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Steve Maren

(he/him/his)

Director, Professor

Primary Affiliation

Neurotechnology for Memory and Cognition

Affiliations

Status Full-time Faculty

Home Department of Psychology

Phone

Email smaren@illinois.edu

Address 1327A Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue

  • Biography

    Steve Maren, a neuroscientist who studies the neurobiology of emotional learning and memory, was named director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2024.

    Maren previously served as University Distinguished Professor and Charles H. Gregory Chair of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. He was also affiliated with TAMU’s Institute for Neuroscience. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology at Illinois before completing master’s and doctoral degrees in neurobiology at the University of Southern California. Maren started his career at the University of Michigan before joining TAMU in 2012.

    Maren has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1995 and brought more than $4.5M in current NIH funding to the U. of I. His research program is broadly focused on understanding brain regions and circuits that are important for memory retrieval, including memories for traumatic events. Maren’s work has international reach, and he is among the most highly cited behavioral neuroscientists in the world. He has mentored 37 graduate students and postdocs and serves on the editorial board of Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Learning & Memory, and Hippocampus. He also has extensive administrative experience. At TAMU, he served as the Dean’s Research Fellow, and Chair of the Council of Principal Investigators, while at Michigan he led the Neuroscience Graduate Program. 

    Education

    • B.S., psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989

    • M.S., neurobiology, University of Southern California, 1991

    • Ph.D., neurobiology, University of Southern California, 1993

  • Honors

    2023: Regents Professor, Texas A&M University System

    2023: Nico Frijda Chair in Brain and Cognitive Science, University of Amsterdam

    2023: Distinguished Achievement Award for Research (University-Level), Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University [highest faculty research award made by TAMU]

    2021: Fellow, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine

    2019: W. Horsley Gantt Medal, Pavlovian Society

    2019: Member, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

    2019: Charles H. Gregory Chair of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University

    2018: University Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University

    2018: Distinguished Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

    2017: Member, Scientific Council, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

    2017: Presidential Impact Fellow (lifetime title), Awarded by President Michael K. Young, Texas A&M University

    2017: D.O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, American Psychological Association

    2015: Claude H. Everett, Jr. ‘47 Chair of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University

    2015: Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award, McKnight Endowment for Neuroscience, McKnight Foundation

    2013: President, Pavlovian Society

    2009: Fellow, Association for Psychological Science

    2005: Faculty Recognition Award, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan

    2004: Fellow, American Psychological Association

    2001: Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology (Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience), American Psychological Association

    2001: LS&A Excellence in Education Award, College of Literature, Science & Arts, University of Michigan

    1990: Honorable Mention, Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation

    1989: Dean’s Fellowship, University of Southern California

    1989: Inductee, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

    1988: Invited Participant, University of California-Irvine Summer Institute in Neuroscience

    1987: Edmund J. James Scholarship, University of Illinois

  • Research

    Research Areas:

    • Neural mechanisms underlying emotional learning and memory in animals

    • Clinical disorders of fear and anxiety, including post-traumatic stress disorder

    Anxiety, stress, and trauma disorders affect nearly a third of the population. The Maren Lab seeks to understand the brain circuits underlying emotional memory, particularly circuits that inhibit pathological fear. They are located at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They are a diverse team of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers. The Maren Lab uses cutting-edge techniques including chemogenetics, electrophysiology, and calcium imaging in awake, behaving animals.

  • 2024

    • Acute stress yields a sex-dependent facilitation of signaled active avoidance in rats Plas, S. L., Oleksiak, C. R., Pitre, C., Melton, C., Moscarello, J. M. and Maren, S., Jul 2024, In: Neurobiology of Stress. 31, 100656.
    • Hippocampal Engrams and Contextual Memory Vasudevan, K., Hassell, J. E. and Maren, S., 2024, In: Advances in neurobiology. 38, p. 45-66 22 p.
    • Neural circuits for the adaptive regulation of fear and extinction memory Plas, S. L., Tuna, T., Bayer, H., Juliano, V. A. L., Sweck, S. O., Arellano Perez, A. D., Hassell, J. E. and Maren, S., 2024, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 18, 1352797.
    • Ventral hippocampus mediates inter-trial responding in signaled active avoidance Oleksiak, C. R., Plas, S. L., Carriaga, D., Vasudevan, K., Maren, S. and Moscarello, J. M., Jul 26 2024, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 470, 115071.

    2023

    • Basal forebrain cholinergic signaling in the basolateral amygdala promotes strength and durability of fear memories Crimmins, B. E., Lingawi, N. W., Chieng, B. C., Leung, B. K., Maren, S. and Laurent, V., Mar 2023, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 48, 4, p. 605-614 10 p.
    • It takes a village: Neurons partner with vascular pericytes to make memories Maren, S., Dec 6 2023, In: Neuron. 111, 23, p. 3701-3702 2 p.
    • Parvalbumin-Positive Interneurons in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Regulate Stress-Induced Fear Extinction Impairments in Male and Female Rats Binette, A. N., Liu, J., Bayer, H., Crayton, K. L., Melissari, L., Sweck, S. O. and Maren, S., May 31 2023, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 43, 22, p. 4162-4173 12 p.
    • Thalamic nucleus reuniens coordinates prefrontal-hippocampal synchrony to suppress extinguished fear Totty, M. S., Tuna, T., Ramanathan, K. R., Jin, J., Peters, S. E. and Maren, S., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 6565.

