Publications

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  1. Dixon R, Malave L, Thompson R, Wu S, Li Y, Sadik N, Anacker C., Sex-specific and developmental effects of early life adversity on stress reactivity are rescued by postnatal knockdown of 5-HT1A autoreceptors; Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Oct 12:1-2

  2. Bickle JG, Li Y, Millette A, Dixon R, Wu S, Arias EC, Luna VM, Anacker C., 5-HT1A Receptors on Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells Confer Stress Resilience; Biological Psychiatry. 2024 Apr 15;95(8):800-9

  3. Dedic N, Wang L, Hajos-Korcsok E, Hecksher-Sørensen J, Roostalu U, Vickers SP, Wu S, Anacker C, Synan C, Jones PG, Milanovic S. TAAR1 agonists improve glycemic control, reduce body weight and modulate neurocircuits governing energy balance and feeding. Molecular Metabolism. 2024 Feb 1;80:101883.

  4. van Dijk MT., Talati A., Kayshap P., Desai K., Kelsall N., Gameroff M., Aw N., Abraham E., Cullen B., Cha J., Anacker C., Weissman M., Posner J., Dentate Gyrus Microstructure Predicts Resilience after Exposure to Maternal Stress Across Two Human Cohorts; Biological Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 29:S0006-3223(23)01399-9

  5. Rosenberg AM., Saggar M., Monzel AS., Devine J., Rogu P., Limoges A., Junker A., Sandi C., Mosharov EV., Dumitriu D., Anacker C., Picard M., Brain mitochondrial diversity and network organization predict anxiety-like behavior in male mice; Nature Communications. 2023 Aug 10;14(1):4726

  6. Goetz TG., Aghi K., Anacker C., Ehrensaft D., Eshel N., Morrocco J., Roepke TA., Young JW., Perspective on equitable translational studies and clinical support for an unbiased inclusion of the LGBTQIA2S+ community; Neuropsychopharmacology. 2023 May;48(6):852-856

  7. Malave L, van Dijk MT, Anacker C. Early life adversity shapes neural circuit function during sensitive postnatal developmental periods. Translational Psychiatry. 2022 Aug 1;12(1):306. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-02092-9. PMID: 35915071; PMCID: PMC9343623.

  8. Carazo Arias, E., Nguyen, P.T., Kass, M.D., Jee, H.J., Nautiyal, K.M., Magalong, V., Coie, L.A., Andreu, V., Gergues, M.M., Khalil, H., Akil, H., Arcego, D.M., Meany, M.J., Anacker, C., Samuels, B.A., Pintar, J.E., Morozova, I., Kalachikov, S., Hen, R., Contribution of the opioid system to the antidepressant effects of fluoxetine; Biological Psychiatry 2022 Dec 15;92(12):952-963

  9. Arul Rayan N, Kumar V, Aow J., Rastegar N., Gek M., Lim L., O’Toole N., Aliwarga E., Arcego D., Yeo H.T.G, Wong J., Lee M.Y., Schmidt F., Haja S., Tam W.L., Zhang T.Y., Diorio J., Anacker C., Hen R., Parent C., Meaney M.J., Prabhakar S., Integrative multi-omics landscape of fluoxetine action across 27 brain regions reveals global increase in energy metabolism and complex region-specific alterations. Molecular Psychiatry 2022 Nov;27(11):4510-4525

  10. Anacker C, Sydnor E, Chen BK, LaGamma CC, McGowan JC, Mastrodonato A, Hunsberger HC, Shores R, Dixon RS, McEwen BS, Byne W, Meyer-Bahlburg HFL, Bockting W, Ehrhardt AA, Denny CA. Behavioral and neurobiological effects of GnRH agonist treatment in mice-potential implications for puberty suppression in transgender individuals. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 Apr;46(5):882-890. doi: 10.1038/s41386-020-00826-1. Epub 2020 Sep 12. PMID: 32919399; PMCID: PMC8115503.

