Gnazzo, F.G., Mourra, D., Guevara, C. and Beeler, J.A. (2021). Chronic food restriction enhances dopamine mediated intracranial self-stimulation. NeuroReport, 32(13), pp 1128-1133. PDF
Beeler, J. A. and Burghardt, N. S. (2021). Activity-based Anorexia for Modeling Vulnerability and Resilience in Mice. Bio-protocol 11(9): e4009. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4009. PDF
Beeler, J.A., and Burghardt, N.S. (2021). Commentary on Vulnerability and Resilience to Activity-Based Anorexia and the Role of Dopamine. Journal of Experimental Neurology, 2, 21–28. PDF
Beeler, J.A., Mourra, D., Zanca, R.M., Kalmbach, A., Gellman, C., Klein, B.Y., Ravenelle, R., Serrano, P., Moore, H., Rayport, S., et al. (2020). Vulnerable and Resilient Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of Anorexia Nervosa. Biological Psychiatry S0006322320317443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.06.030 or PDF
Mourra, D., Gnazzo, F., Cobos, S, and Beeler, J.A. (2020). Striatal dopamine D2 receptors regulate cost sensitivity and behavioral thrift. Neuroscience, 425, 134-145. PDF
Beeler, J.A. and Dreyer, J.K. (2019) Synchronicity: The role of midbrain dopamine in whole-brain coordination. eNeuro, 6(2). doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0345-18.2019
Koranda, J. and Beeler, J.A. (2019). Nicotine in aberrant learning and corticostriatal plasticity. In The Neuroscience of Nicotine: Mechanisms and Treatment. Ed., V.R. Preedy, Elseivier, Inc., pp. 181-189
Beeler, J.A., and Mourra, D. (2018). To Do or Not to Do: Dopamine, Affordability and the Economics of Opportunity. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 12. PDF
Meyers, A.M., Mourra, D., and Beeler, J.A. (2017). High fructose corn syrup induces metabolic dysregulation and altered dopamine signaling in the absence of obesity. PLoS ONE 12. PDF
Xia, J, Meyers, AM, Beeler, JA (2017). Chronic nicotine alters corticostriatal plasticity in the striatpallidal pathway mediated by NR2B-containing silent synapses. Neuropsychopharmacology. Advanced online publication, 31 May 2017, doi: 10.1038/npp.2017.87 PDF
Koranda, J., Krok, A.C., Xu, J., McGehee, D.S., Beeler, J.A., Zhuang, X. (2016). Chronic nicotine mitigates aberrant inhibitory motor learning induced by motor experience under dopamine deficiency, J Neurosci. 36 (19), 228-5240. PDF
Beeler, JA, Faust, RP, Turkson, S, Ye, H. and Zhuang, X. (2016). Low dopamine D2 receptor increases vulnerability to obesity via reduced physical activity not increased appetitive motivation. Biological Psychiatry, 79 (11), 887-897. PDF
Petzinger, G. M., D.P. Holschneider B. E. Fisher, S. McEwen, N. Kintz, M. Halliday, W. Toy, J. W. Walsh, J. Beeler , M. W. Jakowec (2015). The effects of exercise on dopamine neurotransmission in Parkinson’s disease: Targeting neuroplasticity to modulate basal ganglia circuitry. Brain Plasticity, 1, 29-39. PDF
Augustin, S., Beeler, J.A., McGehee, D.S., and Zhuang, X. (2014). Cyclic AMP and afferent activity govern bidirectional synaptic plasticity in striatopallidal neurons. J Neurosci, v34, pp. 6692-6699. PDF
Koranda, J.L., Cone, J.J., McGehee, D.S., Roitman, M.F., Beeler, J.A. and Zhuang, X (2014). Nicotinic activation scales dynamic range of dopamine release in-vivo. J Neurophysiology, v 111, pp 103-111. PDF
Beeler, J.A., Cools, R., Luciana, M., Ostlund, S.B., Petzinger, G. (2013). A kinder, gentler dopamine . . . highlighting dopamine’s role in behavioral flexibility. Editorial introduction to Special Topic on Dopamine and behavioral flexibility, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8, 4. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.0004. PDF