    2022

    • Convergent Coding of Recent and Remote Fear Memory in the Basolateral Amygdala Liu, J., Totty, M. S., Melissari, L., Bayer, H. and Maren, S., May 1 2022, In: Biological Psychiatry. 91, 9, p. 832-840 9 p.
    • Estrous cycle contributes to state-dependent contextual fear in female rats Blair, R. S., Acca, G. M., Tsao, B., Stevens, N., Maren, S. and Nagaya, N., Jul 2022, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 141, 105776.
    • Neural Oscillations in Aversively Motivated Behavior Totty, M. S. and Maren, S., Jul 1 2022, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16, 936036.
    • Nucleus reuniens inactivation does not impair consolidation or reconsolidation of fear extinction Vasudevan, K., Ramanathan, K. R., Vierkant, V. and Maren, S., Aug 2022, In: Learning and Memory. 29, 8, p. 216-222 7 p.
    • Sex differences in the immediate extinction deficit and renewal of extinguished fear in rats Binette, A. N., Totty, M. S. and Maren, S., Jun 2022, In: PloS one. 17, 6 June, e0264797.
    • Unrelenting Fear Under Stress: Neural Circuits and Mechanisms for the Immediate Extinction Deficit Maren, S., Apr 19 2022, In: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 16, 888461.

    2021

    • Behavioral and brain mechanisms mediating conditioned flight behavior in rats Totty, M. S., Warren, N., Huddleston, I., Ramanathan, K. R., Ressler, R. L., Oleksiak, C. R. and Maren, S., Dec 2021, In: Scientific reports. 11, 1, 8215.
    • Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of pavlovian and instrumental extinction learning Bouton, M. E., Maren, S. and McNally, G. P., Apr 2021, In: Physiological Reviews. 101, 2, p. 611-681 71 p.
    • Covert capture and attenuation of a hippocampus-dependent fear memory Ressler, R. L., Goode, T. D., Kim, S., Ramanathan, K. R. and Maren, S., May 2021, In: Nature Neuroscience. 24, 5, p. 677-684 8 p.
    • Ventral hippocampus mediates the context-dependence of two-way signaled avoidance in male rats Oleksiak, C. R., Ramanathan, K. R., Miles, O. W., Perry, S. J., Maren, S. and Moscarello, J. M., Sep 2021, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 183, 107458.

    2020

    • Locus coeruleus norepinephrine drives stress-induced increases in basolateral amygdala firing and impairs extinction learning Giustino, T. F., Ramanathan, K. R., Totty, M. S., Miles, O. W. and Maren, S., Jan 22 2020, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 40, 4, p. 907-916 10 p.
    • NMDA receptors in the CeA and BNST differentially regulate fear conditioning to predictable and unpredictable threats Ressler, R. L., Goode, T. D., Evemy, C. and Maren, S., Oct 2020, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 174, 107281.
    • Threat imminence dictates the role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in contextual fear Goode, T. D., Acca, G. M. and Maren, S., Jan 2020, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 167, 107116.

    2019

    • Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis regulates fear to unpredictable threat signals Goode, T. D., Ressler, R. L., Acca, G. M., Miles, O. W. and Maren, S., Apr 2019, In: eLife. 8, e46525.
    • Common neurocircuitry mediating drug and fear relapse in preclinical models Goode, T. D. and Maren, S., Jan 1 2019, In: Psychopharmacology. 236, 1, p. 415-437 23 p.
    • Event boundaries do not cause the immediate extinction deficit after Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats Totty, M. S., Payne, M. R. and Maren, S., Dec 1 2019, In: Scientific reports. 9, 1, 9459.
    • Locus coeruleus toggles reciprocal prefrontal firing to reinstate fear Giustino, T. F., Fitzgerald, P. J., Ressler, R. L. and Maren, S., 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 17, p. 8570-8575 6 p.
    • Making translation work: Harmonizing cross-species methodology in the behavioural neuroscience of Pavlovian fear conditioning Haaker, J., Maren, S., Andreatta, M., Merz, C. J., Richter, J., Richter, S. H., Meir Drexler, S., Lange, M. D., Jüngling, K., Nees, F., Seidenbecher, T., Fullana, M. A., Wotjak, C. T. and Lonsdorf, T. B., Dec 2019, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 107, p. 329-345 17 p.
    • Nucleus reuniens mediates the extinction of contextual fear conditioning Ramanathan, K. R. and Maren, S., Nov 18 2019, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 374, 112114.
    • Role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in PTSD: Insights from preclinical models Miles, O. W. and Maren, S., Apr 5 2019, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 13, 68.
    • Synaptic encoding of fear memories in the amygdala Ressler, R. L. and Maren, S., Feb 2019, In: Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 54, p. 54-59 6 p.

