Laverne C. Melón

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

14h-index881citations27works1.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(9), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(8), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(7), Stress Responses and Cortisol(6), Tryptophan and brain disorders(4)

Publications27 total

Adolescent binge drinking causes sex-specific deficits in behavioral reactivity, endocrine recovery from stress and altered expression of hypothalamic KCC2 in males
Psychopharmacology·2025Open Access
Alcohol Modulates Frontal Cortex and BLA Network States Which Correlate with Future Voluntary Alcohol Consumption
eNeuro·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Network States in the Basolateral Amygdala Predicts Voluntary Alcohol Consumption
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Alcohol modulates amygdalar network states governing valence processing
Alcohol·2023Open Access
Allopregnanolone Mediates Affective Switching Through Modulation of Oscillatory States in the Basolateral Amygdala
Biological Psychiatry·2021· 111 citedOpen Access
Allopregnanolone mediates affective switching through modulation of oscillatory states in the basolateral amygdala
2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Colonization with the commensal fungus Candida albicans perturbs the gut-brain axis through dysregulation of endocannabinoid signaling
Psychoneuroendocrinology·2020· 39 citedOpen Access
Colonization with the commensal fungus <i>Candida albicans</i> perturbs the gut-brain axis through dysregulation of endocannabinoid signaling
2020Open Access
Allopregnanolone Mediates Affective Switching Through Modulation of Oscillatory States in the Basolateral Amygdala
SSRN Electronic Journal·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
First-Day Info Sheets: A Tool to Prompt Semester-Long Inclusive Teaching
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Female-specific decreases in alcohol binge-like drinking resulting from GABAA receptor delta-subunit knockdown in the VTA
Scientific Reports·2019· 21 citedOpen Access
A Novel, Synthetic, Neuroactive Steroid Is Effective at Decreasing Depression-Like Behaviors and Improving Maternal Care in Preclinical Models of Postpartum Depression
Frontiers in Endocrinology·2018· 62 citedOpen Access
Interneuronal δ-GABAA receptors regulate binge drinking and are necessary for the behavioral effects of early withdrawal
Neuropsychopharmacology·2018· 20 citedOpen Access
S169. SAGE-516 Ameliorates Depression-Like Behaviors and Improves Maternal Care in Preclinical Models of Postpartum Depression
Biological Psychiatry·2018
Inability to suppress the stress-induced activation of the HPA axis during the peripartum period engenders deficits in postpartum behaviors in mice
Psychoneuroendocrinology·2017· 102 citedOpen Access
Activation of extrasynaptic δ-GABAA receptors globally or within the posterior-VTA has estrous-dependent effects on consumption of alcohol and estrous-independent effects on locomotion
Hormones and Behavior·2017· 18 citedOpen Access
Activation of extrasynaptic δ-GABAA receptors globally or within the posterior-VTA has estrous-dependent effects on consumption of alcohol and estrous-independent effects on locomotion
PMC·2017
Toward Inclusive STEM Classrooms: What Personal Role Do Faculty Play?
CBE—Life Sciences Education·2016· 155 citedOpen Access
GABAergic regulation of the HPA and HPG axes and the impact of stress on reproductive function
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·2015· 84 cited
Does binge drinking induce PMDD-like dysfunction for female C57BL/6J mice? : implications for sex differences in addiction vulnerability
Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System)·2014Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jamie Maguire(14), Stephen L. Boehm(8), Michael Lewis(5), Eileen M. Moore(5), Pantelis Antonoudiou(3), Phillip L.W. Colmers(3), Najah Walton(3), Anne C. Smith(3), David P. Nguyen(3), Michael C. Quirk(3), Andrew Hooper(3), Zachary T. Nolan(3), Alyssa DiLeo(3), Tess L. Killpack(2), Grant L. Weiss(2), David N. Linsenbardt(2), Rebecca Hammond(2), Laura Markey(2), Samantha L. Baglot(2), Matthew N. Hill(2)