Beeler, J.A., Jakowec, M., Petzinger, G. (2013). The enemy within: propagation of aberrant corticostriatal plasticity to cortical function in Parkinson’s disease. Invited review, Frontiers in Neurology, v4, DOI=10.3389/fneur.2013.00134. PDF
Petzinger, G, Fisher, B.E., Jacobson, S., Beeler, J.A., Walsh, J.P. and Jakowec, M.W. (2013). Exercise-enhanced neuroplasticity targeting motor and cognitive circuitry in Parkinson’s disease. Lancet Neurology, v12, pp. 716-726. PDF
Beeler, J.A., McDaid, J, Frank, MJ, Alexander, E., Turkson, S., Bernandez, M.S., McGehee, D.S. and Zhuang, X. (2012). A role for dopamine-mediated learning in the pathophysiology and treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Cell Reports, v2(6), p 1747. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.11.014. PDF
Beeler, J.A. (2012). Thorndike 2.0: Dopamine and the regulation of thrift. Invited Focused Review, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Front. Neurosci. DOI: doi:10.3389/fnins.2012.00116. PDF
Beeler, J.A., Frazier, C.R.M., Zhuang, X. (2012). Putting desire on a budget: dopamine and energy expenditure, reconciling reward and resources. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, v. 6:49. DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00049. PDF
Beeler, J.A., McCutcheon, J.E., Cao, Z.F.H., Murakam, M., Roitman, M.F., Zhuang, X. (2012). Taste uncoupled from nutrition fails to sustain reinforcing properties of food, European Journal of Neuroscience, epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08167.x. PDF
Beeler, J.A., Frazier, C.R.M., Zhuang, X. (2012). Dopaminergic enhancement of local food seeking is under global homeostatic control. European Journal of Neuroscience, v 35, pp.146-159. PDF
McCutcheon, J.E., Beeler, J.A., Roitman, M.F. (2012). Sucrose-predictive cues evoke greater phasic dopamine release than saccharin-predictive cues. Synapse, 66(4), pp. 346-351. PDF
Beeler, J.A. (2011). Preservation of function in Parkinson’s disease: what’s learning got to do with it? Brain Research, v 35(1), pp 96-113. PDF
Beeler, J.A., Daw, N., Frazier, C.R.M., Zhuang, X. (2010). Tonic dopamine modulates exploitation of reward learning, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4(170). PDF
Beeler, J.A., Cao, Z.F.H., Khierbek, M.A, Ding, Y., Koranda, J, Kang, U., Zhuang, X. (2010) Dopamine-dependent motor learning: insight into l-dopa’s long-duration response. Annals of Neurology, 67(5), p. 639-47. PDF
Kheirbek, M.A., Beeler, J.A., Chi, W. and Zhuang, X. (2010) A molecular dissociation between cued and contextual learning. Learning and Memory, 17(3), 148-154. PDF
Kheirbek, M.A., Britt, J.P., Beeler, J.A., Ishikawa, Y., McGehee, D.S., Zhuang, X. (2009) Adenylyl cyclase type 5 is critical for corticostriatal plasticity and striatum-dependent learning. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(39), p. 12115-24. PDF
Beeler, J.A., Cao, Z.F., Kheirbek, M.A., & Zhuang, X. (2009). Loss of cocaine locomotor response in Pitx3-deficient mice lacking a nigrostriatal pathway. Neuropsychopharmacology, 34(5), p. 1149. PDF
Kheirbek M.A., Beeler J.A., Ishikawa Y. & Zhuang X. (2008) A cyclic AMP pathway underlying reward prediction in associative learning. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(44), p. 11401. PDF
Frazier, C.R.M., Mason, P., Zhuang, X., & Beeler, J.A. (2008). Sucrose exposure in early life alters adult motivation and weight gain. PloS One, 3(9), p. e3221. PDF
Cagniard, B, Beeler, JA, Britt, J, McGehee, D, Marinelli, M and Zhuang, X (2006). Dopamine scales performance in the control of voluntary behavior. Neuron, 51, 1-7. PDF
Beeler, JA, Prendergast, B, and Zhuang, X. (2006). Low amplitude entrainment of mice and the impact of circadian phase on behavior tests, Physiology and Behavior, 87(5), 870-880. PDF