    2018

    • Flexibility in the face of fear: hippocampal–prefrontal regulation of fear and avoidance Moscarello, J. M. and Maren, S., Feb 2018, In: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 19, p. 44-49 6 p.
    • Hippocampus-driven feed-forward inhibition of the prefrontal cortex mediates relapse of extinguished fear Marek, R., Jin, J., Goode, T. D., Giustino, T. F., Wang, Q., Acca, G. M., Holehonnur, R., Ploski, J. E., Fitzgerald, P. J., Lynagh, T., Lynch, J. W., Maren, S. and Sah, P., Mar 1 2018, In: Nature Neuroscience. 21, 3, p. 384-392 9 p.
    • Neural circuits for fear relapse Goode, T. D., Jin, J. & Maren, S., 2018, Neurobiology of Abnormal Emotion and Motivated Behaviors: Integrating Animal and Human Research. Sangha, S. and Foti, D. (eds.). Academic Press, p. 182-202 21 p.
    • Noradrenergic modulation of fear conditioning and extinction Giustino, T. F. and Maren, S., Mar 13 2018, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 12, 43.
    • Nucleus reuniens is required for encoding and retrieving precise, hippocampal-dependent contextual fear memories in rats Ramanathan, K. R., Ressler, R. L., Jin, J. and Maren, S., Nov 14 2018, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 38, 46, p. 9925-9933 9 p.
    • Prefrontal projections to the thalamic nucleus reuniens mediate fear extinction Ramanathan, K. R., Jin, J., Giustino, T. F., Payne, M. R. and Maren, S., Dec 1 2018, In: Nature communications. 9, 1, 4527.

    2017

    • Allopregnanolone induces state-dependent fear via the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis Acca, G. M., Mathew, A. S., Jin, J., Maren, S. and Nagaya, N., Mar 1 2017, In: Hormones and Behavior. 89, p. 137-144 8 p.
    • Chandelier Cells Illuminate Inhibitory Control of Prefrontal–Amygdala Outputs Giustino, T. F. and Maren, S., Nov 2017, In: Trends in Neurosciences. 40, 11, p. 640-642 3 p.
    • Emotional Learning: Animals Maren, S., 2017, Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference. Byrne, J. H. (ed.). 2 ed. Academic Press, p. 391-410 20 p.
    • Extinction after fear memory reactivation fails to eliminate renewal in rats Goode, T. D., Holloway-Erickson, C. M. and Maren, S., Jul 2017, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 142, p. 41-47 7 p.
    • Role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in aversive learning and memory Goode, T. D. and Maren, S., Sep 2017, In: Learning and Memory. 24, 9, p. 480-491 12 p.
    • Selectively Bred Rats Provide a Unique Model of Vulnerability to PTSD-Like Behavior and Respond Differentially to FGF2 Augmentation Early in Life Prater, K. E., Aurbach, E. L., Larcinese, H. K., Smith, T. N., Turner, C. A., Blandino, P., Watson, S. J., Maren, S. and Akil, H., Jul 1 2017, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 42, 8, p. 1706-1714 9 p.
    • ß-adrenoceptor blockade in the basolateral amygdala, but not the medial prefrontal cortex, rescues the immediate extinction deficit Giustino, T. F., Seemann, J. R., Acca, G. M., Goode, T. D., Fitzgerald, P. J. and Maren, S., Dec 1 2017, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 42, 13, p. 2537-2544 8 p.
    • Synapse-Specific Encoding of Fear Memory in the Amygdala Maren, S., Aug 30 2017, In: Neuron. 95, 5, p. 988-990 3 p.

    2016

    • Enhancement of striatum-dependent memory by conditioned fear is mediated by beta-adrenergic receptors in the basolateral amygdala Goode, T. D., Leong, K. C., Goodman, J., Maren, S. and Packard, M. G., Jun 1 2016, In: Neurobiology of Stress. 3, p. 74-82 9 p.
    • Fear expression suppresses medial prefrontal cortical firing in rats Giustino, T. F., Fitzgerald, P. J. and Maren, S., Oct 2016, In: PloS one. 11, 10, e0165256.
    • Neural Circuits for Context Processing in Aversive Learning and Memory Maren, S., Jul 2016, Neurobiology of PTSD: From Brain to Mind. Liberzon, I. and Ressler, K. (eds.). Oxford University Press
    • Parsing Reward and Aversion in the Amygdala Maren, S., Apr 20 2016, In: Neuron. 90, 2, p. 209-211 3 p.
    • Renewal of extinguished fear activates ventral hippocampal neurons projecting to the prelimbic and infralimbic cortices in rats Wang, Q., Jin, J. and Maren, S., Oct 1 2016, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 134, p. 38-43 6 p.
    • Revisiting propranolol and PTSD: Memory erasure or extinction enhancement? Giustino, T. F., Fitzgerald, P. J. and Maren, S., Apr 1 2016, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 130, p. 26-33 8 p.
    • Stress and fear extinction Maren, S. and Holmes, A., Jan 1 2016, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 41, 1, p. 58-79 22 p.

    2015

    • Allopregnanolone in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis modulates contextual fear in rats Nagaya, N., Acca, G. M. and Maren, S., Aug 4 2015, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 9, AUGUST, 205.
    • Fear renewal preferentially activates ventral hippocampal neurons projecting to both amygdala and prefrontal cortex in rats Jin, J. and Maren, S., Feb 11 2015, In: Scientific reports. 5, 8388.
    • Noradrenergic blockade stabilizes prefrontal activity and enables fear extinction under stress Fitzgerald, P. J., Giustino, T. F., Seemann, J. R. and Maren, S., Jul 14 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 28, p. E3729-E3737
    • Out with the old and in with the new: Synaptic mechanisms of extinction in the amygdala Maren, S., Sep 24 2015, In: Brain Research. 1621, p. 231-238 8 p.
    • Prefrontal-hippocampal interactions in memory and emotion Jin, J. and Maren, S., Dec 15 2015, In: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 9, DEC, 170.
    • Relapse of extinguished fear after exposure to a dangerous context is mitigated by testing in a safe context Goode, T. D., Kim, J. J. and Maren, S., Mar 1 2015, In: Learning and Memory. 22, 3, p. 170-178 9 p.
    • Reversible inactivation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis prevents reinstatement but not renewal of extinguished fear Goode, T. D., Kim, J. J. and Maren, S., May 1 2015, In: eNeuro. 2, 3, e0037-15.2015.
    • Sign-tracking to an appetitive cue predicts incubation of conditioned fear in rats Morrow, J. D., Saunders, B. T., Maren, S. and Robinson, T. E., Jan 1 2015, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 276, p. 59-66 8 p.
    • The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in the conditioning and extinction of fear Giustino, T. F. and Maren, S., Nov 9 2015, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 9, NOVEMBER, 298.

