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A selection of our current research projects CRF signaling in the extinction of conditioned fear across development The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in consolidation of recent and remote extinction memories of conditioned odor aversion and fear conditioning Developmental differences in the mechanisms of fear and extinction Social transmission of extinction memory sex and social interaction on extinction in post-weanling animals Effects of oxytocin in the basolateral amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex on fear extinction: developmental differences Stress-Induced Long-Term Potentiation In The Subiculum-Medial Prefrontal Cortex Pathway : developmental differences The Role of PI3-Kinase Cascade in Acquisition and Extinction of Conditioned Fear Memory In Adult and Post-weanling Animals

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Oxytocin agonist TGOT differentially modulates synaptic plasticity and intrinsic excitability in a sex-specific manner in the juvenile rat hippocampus, Rajan Narattil, N., Kolatt Chandran, S. & Maroun, M., Dec 2026, In: Communications Biology. 9, 1, 910.
Sex-dimorphic oxytocin regulation of CA1-dependent spatial memory and synaptic plasticity in juvenile rats, Shehadeh, E., Rajan Narattil, N., Kritman, M. & Maroun, M., Dec 2025, In: Behavioral and Brain Functions. 21, 1, 41.
Effects of TrkB-related induced metaplasticity within the BLA on anxiety, extinction learning, and plasticity in BLA-modulated brain regions, Hazra, J. D., Shrivastava, K., Wüstner, L. S., Anunu, R., Chervinsky, E., Hazra, S., Beuter, S., Kriebel, M., Maroun, M., Volkmer, H. & Richter-Levin, G., Dec 2025, In: Behavioral and Brain Functions. 21, 1, 4.
Differential role of NMDA receptors in hippocampal-dependent spatial memory and plasticity in juvenile male and female rats, Narattil, N. R. & Maroun, M., Nov 2024, In: Hippocampus. 34, 11, p. 564-574 11 p.
A Better PIL to Swallow: A Thalamic Node in the Social Brain Network, Wagner, S. & Maroun, M., 15 Jan 2024, In: Biological Psychiatry. 95, 2, p. 97-99 3 p.
Early life stress induces decreased expression of CB1R and FAAH and epigenetic changes in the medial prefrontal cortex of male rats, Demaili, A., Portugalov, A., Maroun, M., Akirav, I., Braun, K. & Bock, J., 2024, In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 18, 1474992.
Hippocampal oxytocin is involved in spatial memory and synaptic plasticity deficits following acute high-fat diet intake in juvenile rats, Khazen, T., Narattil, N. R., Ferreira, G. & Maroun, M., 1 Apr 2023, In: Cerebral Cortex. 33, 7, p. 3934-3943 10 p.
Epigenetic (re)programming of gene expression changes of CB1R and FAAH in the medial prefrontal cortex in response to early life and adolescence stress exposure, Demaili, A., Portugalov, A., Dudai, M., Maroun, M., Akirav, I., Braun, K. & Bock, J., 2023, In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17, 1129946.
Differential Recruitment of the Infralimbic Cortex in Recent and Remote Retrieval and Extinction of Aversive Memory in Post-Weanling Rats, Awad, W., Kritman, M., Ferreira, G. & Maroun, M., 1 Jun 2022, In: International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 25, 6, p. 489-497 9 p.
Differential Age-dependent Mechanisms of High-frequency Stimulation-induced Potentiation in the Prefrontal Cortex–Basolateral Amygdala Pathway Following Fear Extinction, Shrivastava, K., Schayek, R., Kritman, M. & Maroun, M., 21 May 2022, In: Neuroscience. 491, p. 215-224 10 p.
Acute social isolation and regrouping cause short- and long-term molecular changes in the rat medial amygdala, Lavenda-Grosberg, D., Lalzar, M., Leser, N., Yaseen, A., Malik, A., Maroun, M., Barki-Harrington, L. & Wagner, S., Feb 2022, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 27, 2, p. 886-895 10 p.
Age-Specific Modulation of Prefrontal Cortex LTP by Glucocorticoid Receptors Following Brief Exposure to HFD, Shrivastava, K., Rosenberg, T., Meiri, N. & Maroun, M., 4 Oct 2021, In: Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 13, 722827.
Bidirectional modulation of hippocampal and amygdala synaptic plasticity by post-weaning obesogenic diet intake in male rats: Influence of the duration of diet exposure, Vouimba, R. M., Bakoyiannis, I., Ducourneau, E. G., Maroun, M. & Ferreira, G., Feb 2021, In: Hippocampus. 31, 2, p. 117-121 5 p.
Sex-dimorphic role of prefrontal oxytocin receptors in social-induced facilitation of extinction in juvenile rats, Maroun, M., Sarussi-Elyahu, A., Yaseen, A., A. Hatoum, O. & Kritman, M., 1 Dec 2020, In: Translational Psychiatry. 10, 1, 356.
