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- Assistant Professor
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- 0000-0003-1439-4429
Moscarello, Justin Assistant Professor
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Penzo, M. A., & Moscarello, J. M.
(2023).
From aversive associations to defensive programs: experience-dependent synaptic modifications in the central amygdala. Trends in Neurosciences.
46(9), 701-711.
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Guerra, D. P., Wang, W., Souza, K. A., & Moscarello, J. M.
(2023).
A sex-specific role for the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in proactive defensive behavior. 48(8), 1234-1244.
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Moscarello, J. M., & Penzo, M. A.
(2022).
The central nucleus of the amygdala and the construction of defensive modes across the threat-imminence continuum. Nature Neuroscience.
25(8), 999-1008.
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Oleksiak, C. R., Ramanathan, K. R., Miles, O. W., Perry, S. J., Maren, S., & Moscarello, J. M.
(2021).
Ventral hippocampus mediates the context-dependence of two-way signaled avoidance in male rats. 183, 107458-107458.
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Oleksiak, C. R., Ramanathan, K. R., Miles, O. W., Perry, S. J., Maren, S., & Moscarello, J. M.
(2021).
Ventral hippocampus mediates the context-dependence of two-way signaled avoidance in male rats
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Moscarello, J. M.
(2020).
Prefrontal cortex projections to the nucleus reuniens suppress freezing following two-way signaled avoidance training. Learning and Memory.
27(3), 119-123.
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Krypotos, A., Moscarello, J. M., Sears, R. M., LeDoux, J. E., & Galatzer-Levy, I.
(2018).
A principled method to identify individual differences and behavioral shifts in signaled active avoidance. Learning and Memory.
25(11), 564-568.
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Moscarello, J. M., & Maren, S.
(2018).
Flexibility in the face of fear: Hippocampal-prefrontal regulation of fear and avoidance. Current opinion in behavioral sciences.
19, 44-49.
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Moscarello, J. M., & Hartley, C. A.
(2017).
Agency and the Calibration of Motivated Behavior. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
21(10), 725-735.
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Boeke, E. A., Moscarello, J. M., LeDoux, J. E., Phelps, E. A., & Hartley, C. A.
(2017).
Active Avoidance: Neural Mechanisms and Attenuation of Pavlovian Conditioned Responding. The Journal of Neuroscience.
37(18), 4808-4818.
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LeDoux, J. E., Moscarello, J., Sears, R., & Campese, V.
(2017).
The birth, death and resurrection of avoidance: a reconceptualization of a troubled paradigm. Molecular Psychiatry.
22(1), 24-36.
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Campese, V. D., Sears, R. M., Moscarello, J. M., Diaz-Mataix, L., Cain, C. K., & LeDoux, J. E.
(2016).
The Neural Foundations of Reaction and Action in Aversive Motivation. Current topics in behavioral neurosciences.
27, 171-195.
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Campese, V. D., Gonzaga, R., Moscarello, J. M., & LeDoux, J. E.
(2015).
Modulation of instrumental responding by a conditioned threat stimulus requires lateral and central amygdala. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
9(OCTOBER), 293.
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Ramirez, F., Moscarello, J. M., LeDoux, J. E., & Sears, R. M.
(2015).
Active avoidance requires a serial basal amygdala to nucleus accumbens shell circuit. The Journal of Neuroscience.
35(8), 3470-3477.
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Moscarello, J. M., & LeDoux, J.
(2014).
Diverse Effects of Conditioned Threat Stimuli on Behavior. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Symposia on Quantitative Biology.
79, 11-19.
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Galatzer-Levy, I. R., Moscarello, J., Blessing, E. M., Klein, J., Cain, C. K., & LeDoux, J. E.
(2014).
Heterogeneity in signaled active avoidance learning: substantive and methodological relevance of diversity in instrumental defensive responses to threat cues. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.
8, 179.
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Martinez, R., Gupta, N., Lzaro-Muoz, G., Sears, R. M., Kim, S., Moscarello, J. M., LeDoux, J. E., & Cain, C. K.
(2013).
Active vs. reactive threat responding is associated with differential c-Fos expression in specific regions of amygdala and prefrontal cortex. Learning and Memory.
20(8), 446-452.
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Moscarello, J. M., & LeDoux, J. E.
(2013).
The Contribution of the Amygdala to Aversive and Appetitive Pavlovian Processes. Emotion Review.
5(3), 248-253.
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Moscarello, J. M., & LeDoux, J. E.
(2013).
Active avoidance learning requires prefrontal suppression of amygdala-mediated defensive reactions. 33(9), 3815-3823.
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Moscarello, J. M., Ben-Shahar, O., & Ettenberg, A.
(2010).
External incentives and internal states guide goal-directed behavior via the differential recruitment of the nucleus accumbens and the medial prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience.
