Mark D. Kvarta

Reward behaviour is regulated by the strength of hippocampus–nucleus accumbens synapses

Tara A. LeGates, Mark D. Kvarta, Jessica R. Tooley et al. · Nature · 2018 · 284 citations

Synaptic Plasticity, Cognitive Science, Reward Processing +12

Chronic Stress Induces a Selective Decrease in AMPA Receptor-Mediated Synaptic Excitation at Hippocampal Temporoammonic-CA1 Synapses

Angy J. Kallarackal, Mark D. Kvarta, Erin Cammarata et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2013 · 181 citations · Full text

Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter, Neurotransmission +21

Local potentiation of excitatory synapses by serotonin and its alteration in rodent models of depression

Xiang Cai, Angy J. Kallarackal, Mark D. Kvarta et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2013 · 179 citations · Full text

Synaptic Plasticity, Local Potentiation, Neurobiological Mechanism +13

Rapid Antidepressant Action and Restoration of Excitatory Synaptic Strength After Chronic Stress by Negative Modulators of Alpha5-Containing GABAA Receptors

Jonathan Fischell, Adam M. Van Dyke, Mark D. Kvarta et al. · Neuropsychopharmacology · 2015 · 117 citations · Full text

Chronic Stress, Stress Hormone, Psychiatry +12

Corticosterone mediates the synaptic and behavioral effects of chronic stress at rat hippocampal temporoammonic synapses

Mark D. Kvarta, Keighly Bradbrook, Hannah M. Dantrassy et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2015 · 89 citations · Full text

Neuropsychology, Synaptic Transmission, Affective Neuroscience +25