    2014

    • Animal models of fear relapse Goode, T. D. and Maren, S., Jan 1 2014, In: ILAR Journal. 55, 2, p. 246-258 13 p.
    • Can fear extinction be enhanced? A review of pharmacological and behavioral findings Fitzgerald, P. J., Seemann, J. R. and Maren, S., Jun 2014, In: Brain Research Bulletin. 105, p. 46-60 15 p.
    • Fear of the unexpected: Hippocampus mediates novelty-induced return of extinguished fear in rats Maren, S., Feb 2014, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 108, p. 88-95 8 p.
    • Nature and causes of the immediate extinction deficit: A brief review Maren, S., Sep 2014, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 113, p. 19-24 6 p.

    2013

    • Ensemble coding of context-dependent fear memory in the amygdala Orsini, C. A., Yan, C. and Maren, S., Dec 13 2013, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 7, DEC, 199.
    • Putting the Brakes on Fear Maren, S., Nov 20 2013, In: Neuron. 80, 4, p. 837-838 2 p.
    • The contextual brain: Implications for fear conditioning, extinction and psychopathology Maren, S., Phan, K. L. and Liberzon, I., Jun 2013, In: Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 14, 6, p. 417-428 12 p.

    2012

    • Aversive stimuli differentially modulate real-time dopamine transmission dynamics within the nucleus accumbens core and shell Badrinarayan, A., Wescott, S. A., Weele, C. M. V., Saunders, B. T., Couturier, B. E., Maren, S. and Aragona, B. J., Nov 7 2012, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 32, 45, p. 15779-15790 12 p.
    • Functional anatomy of neural circuits regulating fear and extinction Knapska, E., Macias, M., Mikosz, M., Nowak, A., Owczarek, D., Wawrzyniak, M., Pieprzyk, M., Cymerman, I. A., Werka, T., Sheng, M., Maren, S., Jaworski, J. and Kaczmarek, L., Oct 16 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109, 42, p. 17093-17098 6 p.
    • Neural and cellular mechanisms of fear and extinction memory formation Orsini, C. A. and Maren, S., Aug 2012, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 36, 7, p. 1773-1802 30 p.
    • Single prolonged stress disrupts retention of extinguished fear in rats Knox, D., George, S. A., Fitzpatrick, C. J., Rabinak, C. A., Maren, S. and Liberzon, I., Feb 2012, In: Learning and Memory. 19, 2, p. 43-49 7 p.

    2011

    • Hippocampal and prefrontal projections to the basal amygdala mediate contextual regulation of fear after extinction Orsini, C. A., Kim, J. H., Knapska, E. and Maren, S., Nov 23 2011, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 31, 47, p. 17269-17277 9 p.
    • Individual variation in the propensity to attribute incentive salience to an appetitive cue predicts the propensity to attribute motivational salience to an aversive cue Morrow, J. D., Maren, S. and Robinson, T. E., Jun 20 2011, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 220, 1, p. 238-243 6 p.
    • Medial prefrontal cortex activation facilitates re-extinction of fear in rats Chang, C. H. and Maren, S., Apr 2011, In: Learning and Memory. 18, 4, p. 221-225 5 p.
    • Seeking a Spotless Mind: Extinction, Deconsolidation, and Erasure of Fear Memory Maren, S., Jun 9 2011, In: Neuron. 70, 5, p. 830-845 16 p.
    • The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is required for the expression of contextual but not auditory freezing in rats with basolateral amygdala lesions Zimmerman, J. M. and Maren, S., Feb 2011, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 95, 2, p. 199-205 7 p.

    2010

    • Amygdala Rabinak, C. & Maren, S., Jan 30 2010, The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology. Weiner, I. B. and Craighead, W. E. (eds.). Wiley, p. 1-2
    • Breaking down fear memory (Commentary on Meins et al.) Maren, S., Jun 2010, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 31, 11, p. 2032 1 p.
    • NMDA receptor antagonism in the basolateral but not central amygdala blocks the extinction of Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats Zimmerman, J. M. and Maren, S., May 2010, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 31, 9, p. 1664-1670 7 p.
    • Single-unit activity in the medial prefrontal cortex during immediate and delayed extinction of fear in rats Chang, C. H., Berke, J. D. and Maren, S., 2010, In: PloS one. 5, 8, e11971.
    • Social modulation of learning in rats Knapska, E., Mikosz, M., Werka, T. and Maren, S., Jan 2010, In: Learning and Memory. 17, 1, p. 824-831 8 p.
    • Strain difference in the effect of infralimbic cortex lesions on fear extinction in rats Chang, C. H. and Maren, S., Jun 2010, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 124, 3, p. 391-397 7 p.

