Melissa A. Herman, Candice Contet et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2014 · 139 citations · Full text

Nicotine Withdrawal, Behavioral Addiction, Tobacco Control +17

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 et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2011 · 114 citations

Psychiatry, Medicine, Neuropeptide Receptor +7

Novel Subunit-Specific Tonic GABA Currents and Differential Effects of Ethanol in the Central Amygdala of CRF Receptor-1 Reporter Mice

Melissa A. Herman, Candice Contet, Nicholas J. Justice et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2013 · 104 citations · Full text

Hypocretin Neurotransmission Within the Central Amygdala Mediates Escalated Cocaine Self-administration and Stress-Induced Reinstatement in Rats

Brooke E. Schmeichel, Melissa A. Herman, Marisa Roberto et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2016 · 90 citations · Full text

Substance Abuse, Hypocretin Neurotransmission, Psychoactive Drug +11

Constitutive Increases in Amygdalar Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Drive an Anxious Phenotype

Luis A. Natividad, Matthew W. Buczynski, Melissa A. Herman et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2017 · 82 citations · Full text

Neurobiological Mechanism, Neuropsychology, Stress Hormone +13