Karen M. Braas

Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with PACAP and the PAC1 receptor

Kerry J. Ressler, Kristina B. Mercer, Bekh Bradley et al. · Nature · 2011 · 788 citations · Full text

Psychoneuroimmunology, Psychiatry, Stress +3

Chronic stress increases pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) mRNA expression in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST): Roles for PACAP in anxiety-like behavior

Sayamwong E. Hammack, Joseph Cheung, Kimberly M. Rhodes et al. · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2009 · 229 citations · Full text

Stress Hormone, Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience +12

Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-activating Polypeptides Directly Stimulate Sympathetic Neuron Neuropeptide Y Release through PAC1 Receptor Isoform Activation of Specific Intracellular Signaling Pathways

Karen M. Braas, Víctor May · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1999 · 123 citations · Full text

PAC1 receptor antagonism in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) attenuates the endocrine and behavioral consequences of chronic stress

Carolyn W. Roman, Kim R. Lezak, Matthew J. Hartsock et al. · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2014 · 107 citations · Full text

Stress Hormone, Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience +13

Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Expression and Modulation of Neuronal Excitability in Guinea Pig Cardiac Ganglia

Karen M. Braas, Víctor May, Susan A. Harakall et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1998 · 106 citations · Full text