    2009

    • Amygdala: Contributions to Fear Maren, S., 2009, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Squire, L. R. (ed.). Academic Press, p. 335-340 6 p.
    • An Acid-Sensing Channel Sows Fear and Panic Maren, S., Nov 25 2009, In: Cell. 139, 5, p. 867-869 3 p.
    • Early extinction after fear conditioning yields a context-independent and short-term suppression of conditional freezing in rats. Chang, C. H. and Maren, S., 2009, In: Learning and memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.). 16, 1, p. 62-68 7 p.
    • Fear extinction in rodents Chang, C. H., Knapska, E., Orsini, C. A., Rabinak, C. A., Zimmerman, J. M. and Maren, S., 2009, In: Current Protocols in Neuroscience. SUPPL. 47, p. 8.23.1.8.23.17
    • Glutamate receptors in the medial geniculate nucleus are necessary for expression and extinction of conditioned fear in rats Orsini, C. A. and Maren, S., Nov 2009, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 92, 4, p. 581-589 9 p.
    • Nuclear disconnection within the amygdala reveals a direct pathway to fear Jimenez, S. A. and Maren, S., Dec 2009, In: Learning and Memory. 16, 12, p. 766-768 3 p.
    • Reciprocal patterns of c-Fos expression in the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala after extinction and renewal of conditioned fear Knapska, E. and Maren, S., Aug 2009, In: Learning and Memory. 16, 8, p. 486-493 8 p.
    • The amygdala is not necessary for unconditioned stimulus inflation after Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats Rabinak, C. A., Orsini, C. A., Zimmerman, J. M. and Maren, S., Oct 2009, In: Learning and Memory. 16, 10, p. 645-654 10 p.

    2008

    • Associative Structure of Fear Memory After Basolateral Amygdala Lesions in Rats Rabinak, C. A. and Maren, S., Dec 2008, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 122, 6, p. 1284-1294 11 p.
    • Differential roles for hippocampal areas CA1 and CA3 in the contextual encoding and retrieval of extinguished fear Ji, J. and Maren, S., Apr 2008, In: Learning and Memory. 15, 4, p. 244-251 8 p.
    • Emotional learning: Animals Maren, S., 2008, Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference. Byrne, J. H. (ed.). 1 ed. Academic Press, p. 475-502 28 p.
    • Lesions of the entorhinal cortex or fornix disrupt the context-dependence of fear extinction in rats Ji, J. and Maren, S., Dec 12 2008, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 194, 2, p. 201-206 6 p.
    • Pavlovian fear conditioning as a behavioral assay for hippocampus and amygdala function: Cautions and caveats Maren, S., Oct 2008, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 28, 8, p. 1661-1666 6 p.
    • PKM? maintains spatial, instrumental, and classically conditioned long-term memories Serrano, P., Friedman, E. L., Kenney, J., Taubenfeld, S. M., Zimmerman, J. M., Hanna, J., Alberini, C., Kelley, A. E., Maren, S., Rudy, J. W., Yin, J. C. P., Sacktor, T. C. and Fenton, A. A., Dec 2008, In: PLoS biology. 6, 12, p. 2698-2706 9 p., e318.

    2007

    • Hippocampal involvement in contextual modulation of fear extinction Ji, J. and Maren, S., 2007, In: Hippocampus. 17, 9, p. 749-758 10 p.
    • Hippocampal regulation of context-dependent neuronal activity in the lateral amygdala Maren, S. and Hobin, J. A., Apr 2007, In: Learning and Memory. 14, 4, p. 318-324 7 p.
    • The central nucleus of the amygdala is essential for acquiring and expressing conditional fear after overtraining Zimmerman, J. M., Rabinak, C. A., McLachlan, I. G. and Maren, S., Sep 2007, In: Learning and Memory. 14, 9, p. 634-644 11 p.
    • The threatened brain Maren, S., Aug 24 2007, In: Science. 317, 5841, p. 1043-1044 2 p.

    2006

    • Contextual and Temporal Modulation of Extinction: Behavioral and Biological Mechanisms Bouton, M. E., Westbrook, R. F., Corcoran, K. A. and Maren, S., Aug 15 2006, In: Biological Psychiatry. 60, 4, p. 352-360 9 p.
    • Dynamic amino acid increases in the basolateral amygdala during acquisition and expression of conditioned fear Venton, B. J., Robinson, T. E., Kennedy, R. T. and Maren, S., Jun 2006, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 23, 12, p. 3391-3398 8 p.
    • Electrolytic lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex do not interfere with long-term memory of extinction of conditioned fear Garcia, R., Chang, C. H. and Maren, S., Jan 2006, In: Learning and Memory. 13, 1, p. 14-17 4 p.
    • Hitting Ras where it counts: Ras antagonism in the basolateral amygdala inhibits long-term fear memory Merino, S. M. and Maren, S., Jan 2006, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 23, 1, p. 196-204 9 p.
    • Recent fear is resistant to extinction Maren, S. and Chang, C. H., Nov 21 2006, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103, 47, p. 18020-18025 6 p.
    • Ventral hippocampal muscimol disrupts context-specific fear memory retrieval after extinction in rats Hobin, J. A., Ji, J. and Maren, S., 2006, In: Hippocampus. 16, 2, p. 174-182 9 p.

