Michael Fanselow
Michael S. Fanselow is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at U.C.L.A. and has held academic appointments at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute and Dartmouth College before coming to UCLA in 1987. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington and received the Edwin B Newman Award for Excellence in Research for his dissertation work there. He has also received the Early Career Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award and the D. O. Hebb Award from the American Psychological Association and the Troland Award from the National Academy of Science. He was elected President of the American Psychological Association's Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology and President of the Pavlovian Society.
Contact information
Work Address:
Office
Franz Hall, #8548
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Work Address:
Laboratory
Franz Hall, #8548
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
| Email: | fanselow@psych.ucla.edu |
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Research Interests
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Interested in the nature and function of fear. A series of questions of particular interest is how fear is learned and how fear memories are stored in the brain. That research concentrates its efforts on forebrain regions such as the amygdala, hippocampus and neocortex.In terms of neurotransmitter systems we have been concentrating our effort on glutamate, GABA and acetycholine.Our mission is to use every technique available to derive a complete understanding of fear-motivated behavior. |
Publications
Sonner James M, Werner David F, Elsen Frank P, Xing Yilei, Liao Mark, Harris R Adron, Harrison Neil L, Fanselow Michael S, Eger Edmond I, Homanics Gregg E Effect of isoflurane and other potent inhaled anesthetics on minimum
alveolar concentration, learning, and the righting reflex in mice
engineered to express alpha1 gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors
unresponsive to isoflurane..
Anesthesiology.
2007; 106(1):
107-13.
Blaeser Frank, Sanders Matthew J, Truong Nga, Ko Shanelle, Wu Long Jun, Wozniak David F, Fanselow Michael S, Zhuo Min, Chatila Talal A Long-term memory deficits in Pavlovian fear conditioning in
Ca2+/calmodulin kinase kinase alpha-deficient mice..
Molecular and cellular biology.
2006; 26(23):
9105-15.
Bryant Camron D, Roberts Kristofer W, Byun Janet S, Fanselow Michael S, Evans Christopher J Morphine analgesic tolerance in 129P3/J and 129S6/SvEv mice..
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior.
2006; 85(4):
769-79.
Landeira-Fernandez J, DeCola Joseph P, Kim Jeansok J, Fanselow Michael S Immediate shock deficit in fear conditioning: effects of shock
manipulations..
Behavioral neuroscience.
2006; 120(4):
873-9.
Bryant Camron D, Eitan Shoshana, Sinchak Kevin, Fanselow Michael S, Evans Christopher J NMDA receptor antagonism disrupts the development of morphine
analgesic tolerance in male, but not female C57BL/6J mice..
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology.
2006; 291(2):
R315-26.
Wiltgen Brian J, Sanders Matthew J, Anagnostaras Stephan G, Sage Jennifer R, Fanselow Michael S Context fear learning in the absence of the hippocampus..
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.
2006; 26(20):
5484-91.
Godsil Bill P, Stefanacci Lisa, Fanselow Michael S Bright light suppresses hyperactivity induced by excitotoxic dorsal
hippocampus lesions in the rat..
Behavioral neuroscience.
2005; 119(5):
1339-52.
Schwetz Ines, McRoberts James A, Coutinho Santosh V, Bradesi Sylvie, Gale Greg, Fanselow Michael, Million Mulugeta, Ohning Gordon, Taché Yvette, Plotsky Paul M, Mayer Emeran A Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 mediates acute and delayed
stress-induced visceral hyperalgesia in maternally separated
Long-Evans rats..
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology.
2005; 289(4):
G704-12.
Chowdhury Najwa, Quinn Jennifer J, Fanselow Michael S Dorsal hippocampus involvement in trace fear conditioning with long,
but not short, trace intervals in mice..
Behavioral neuroscience.
2005; 119(5):
1396-402.
Sonner James M, Cascio Mike, Xing Yilei, Fanselow Michael S, Kralic Jason E, Morrow A Leslie, Korpi Esa R, Hardy Steven, Sloat Brian, Eger Edmond I, Homanics Gregg E Alpha 1 subunit-containing GABA type A receptors in forebrain
contribute to the effect of inhaled anesthetics on conditioned fear..
Molecular pharmacology.
2005; 68(1):
61-8.
Sanders Matthew J, Kieffer Brigitte L, Fanselow Michael S Deletion of the mu opioid receptor results in impaired acquisition of
Pavlovian context fear..
Neurobiology of learning and memory.
2005; 84(1):
33-41.
Bradesi Sylvie, Schwetz Ines, Ennes Helena S, Lamy Christophe M R, Ohning Gordon, Fanselow Michael, Pothoulakis Charalabos, McRoberts James A, Mayer Emeran A Repeated exposure to water avoidance stress in rats: a new model for
sustained visceral hyperalgesia..
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology.
2005; 289(1):
G42-53.
Sonner James M, Vissel Bryce, Royle Gordon, Maurer Anya, Gong Diane, Baron Nicole V, Harrison Neil, Fanselow Michael, Eger Edmond I The effect of three inhaled anesthetics in mice harboring mutations in
the GluR6 (kainate) receptor gene..
Anesthesia and analgesia.
2005; 101(1):
143-8, table of contents.
Fendt Markus, Fanselow Michael S, Koch Michael Lesions of the dorsal hippocampus block trace fear conditioned
potentiation of startle..
Behavioral neuroscience.
2005; 119(3):
834-8.