Prefrontal Oxytocin is Involved in Impairments in Prefrontal Plasticity and Social Memory Following Acute Exposure to High Fat Diet in Juvenile Animals, Yaseen, A., Shrivastava, K., Zuri, Z., Hatoum, O. A. & Maroun, M., May 2019, In: Cerebral Cortex. 29, 5, p. 1900-1909 10 p., bhy070.
Behavior: Oxytocin Promotes Fearless Motherhood, Cohen, L., Maroun, M. & Wagner, S., 23 Apr 2018, In: Current Biology. 28, 8, p. R359-R361
Toward Comprehensive Understanding of the Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on the Human Amygdala, Kritman, M. & Maroun, M., 15 Dec 2017, In: Biological Psychiatry. 82, 12, p. 864-865 2 p.
Compartmentalised perturbation of GABAergic synapses in the basolateral amygdala principal neurons, Saha, R., Chakraborty, D., Knapp, S., Schayek, R., Shrivastava, K., Kaphzan, H., Ehrlich, I., Maroun, M., Kriebel, M., Volkmer, H. & Richter-Levin, G., Oct 2017, In: European Neuropsychopharmacology. 27, 4, p. S539 1 p.
Differential roles of the infralimbic and prelimbic areas of the prefrontal cortex in reconsolidation of a traumatic memory, Levin, N., Kritman, M., Maroun, M. & Akirav, I., Sep 2017, In: European Neuropsychopharmacology. 27, 9, p. 900-912 13 p.
Dissociation in the effects of stress and D1 receptors activation on basolateral amygdalar LTP in juvenile and adult animals, Schayek, R. & Maroun, M., 1 Feb 2017, In: Neuropharmacology. 113, p. 511-518 8 p.
PI3-kinase cascade has a differential role in acquisition and extinction of conditioned fear memory in juvenile and adult rats, Slouzkey, I. & Maroun, M., Dec 2016, In: Learning and Memory. 23, 12, p. 723-731 9 p.
Alterations in neuronal morphology in infralimbic cortex predict resistance to fear extinction following acute stress, Moench, K. M., Maroun, M., Kavushansky, A. & Wellman, C., 1 Jun 2016, In: Neurobiology of Stress. 3, p. 23-33 11 p.
Oxytocin and Memory of Emotional Stimuli: Some Dance to Remember, Some Dance to Forget, Maroun, M. & Wagner, S., 1 Feb 2016, In: Biological Psychiatry. 79, 3, p. 203-212 10 p.
Juvenile obesity enhances emotional memory and amygdala plasticity through glucocorticoids, Boitard, C., Maroun, M., Tantot, F., Cavaroc, A., Sauvant, J., Marchand, A., Layé, S., Capuron, L., Darnaudery, M., Castanon, N., Coutureau, E., Vouimba, R. M. & Ferreira, G., 2015, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 35, 9, p. 4092-4103 12 p.
Learning-induced bidirectional plasticity of intrinsic neuronal excitability reflects the valence of the outcome, Motanis, H., Maroun, M. & Barkai, E., Apr 2014, In: Cerebral Cortex. 24, 4, p. 1075-1087 13 p.
Medial prefrontal cortex: Multiple roles in fear and extinction, Maroun, M., Aug 2013, In: Neuroscientist. 19, 4, p. 370-383 14 p.
Memory of conditioned taste aversion is erased by inhibition of PI3K in the insular cortex, Slouzkey, I., Rosenblum, K. & Maroun, M., Jun 2013, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 38, 7, p. 1143-1153 11 p.
Different effects of low frequency stimulation to infralimbic prefrontal cortex on extinction of aversive memories, Shehadi, K. & Maroun, M., 15 Jan 2013, In: Brain Research. 1490, p. 111-116 6 p.
Enhanced extinction of aversive memories by high-frequency stimulation of the rat infralimbic cortex, Maroun, M., Kavushansky, A., Holmes, A., Wellman, C. & Motanis, H., 7 May 2012, In: PLOS ONE. 7, 5, e35853.
Differential involvement of protein synthesis and actin rearrangement in the reacquisition of contextual fear conditioning, Motanis, H. & Maroun, M., Mar 2012, In: Hippocampus. 22, 3, p. 494-500 7 p.
Olfactory learning-induced enhancement of the predisposition for LTP induction, Cohen, Y., Avramoav, S., Barkai, E. & Maroun, M., Sep 2011, In: Learning and Memory. 18, 9, p. 594-597 4 p.
The role of AKT phosphiorylation in acquisition and extinction of conditioned taste aversion: The Israel Society for Neuroscience 19th Annual Meeting Eilat, Dec. 12 - 14, 2010 www.isfn.org.il, Slouzkey, I., Rosenblum, K. & Maroun, M., 2011, In: Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 45, S1, p. S115 1 p.
