Elena M. Vazey

University of Massachusetts Amherst — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

22h-index2.4kcitations50works9.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(12), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(11), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(10), Stress Responses and Cortisol(8), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(7)

Publications50 total

Impact of chronic alcohol and stress on mid-life cognition and locus coeruleus integrity
2025Open Access
Low affinity noradrenergic signaling promotes passive coping during reinforcement behavior
2025Open Access
Diverse ancestral brainstem noradrenergic neuron activity across species and biological factors
2024· 16 citedOpen Access
Alcohol, flexible behavior, and the prefrontal cortex: Functional changes underlying impaired cognitive flexibility
Neuropharmacology·2024· 20 citedOpen Access
A paradigm for ethanol consumption in head-fixed mice during prefrontal cortical two-photon calcium imaging
Neuropharmacology·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Sex-dependent noradrenergic modulation of premotor cortex during decision-making
eLife·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
A paradigm for ethanol consumption in head-fixed mice during prefrontal cortical two-photon calcium imaging
2023Open Access
Author response: Sex-dependent noradrenergic modulation of premotor cortex during decision-making
2023Open Access
Impact of Chronic Alcohol and Stress on Prefrontal Cortex Function and Control of Behavior
Alcohol·2023Open Access
Priorities for research on neuromodulatory subcortical systems in Alzheimer's disease: Position paper from the NSS PIA of ISTAART
Alzheimer s & Dementia·2023· 56 citedOpen Access
Locus coeruleus and dorsal cingulate morphology contributions to slowed processing speed
Neuropsychologia·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Sex-dependent noradrenergic modulation of premotor cortex during decision making
2022Open Access
Activation of the Locus Coeruleus Mediated by Designer Receptor Exclusively Activated by Designer Drug Restores Descending Nociceptive Inhibition after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats
Journal of Neurotrauma·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Individual differences in behavioral flexibility predict future volitional ethanol consumption in mice
Alcohol·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Assessing negative affect in mice during abstinence from alcohol drinking: Limitations and future challenges
Alcohol·2022· 37 citedOpen Access
Individual differences in behavioral flexibility predict future volitional ethanol consumption in mice
2021Open Access
Review for "Prefrontal Corticotropin‐Releasing Factor Neurons Impair Sustained Attention via Distal Transmitter Release"
2021
Review for "Prefrontal Corticotropin‐Releasing Factor Neurons Impair Sustained Attention via Distal Transmitter Release"
2021
Voluntary alcohol consumption disrupts coupling of prefrontal cortical activity to arousal
2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Noradrenergic tone mediates marble burying behavior after chronic stress and ethanol
Psychopharmacology·2020· 32 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Gary Aston‐Jones(19), Ellen M. Rodberg(9), David E. Moorman(7), Carolina R. den Hartog(7), Bronwen Connor(6), Eric D. Hamlett(3), Joseph E. LeDoux(3), Robert M. Sears(3), Michael A. Kelberman(3), Grayson O. Sipe(3), My Huong Nguyen(3), Ivan Linares-García(3), Rafiq Huda(3), Emma S. Dauster(3), Stephen V. Mahler(2), Ann‐Charlotte Granholm(2), Mark A. Eckert(2), Anthony E. Pickering(2), Gina R. Poe(2), Stephanie M. Hughes(2)