    2005

    • Allergy immunotherapy as an early intervention in patients with child-onset atopic asthma Nagaya, H., Maren, S. and Nagaya, N., Dec 2005, In: International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 139, 1, p. 9-15 7 p.
    • Building and burying fear memories in the brain Maren, S., Feb 2005, In: Neuroscientist. 11, 1, p. 89-99 11 p.
    • Central and basolateral amygdala neurons crash the aversive conditioning party: Theoretical comment on Rorick-Kehn and Steinmetz (2005) Maren, S., Oct 2005, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 119, 5, p. 1406-1410 5 p.
    • Electrolytic lesions of the dorsal hippocampus disrupt renewal of conditional fear after extinction Ji, J. and Maren, S., May 2005, In: Learning and Memory. 12, 3, p. 270-276 7 p.
    • Enhancement of auditory fear conditioning after housing in a complex environment is attenuated by prior treatment with amphetamine Briand, L. A., Robinson, T. E. and Maren, S., Nov 2005, In: Learning and Memory. 12, 6, p. 553-556 4 p.
    • Hippocampal inactivation disrupts the acquisition and contextual encoding of fear extinction Corcoran, K. A., Desmond, T. J., Frey, K. A. and Maren, S., Sep 28 2005, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 25, 39, p. 8978-8987 10 p.
    • Synaptic mechanisms of associative memory in the amygdala Maren, S., Sep 15 2005, In: Neuron. 47, 6, p. 783-786 4 p.

    2004

    • Changes in anxiety-related behaviors and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in mice lacking the 5-HT-3A receptor Bhatnagar, S., Sun, L. M., Raber, J., Maren, S., Julius, D. and Dallman, M. F., Jun 2004, In: Physiology and Behavior. 81, 4, p. 545-555 11 p.
    • Factors regulating the effects of hippocampal inactivation on renewal of conditional fear after extinction Corcoran, K. A. and Maren, S., Sep 2004, In: Learning and Memory. 11, 5, p. 598-603 6 p.
    • Hippocampus and Pavlovian Fear Conditioning in Rats: Muscimol Infusions into the Ventral, but Not Dorsal, Hippocampus Impair the Acquisition of Conditional Freezing to an Auditory Conditional Stimulus Maren, S. and Holt, W. G., Feb 2004, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 118, 1, p. 97-110 14 p.
    • Neuronal signalling of fear memory Maren, S. and Quirk, G. J., Nov 2004, In: Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 5, 11, p. 844-852 9 p.
    • NMDA receptors are essential for the acquisition, but not expression, of conditional fear and associative spike firing in the lateral amygdala Goosens, K. A. and Maren, S., Jul 2004, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 20, 2, p. 537-548 12 p.

    2003

    • Auditory-Evoked Spike Firing in the Lateral Amygdala and Pavlovian Fear Conditioning: Mnemonic Code or Fear Bias? Goosens, K. A., Hobin, J. A. and Maren, S., Dec 4 2003, In: Neuron. 40, 5, p. 1013-1022 10 p.
    • Context-dependent neuronal activity in the lateral amygdala represents fear memories after extinction Hobin, J. A., Goosens, K. A. and Maren, S., Sep 10 2003, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 23, 23, p. 8410-8416 7 p.
    • Pretraining NMDA receptor blockade in the basolateral complex, but not the central nucleus, of the amygdala prevents savings of conditional fear Goosens, K. A. and Maren, S., Aug 2003, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 117, 4, p. 738-750 13 p.
    • Protein synthesis in the amygdala, but not the auditory thalamus, is required for consolidation of Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats Maren, S., Ferrario, C. R., Corcoran, K. A., Desmond, T. J. and Frey, K. A., Dec 2003, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 18, 11, p. 3080-3088 9 p.
    • The amygdala, synaptic plasticity, and fear memory Maren, S., 2003, In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 985, p. 106-113 8 p.
    • What the amygdala does and doesn't do in aversive learning Maren, S., Sep 2003, In: Learning and Memory. 10, 5, p. 306-308 3 p.

    2002

    • Characterization of pharmacoresistance to benzodiazepines in the rat Li-pilocarpine model of status epilepticus Jones, D. M., Esmaeil, N., Maren, S. and Macdonald, R. L., Jul 2002, In: Epilepsy Research. 50, 3, p. 301-312 12 p.
    • Long-term potentiation as a substrate for memory: Evidence from studies of amygdaloid plasticity and pavlovian fear conditioning Goosens, K. A. and Maren, S., 2002, In: Hippocampus. 12, 5, p. 592-599 8 p.
    • Overexpression of hAPPswe impairs rewarded alternation and contextual fear conditioning in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease Corcoran, K. A., Lu, Y., Scott Turner, R. and Maren, S., Sep 2002, In: Learning and Memory. 9, 5, p. 243-252 10 p.