Sonner James M, Xing Yilei, Zhang Yi, Maurer Anya, Fanselow Michael S, Dutton Robert C, Eger Edmond I Administration of epinephrine does not increase learning of fear to
tone in rats anesthetized with isoflurane or desflurane..
Anesthesia and analgesia.
2005; 100(5):
1333-7, table of contents.
de Oca Beatrice M, Fanselow Michael S Amygdala and periaqueductal gray lesions only partially attenuate
unconditional defensive responses in rats exposed to a cat..
Integrative physiological and behavioral science : the official journal of the Pavlovian Society.
2005; 39(4):
318-33.
Quinn Jennifer J, Loya Fred, Ma Quang D, Fanselow Michael S Dorsal hippocampus NMDA receptors differentially mediate trace and
contextual fear conditioning..
Hippocampus.
2005; 15(5):
665-74.
Rau Vinuta, DeCola Joseph P, Fanselow Michael S Stress-induced enhancement of fear learning: an animal model of
posttraumatic stress disorder..
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews.
2005; 29(8):
1207-23.
Fanselow Michael S, Poulos Andrew M The neuroscience of mammalian associative learning..
Annual review of psychology.
2005; 56(3):
207-34.
Wiltgen Brian J, Sanders Matthew J, Ferguson Carolyn, Homanics Gregg E, Fanselow Michael S Trace fear conditioning is enhanced in mice lacking the delta subunit
of the GABAA receptor..
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.).
2005; 12(3):
327-33.
Godsil Bill P, Fanselow Michael S Light stimulus change evokes an activity response in the rat..
Learning & behavior : a Psychonomic Society publication.
2004; 32(3):
299-310.
Gale Greg D, Anagnostaras Stephan G, Godsil Bill P, Mitchell Shawn, Nozawa Takashi, Sage Jennifer R, Wiltgen Brian, Fanselow Michael S Role of the basolateral amygdala in the storage of fear memories
across the adult lifetime of rats..
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.
2004; 24(15):
3810-5.
Stote Deborah L, Fanselow Michael S NMDA receptor modulation of incidental learning in Pavlovian context
conditioning..
Behavioral neuroscience.
2004; 118(1):
253-7.
Tinsley Matthew R, Quinn Jennifer J, Fanselow Michael S The role of muscarinic and nicotinic cholinergic neurotransmission in
aversive conditioning: comparing pavlovian fear conditioning and
inhibitory avoidance..
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.).
2004; 11(1):
35-42.
Mayer Emeran A, Fanselow Michael S Dissecting the components of the central response to stress..
Nature neuroscience.
2003; 6(10):
1011-2.
Meffert Mollie K, Chang Jolene M, Wiltgen Brian J, Fanselow Michael S, Baltimore David NF-kappa B functions in synaptic signaling and behavior..
Nature neuroscience.
2003; 6(10):
1072-8.
Han C J, O'Tuathaigh Colm M, van Trigt Laurent, Quinn Jennifer J, Fanselow Michael S, Mongeau Raymond, Koch Christof, Anderson David J Trace but not delay fear conditioning requires attention and the
anterior cingulate cortex..
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
2003; 100(22):
13087-92.
Sanders Matthew J, Fanselow Michael S Pre-training prevents context fear conditioning deficits produced by
hippocampal NMDA receptor blockade..
Neurobiology of learning and memory.
2003; 80(2):
123-9.
Eger Edmond I, Xing Yilei, Pearce Robert, Shafer Steven, Laster Michael J, Zhang Yi, Fanselow Michael S, Sonner James M Isoflurane antagonizes the capacity of flurothyl or
1,2-dichlorohexafluorocyclobutane to impair fear conditioning to
context and tone..
Anesthesia and analgesia.
2003; 96(4):
1010-8, table of contents.
Fanselow Michael S, Gale Greg D The amygdala, fear, and memory..
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
2003; 985(4):
125-34.
Sanders Matthew J, Wiltgen Brian J, Fanselow Michael S The place of the hippocampus in fear conditioning..
European journal of pharmacology.
2003; 463(1-3):
217-23.
González Felisa, Quinn Jennifer J, Fanselow Michael S Differential effects of adding and removing components of a context on
the generalization of conditional freezing..
Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes.
2003; 29(1):
78-83.
Dutton Robert C, Maurer Anya J, Sonner James M, Fanselow Michael S, Laster Michael J, Eger Edmond I Isoflurane causes anterograde but not retrograde amnesia for pavlovian
fear conditioning..
Anesthesiology.
2002; 96(5):
1223-9.
Quinn Jennifer J, Oommen Santosh S, Morrison Glenn E, Fanselow Michael S Post-training excitotoxic lesions of the dorsal hippocampus attenuate
forward trace, backward trace, and delay fear conditioning in a
temporally specific manner..
Hippocampus.
2002; 12(4):
495-504.
Dutton Robert C, Maurer Anya J, Sonner James M, Fanselow Michael S, Laster Michael J, Eger Edmond I Short-term memory resists the depressant effect of the nonimmobilizer
1-2-dichlorohexafluorocyclobutane (2N) more than long-term memory..
Anesthesia and analgesia.
2002; 94(3):
631-9; table of contents.
Anagnostaras Stephan G, Gale Greg D, Fanselow Michael S The hippocampus and Pavlovian fear conditioning: reply to Bast et al..
Hippocampus.
2002; 12(4):
561-5.