170(2), 468-477.
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Guzman, D., Moscarello, J. M., & Ettenberg, A.
(2009).
The effects of medial prefrontal cortex infusions of cocaine in a runway model of drug self-administration: evidence of reinforcing but not anxiogenic actions. European Journal of Pharmacology.
605(1-3), 117-122.
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Moscarello, J. M., Ben-Shahar, O., & Ettenberg, A.
(2009).
Effects of food deprivation on goal-directed behavior, spontaneous locomotion, and c-Fos immunoreactivity in the amygdala. Behavioural Brain Research.
197(1), 9-15.
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Moscarello, J. M., Ben-Shahar, O., & Ettenberg, A.
(2007).
Dynamic interaction between medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens as a function of both motivational state and reinforcer magnitude: a c-Fos immunocytochemistry study. BRAIN RESEARCH.
1169(1), 69-76.
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Ben-Shahar, O., Moscarello, J. M., & Ettenberg, A.
(2006).
One hour, but not six hours, of daily access to self-administered cocaine results in elevated levels of the dopamine transporter. BRAIN RESEARCH.
1095(1), 148-153.
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Ben-Shahar, O., Moscarello, J. M., Jacob, B., Roarty, M. P., & Ettenberg, A.
(2005).
Prolonged daily exposure to i.v. cocaine results in tolerance to its stimulant effects. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior.
82(2), 411-416.
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Penzo, M. A., & Moscarello, J. M.
(2023).
From aversive associations to defensive programs: experience-dependent synaptic modifications in the central amygdala. Trends in Neurosciences.
46(9), 701-711.
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chapter
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Hartley, C. A., Moscarello, J. M., Quirk, G. J., & Phelps, E. A.
(2014).
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Fear and Its Control: From Animal Models to Human Experience. The Cognitive Neurosciences.
MIT Press.
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Hartley, C. A., Moscarello, J. M., Quirk, G. J., & Phelps, E. A.
(2014).
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Fear and Its Control: From Animal Models to Human Experience. The Cognitive Neurosciences.
MIT Press.
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institutional repository document
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Oleksiak, C. R., Plas, S. L., Carriaga, D., Vasudevan, K., Maren, S., & Moscarello, J. M.
(2024).
Ventral hippocampus mediates inter-trial responding in signaled active avoidance
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Sears, R. M., Andrade, E., Samels, S. B., Laughlin, L. C., Moloney, D. M., Wilson, D. A., ... Cain, C. K.
(2024).
Devaluation of response-produced safety signals reveals circuits for goal-directed versus habitual avoidance in dorsal striatum
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Guerra, D. P., Wang, W., de Souza, K. A., & Moscarello, J. M.
(2022).
The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis mediates the expression of proactive defensive behavior
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Kim, W. S., Liu, J., Li, Q., Hong, S., Qi, K., Cherukuri, R., ... Park, S. I.
(2021).
AI-driven high-throughput automation of behavioral analysis and dual-channel wireless optogenetics for multiplexing brain dynamics
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Oleksiak, C. R., Plas, S. L., Carriaga, D., Vasudevan, K., Maren, S., & Moscarello, J. M.
(2024).
Ventral hippocampus mediates inter-trial responding in signaled active avoidance
Research
principal investigator on
- Dissecting the role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in avoidant behavior awarded by National Institute of Mental Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)
- The thalamic nucleus reuniens mediates the transition from reactive to proactive defensive behavior via feedforward inhibition awarded by National Institute of Mental Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)
Teaching
teaching activities
- BICH491 Hnr-research Instructor
- BIMS491 Research Instructor
- NRSC235 Intro Beh & Cog Neuroscience Instructor
- NRSC332 Neurosci Learn Memory Instructor
- NRSC485 Directed Studies Instructor
- NRSC491 Hnr-research Instructor
- NRSC609 Physio Psychology Instructor
- NRSC691 Research Instructor
- PBSI235 Intro Beh & Cog Neuroscience Instructor
- PBSI332 Neurosci Learn Memory Instructor
- PBSI485 Directed Studies Instructor
- PBSI491 Hnr-research Instructor
- PBSI491 Hnr-research Instructor
- PBSI685 Directed Studies Instructor
- PBSI691 Research Instructor
- PSYC235 Intro Beh & Cog Neuroscience Instructor
- PSYC332 Neurosci Learn Memory Instructor
- PSYC485 Directed Studies Instructor
- PSYC491 Hnr-research Instructor
- PSYC609 Physio Psychology Instructor
- PSYC685 Directed Studies Instructor
- PSYC691 Research Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Psychology (specialization in behavioral neuroscience), University of California, Santa Barbara - (Santa Barbara, California, United States) 2010
Contact
first name
- Justin
has last name
- Moscarello
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Psychology
4235 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4235
USA
Other
- jmm31@tamu.edu