  11. Luna V., Anacker C., Burghardt NS., Andreu P., Millette A., Leary P., Fenton AA., Scharfmann HE., Hen R., Adult-born hippocampal neurons bidirectionally modulate entorhinal inputs into the dentate gyrus; Science 2019, 10;364(6440):578-583

  12. Provençal N., Arloth J., Cattaneo A., Anacker C., Cattane N., Wiechmann T., Röh S., Ködel M., Klengel T., Czamara D., Lahti J., PREDO team, Räikkönen K., Pariante CM., Binder EB. Glucocorticoid exposure during hippocampal neurogenesis primes future stress response by inducing long-lasting changes in DNA methylation. PNAS, 2019; (9)

  13. Anacker C., Luna V., Stevens G., Millette A., Shores R., Chen B., Hen R*, Adult hippocampal neurogenesis confers stress resilience by inhibiting ventral dentate gyrus activity; Nature 2018; Jul,559(7712):98-102

  14. Anacker C.*, New insights into the mechanisms of fast-acting antidepressants: what we learn from scopolamine; (Invited Early Career Investigator Commentary); Biological Psychiatry 2018; Jan;1;83(1):e5-e7

  15. Zhang TY., Keown CL., Wen X., Li J., Vousden DA., Anacker C., Battacharyya U., Ryan R., Diorio J., O’Toole N., Lerch JP., Mukamel EA., Meaney MJ., Environmental enrichment increases transcriptional and epigenetic differentiation between mouse dorsal and ventral dentate gyrus neurons; Nature Communications, 2018 Jan 19;9(1):298-309

  16. Anacker C.*, and Hen R, Adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive flexibility - linking memory and mood; Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2017; Jun;18(6):335-346

  17. Anacker C., Scholz J., O’Donnell KJ., Allemang-Grand R., Diorio J., Bagot RC., Nestler E., Hen R., Lerch JP., Meaney MJ., Neuroanatomic differences associated with stress susceptibility and resilience. Biological Psychiatry 2016; May 15;79(10):840-9

  18. Samuels BA, Anacker C., Hu A, Levinstein MR, Pickenhagen A, Tsetsenis T, Madroñal N, Donaldson ZR, Drew LJ, Dranovsky A, Gross CT, Tanaka KF, Hen R., 5-HT1A receptors on mature dentate gyrus granule cells are critical for the antidepressant response. Nature Neuroscience 2015; Nov;18(11):1606-16

  19. Anacker C., Denny CA., Hen R., Regulation of hippocampal memory traces by neurogenesis, Neurogenesis 2015; Sep 17;2(1):e1025180

  20. Anacker C., O’Donnell KJ., Meaney MJ., Early Life Adversity and the Epigenetic Programming of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Function, Dialogues in Clin Neuroscience 2014, Sep;16(3):321-33

  21. Anacker C.*, Fresh approaches to antidepressant drug discovery, Expert Opin Drug Discovery 2014, Apr;9(4):407-21

  22. Taniguchi H, Anacker C., Wang Q, Andreasson K., Protection by vascular prostaglandin E2 signaling in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Exp Neurol. 2014; May; 255:30-7

  23. Anacker C.*, Cattaneo A., Musaelyan K., Zunszain PA., Horowitz M., Molteni R., Luoni A., Calabrese F., Tansey K., Gennarelli M., Thuret S., Price J., Uher R., Riva MA., Pariante CM.; Role for the kinase SGK1 in stress, depression, and glucocorticoid effects on hippocampal neurogenesis, PNAS 2013 May 21;110(21):8708-13

  24. Rybka J., Kędziora-Kornatowska K., Banaś-Leżańska P., Majsterek I, Carvalho LA., Cattaneo A., Anacker C., Kędziora J.; Interplay between the pro-oxidant and antioxidant system, and proinflammatory cytokine levels, in relation to iron metabolism and the erythron in depression, Free Radical Biology & Medicine 2013 Oct;63:187-94

  25. Anacker C.*, Cattaneo A., Luoni A., Musaelyan K., Zunszain PA., Milanesi E., Rybka J., Berry A., Cirulli F., Thuret S., Price J., Riva MA., Gennarelli M., Pariante CM.; Glucocorticoid-related molecular signaling pathways regulating hippocampal neurogenesis, Neuropsychopharmacology 2013; Apr;38(5):872-83