    2001

    • Contextual and auditory fear conditioning are mediated by the lateral, basal, and central amygdaloid nuclei in rats Goosens, K. A. and Maren, S., 2001, In: Learning and Memory. 8, 3, p. 148-155 8 p.
    • Estrogen modulates sexually dimorphic contextual fear conditioning and hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) in rats Gupta, R. R., Sen, S., Diepenhorst, L. L., Rudick, C. N. and Maren, S., Jan 12 2001, In: Brain Research. 888, 2, p. 356-365 10 p.
    • Hippocampal inactivation disrupts contextual retrieval of fear memory after extinction Corcoran, K. A. and Maren, S., Mar 1 2001, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 21, 5, p. 1720-1726 7 p.
    • Is there savings for Pavlovian fear conditioning after neurotoxic basolateral amygdala lesions in rats? Maren, S., 2001, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 76, 3, p. 268-283 16 p.
    • Nuerobiology of Pavlovian fear conditioning Maren, S., 2001, In: Annual Review of Neuroscience. 24, p. 897-931 35 p.
    • The amygdala is essential for the development of neuronal plasticity in the medial geniculate nucleus during auditory fear conditioning in rats. Maren, S., Yap, S. A. and Goosens, K. A., Mar 15 2001, In: The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 21, 6, p. RC135

    2000

    • A role for amygdaloid PKA and PKC in the acquisition of long-term conditional fear memories in rats Goosens, K. A., Holt, W. and Maren, S., Sep 1 2000, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 114, 1-2, p. 145-152 8 p.
    • Auditory fear conditioning increases CS-elicited spike firing in lateral amygdala neurons even after extensive overtraining Maren, S., 2000, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 12, 11, p. 4047-4054 8 p.
    • Does the basolateral amygdala store memories for emotional events? (multiple letters) Vazdarjanova, A. and Maren, S., Aug 1 2000, In: Trends in Neurosciences. 23, 8, p. 345-346 2 p.
    • Multiple Roles for Synoptic Plasticity in Pavlovian Fear Conditioning Maren, S., Nov 6 2000, Neuronal Mechanisms of Memory Formation: Concepts of Long-term Potentiation and Beyond. Hölscher, C. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 77-99 3
    • The hippocampus and contextual memory retrieval in Pavlovian conditioning Maren, S. and Holt, W., Jun 2000, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 110, 1-2, p. 97-108 12 p.
    • The role of contextual versus discrete drug-associated cues in promoting the induction of psychomotor sensitization to intravenous amphetamine Crombag, H. S., Badiani, A., Maren, S. and Robinson, T. E., Nov 15 2000, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 116, 1, p. 1-22 22 p.

    1999

    • Long-term potentiation in the amygdala: A mechanism for emotional learning and memory Maren, S., Dec 1 1999, In: Trends in Neurosciences. 22, 12, p. 561-567 7 p.
    • Muscimol inactivation of the dorsal hippocampus impairs contextual retrieval of fear memory Holt, W. and Maren, S., Oct 15 1999, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 19, 20, p. 9054-9062 9 p.
    • Neurotoxic basolateral amygdala lesions impair learning and memory but not the performance of conditional fear in rats Maren, S., Oct 1 1999, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 19, 19, p. 8696-8703 8 p.
    • Neurotoxic or electrolytic lesions of the ventral subiculum produce deficits in the acquisition and expression of Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats Maren, S., 1999, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 113, 2, p. 283-290 8 p.
    • Scopolamine and Pavlovian Fear Conditioning in Rats: Dose-Effect Analysis Anagnostaras, S. G., Maren, S., Sage, J. R., Goodrich, S. and Fanselow, M. S., Dec 1999, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 21, 6, p. 731-744 14 p.
    • Temporally graded retrograde amnesia of contextual fear after hippocampal damage in rats: Within-subjects examination Anagnostaras, S. G., Maren, S. and Fanselow, M. S., Feb 1 1999, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 19, 3, p. 1106-1114 9 p.

    1998

    • Appetitive motivational states differ in their ability to augment aversive fear conditioning in rats (Rattus norvegicus) Maren, S. and Fanselow, M. S., Jul 1998, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 24, 3, p. 369-373 5 p.
    • Distinct regions of the periaqueductal gray are involved in the acquisition and expression of defensive responses De Oca, B. M., DeCola, J. P., Maren, S. and Fanselow, M. S., May 1 1998, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 18, 9, p. 3426-3432 7 p.
    • Effects of 7-nitroindazole, a neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitor, on locomotor activity and contextual fear conditioning in rats Maren, S., Aug 31 1998, In: Brain Research. 804, 1, p. 155-158 4 p.
    • Immediate-early gene expression in the amygdala following footshock stress and contextual fear conditioning Rosen, J. B., Fanselow, M. S., Young, S. L., Sitcoske, M. and Maren, S., Jun 15 1998, In: Brain Research. 796, 1-2, p. 132-142 11 p.
    • Overtraining does not mitigate contextual fear conditioning deficits produced by neurotoxic lesions of the basolateral amygdala Maren, S., Apr 15 1998, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 18, 8, p. 3088-3097 10 p.
    • Testicular hormones do not regulate sexually dimorphic Pavlovian fear conditioning or perforant-path long-term potentiation in adult male rats Anagnostaras, S. G., Maren, S., Decola, J. P., Lane, N. I., Gale, G. D., Schlinger, B. A. and Fanselow, M. S., Apr 1998, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 92, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.
    • The startled seahorse: Is the hippocampus necessary for contextual fear conditioning? Maren, S., Anagnostaras, S. G. and Fanselow, M. S., Feb 1 1998, In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2, 2, p. 39-42 4 p.