Stress and amygdala suppression of metaplasticity in the medial prefrontal cortex, Richter-Levin, G. & Maroun, M., Oct 2010, In: Cerebral Cortex. 20, 10, p. 2433-2441 9 p.
Differential involvement of dopamine D1 receptor and MEK signaling pathway in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in consolidation and reconsolidation of recognition memory, Maroun, M. & Akirav, I., Apr 2009, In: Learning and Memory. 16, 4, p. 243-247 5 p.
Olfactory learning-induced long-lasting enhancement of descending and ascending synaptic transmission to the piriform cortex, Cohen, Y., Reuveni, I., Barkai, E. & Maroun, M., 25 Jun 2008, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 28, 26, p. 6664-6669 6 p.
Exposure to forced swim stress alters local circuit activity and plasticity in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, Yarom, O., Maroun, M. & Richter-Levin, G., 2008, In: Neural Plasticity. 2008, 194097.
Arousal and stress effects on consolidation and reconsolidation of recognition memory, Maroun, M. & Akirav, I., Jan 2008, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 33, 2, p. 394-405 12 p.
The role of the medial prefrontal cortex-amygdala circuit in stress effects on the extinction of fear, Akirav, I. & Maroun, M., 2007, In: Neural Plasticity. 2007, 30873.
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex is obligatory for consolidation and reconsolidation of object recognition memory, Akirav, I. & Maroun, M., Dec 2006, In: Cerebral Cortex. 16, 12, p. 1759-1765 7 p.
Extinction of conditioned taste aversion depends on functional protein synthesis but not on NMDA receptor activation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, Akirav, I., Khatsrinov, V., Vouimba, R. M., Merhav, M., Ferreira, G., Rosenblum, K. & Maroun, M., May 2006, In: Learning and Memory. 13, 3, p. 254-258 5 p.
Enhancement of conditioned fear extinction by infusion of the GABA A agonist muscimol into the rat prefrontal cortex and amygdala, Akirav, I., Raizel, H. & Maroun, M., Feb 2006, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 23, 3, p. 758-764 7 p.
Exposure to behavioral stress impairs extinction of conditioned taste aversion: Abstracts of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Neuroscience, Motanis, H. K., Akirav, I., Vouimba, R. M., Merhav, M., Rosenblum, K. & Maroun, M., Oct 2005, In: Reviews in the Neurosciences. 16, Supplement, p. S48 1 p.
MAPK activation is highly dependent on experimental procedure in LTP studies in vivo: Abstracts of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Neuroscience, Belelovsky, K., Maroun, M. & Rosenblum, K., Oct 2005, In: Reviews in the Neurosciences. 16, Supplement, p. S8 1 p.
The medial prefrontal cortex is involved in extinction of conditioned taste aversion: Abstracts of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Israel Society for Neuroscience, Khatsrinov, V., Akirav, I., Vouimba, R. M., Guillaume, F., Rosenblum, K. & Maroun, M., Oct 2005, In: Reviews in the Neurosciences. 16, Supplement, p. S36 1 p.
LTP but not seizure is associated with up-regulation of AKAP-150, Génin, A., French, P., Doyère, V., Davis, S., Errington, M. L., Maroun, M., Stean, T., Truchet, B., Webber, M., Wills, T., Richter-Levin, G., Sanger, G., Hunt, S. P., Mallet, J., Laroche, S., Bliss, T. V. P. & O'Connor, V., Jan 2003, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 17, 2, p. 331-340 10 p.
פעילות במסלול עצבי ספציפי העשויה להשפיע על למידה וזיכרון, ⁨מארון, מ.⁩, 2003, In: בטאון אוניברסיטת חיפה. 17, p. 4-6 3 p.
Plasticity in Local Neuronal Circuits: In Vivo Evidence from Rat Hippocampus and Amygdala, Maroun, M., Yaniv, D. & Richter Levin, G., 2001, Neuronal Mechanisms of Memory Formation. C. H. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 137-145
Neonatal diuretic therapy may not alter children's preference for salt taste, Leshem, M., Maroun, M. & Weintraub, Z., Feb 1998, In: Appetite. 30, 1, p. 53-64 12 p.
The NMDA receptor subunit 2B: A molecular saliency switch in the mammalian brain, Dudai, Y., Rosenblum, K., Berman, D., Lamprecht, R., Richter Levin, G., Maroun, M. & Hazvi, S., 1997, In: Journal of Neurochemistry. 69, p. S96 1 p.
Sodium depletion and maternal separation in the suckling rat increase its salt intake when adult, Leshem, M., Maroun, M. & Del Canho, S., Jan 1996, In: Physiology and Behavior. 59, 1, p. 199-204 6 p.

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