  26. Klengel T., Mehta D., Anacker C., Pruessner J., Pariante CM., Pace TW., Mercer K., Mayberg H., Bradley B., Nemeroff CB., Holsboer F., Heim CM., Ressler KJ., Rein T., Binder EB.; Allele-specific DNA de-methylation in FKBP5: a molecular mediator of gene x environment interactions in mood and anxiety disorders. Nature Neuroscience 2013; Jan;16(1):33-41

  27. Mondelli V., Anacker C., Cattaneo A., Vernon A., Modo M., Dazzan P., Kapur S., Pariante CM.; Haloperidol and Olanzapine mediate metabolic abnormalities through different molecular pathways; Translational Psychiatry 2013; Jan15

  28. Guidotti G., Calabrese F., Anacker C., Racagni G., Pariante CM., Riva MA., Glucocorticoid receptor and FKBP5 expression is altered following exposure to chronic stress: modulation by antidepressant treatment; Neuropsychopharmacology 2013; Mar;38(4):616-27

  29. Anacker C.*, Molecular Pathways to Depression, The Biochemist 2013; 35(3),10-14

  30. Cattaneo A., Gennarelli M., Uher R., Breen G., Farmer A., Aitchison K., Craig I., Danese A., Anacker C., Zunszain PA., Elliston L., McGuffin P., Pariante CM.; Candidate gene expression profiles associated with antidepressant response in the GENDEP study: differentiating between baseline “predictors” and longitudinal targets”; Neuropsychopharmacology 2013, Jan;38(2):376

  31. Zunszain PA., Anacker C., Cattaneo A., Choudhury S., Musaelyan K., Myint AM., Thuret S., Price J., Pariante CM.; Interleukin-1β: a new regulator of the kynurenine pathway affecting human hippocampal neurogenesis; Neuropsychopharmacology 2012; Mar;37(4):939-49

  32. Anacker C.* and Pariante CM.; New models to investigate complex glucocorticoid receptor functions, Front. Behav. Neuroscience 2012; 6:90

  33. Anacker C. and Pariante CM.; Can adult neurogenesis buffer stress responses and depressive behaviour? Molecular Psychiatry 2012; Jan;17(1):9-10

  34. Anacker C., Zunszain PA., Cattaneo A., Carvalho LA., Garabedian MJ., Thuret S., Price J., Pariante CM.; Antidepressants increase human hippocampal neurogenesis by activating the glucocorticoid receptor; Molecular Psychiatry 2011; Jul;16(7):738-50

  35. Liang X., Lin L., Woodling N., Wang Q., Anacker C., Pan T., Merchant M., Andreasson KA.; Neuronal and vascular protection by the prostaglandin E2 EP4 receptor in a mouse model of cerebral ischemia, Journal of Clinical Investigation; 2011; Nov;121(11):4362-71

  36. Anacker C.*, Zunszain PA., Carvalho LA., Pariante CM.; The glucocorticoid receptor: pivot of depression and of antidepressant treatment?; Psychoneuroendocrinology 2011; 36(3): 415-425

  37. Zunszain PA., Anacker C., Carvalho LA., Cattaneo A., Pariante CM., Glucocorticoids, cytokines and brain abnormalities in depression; Prog Neuropsychopharm Biol Psychiatry; 2011;35(3):722-9

  38. Taniguchi H., Anacker C., Suarez-Mier GB., Wang Q., Andreasson KA.; Function of prostaglandin E2 EP receptors in the acute outcome of rodent hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Neuroscience Letters; 2011; Oct 31;504(3):185-90

  39. Abumaria N., Ribic A., Anacker C., Fuchs E., Fluegge G.; Stress upregulates TPH1 but not TPH2 mRNA in the rat dorsal raphe nucleus: identification of two TPH2 mRNA splice variants, Cell Mol Neurobiol; 2008; 28(3):331-42