    1997

    • Electrolytic lesions of the fimbria/fornix, dorsal hippocampus, or entorhinal cortex produce anterograde deficits in contextual fear conditioning in rats Maren, S. and Fanselow, M. S., Mar 1997, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 67, 2, p. 142-149 8 p.
    • Neurotoxic lesions of the dorsal hippocampus and Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats Maren, S., Aharonov, G. and Fanselow, M. S., Nov 1997, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 88, 2, p. 261-274 14 p.
    • Selective enhancement of emotional, but not motor, learning in monoamine oxidase A-deficient mice Kim, J. J., Shih, J. C., Chen, K., Chen, L., Bao, S., Maren, S., Anagnostaras, S. G., Fanselow, M. S., De Maeyer, E., Seif, I. and Thompson, R. F., May 27 1997, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94, 11, p. 5929-5933 5 p.

    1996

    • N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the basolateral amygdala are required for both acquisition and expression of conditional fear in rats Maren, S., Aharonov, G., Stote, D. L. and Fanselow, M. S., Dec 1996, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 110, 6, p. 1365-1374 10 p.
    • Retrograde abolition of conditional fear after excitotoxic lesions in the basolateral amygdala of rats: Absence of a temporal gradient Maren, S., Aharonov, G. and Fanselow, M. S., Aug 1996, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 110, 4, p. 718-726 9 p.
    • Synaptic transmission and plasticity in the amygdala: An emerging physiology of fear conditioning circuits Maren, S., Aug 1996, In: Molecular Neurobiology. 13, 1, p. 1-22 22 p.
    • The amygdala and fear conditioning: Has the nut been cracked? Maren, S. and Fanselow, M. S., Feb 1996, In: Neuron. 16, 2, p. 237-240 4 p.

    1995

    • Properties and mechanisms of long-term synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain: Relationships to learning and memory Maren, S. and Baudry, S., Jan 1995, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 63, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.
    • Scopolamine selectively disrupts the acquisition of contextual fear conditioning in rats Anagnostaras, S. G., Maren, S. and Fanselow, M. S., Nov 1995, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 64, 3, p. 191-194 4 p.
    • Sexually dimorphic perforant path long-term potentiation (LTP) in urethane-anesthetized rats Maren, S., Aug 25 1995, In: Neuroscience Letters. 196, 2, p. 177-180 4 p.
    • Synaptic plasticity in the basolateral amygdala induced by hippocampal formation stimulation in vivo Maren, S. and Fanselow, M. S., Nov 1995, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 15, 11, p. 7548-7564 17 p.

    1994

    • Emergence neophobia correlates with hippocampal and cortical glutamate receptor binding in rats Maren, S., Tocco, G., Chavanne, F., Baudry, M., Thompson, R. F. and Mitchell, D., Jul 1994, In: Behavioral and Neural Biology. 62, 1, p. 68-72 5 p.
    • Parallel augmentation of hippocampal long-term potentiation, theta rhythm, and contextual fear conditioning in water-deprived rats Maren, S., DeCola, J. P., Swain, R. A., Fanselow, M. S. and Thompson, R. F., 1994, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 108, 1, p. 44-56 13 p.
    • Sex differences in hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) and Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats: positive correlation between LTP and contextual learning Maren, S., De Oca, B. and Fanselow, M. S., Oct 24 1994, In: Brain Research. 661, 1-2, p. 25-34 10 p.
    • Water deprivation enhances fear conditioning to contextual, but not discrete, conditional stimuli in rats Maren, S., DeCola, J. P. and Fanselow, M. S., 1994, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 108, 3, p. 645-649 5 p.

    1993

    • Individual differences in emergence neophobia predict magnitude of perforant-path long-term potentiation (LTP) and plasma corticosterone levels in rats Maren, S., Patel, K., Thompson, R. F. and Mitchell, D., Mar 1993, In: Psychobiology. 21, 1, p. 2-10 9 p.
    • Postsynaptic factors in the expression of long-term potentiation (LTP): Increased glutamate receptor binding following LTP induction in vivo Maren, S., Tocco, G., Standley, S., Baudry, M. and Thompson, R. F., Oct 15 1993, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 90, 20, p. 9654-9658 5 p.
    • The effects of hippocampal lesions on two neotic choice tasks Mitchell, D., Maren, S. and Hwang, R., Sep 1993, In: Psychobiology. 21, 3, p. 193-202 10 p.

    1992

    • Effects of the novel NMDA receptor antagonist, CGP 39551, on field potentials and the induction and expression of LTP in the dentate gyrus in vivo Maren, S., Baudry, M. and Thompson, R. F., Jul 1992, In: Synapse. 11, 3, p. 221-228 8 p.
    • Long-term potentiation is associated with increased [3H]AMPA binding in rat hippocampus Tocco, G., Maren, S., Shors, T. J., Baudry, M. and Thompson, R. F., Feb 28 1992, In: Brain Research. 573, 2, p. 228-234 7 p.

    1991

    • A negative correlation between the induction of long-term potentiation and activation of immediate early genes Schreiber, S. S., Maren, S., Tocco, G., Shors, T. J. and Thompson, R. F., Aug 1991, In: Molecular Brain Research. 11, 1, p. 89-91 3 p.
    • Basolateral amygdaloid multi-unit neuronal correlates of discriminative avoidance learning in rabbits Maren, S., Poremba, A. and Gabriel, M., May 24 1991, In: Brain Research. 549, 2, p. 311-316 6 p.
    • Differential effects of ketamine and MK-801 on the induction of long-term potentiation Maren, S., Baudry, M. and Thompson, R. F., May 1991, In: Neuroreport. 2, 5, p. 239-242 4 p.