Select Lab Publications (Last 5 Years):
Petrie GN, Balsevich G, Füzesi T, Aukema RJ, Driever WPF, van der Stelt M, Bains JS, Hill MN. (2023). Disruption of tonic endocannabinoid signalling triggers cellular, behavioural and neuroendocrine responses consistent with a stress response. British Journal of Pharmacology, 180(24): 3146-3159.
Balsevich G, Petrie GN, Heinz DE, Singh A, Aukema RJ, Hunker AC, Vecchiarelli HA, Yau H, Sticht M, Thompson RJ, Lee FS, Zweifel LS, Chelikani PK, Gassen NC, Hill MN. (2023). A genetic variant of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) exacerbates hormone-mediated orexigenic feeding in mice. eLife, 12: e81919.
Baglot SL, VanRyzin JW, Marquardt AE, Aukema RJ, Petrie GN, Hume C, Reinl EL, Bieber JB, McLaughlin RJ, McCarthy MM, Hill MN. (2022). Maternal-fetal transmission of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its metabolites following inhalation and injection exposure during pregnancy in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 100(3): 713-730.
Vecchiarelli HA#, Morena M#, Lee TTY#, Nastase AS, Aukema RJ, Leitl KD, Gray JM, Petrie GN, Tellez-Monnery KJ, Hill MN (2022). Sex and stressor modality influence acute stress-induced dynamic changes in corticolimbic endocannabinoid levels in adult Sprague Dawley rats. Neurobiology of Stress, 20: 100470.
Baglot SL, Hume C, Petrie GN, Aukema RJ, Lightfoot SHM, Grace LM, Zhou R, Parker L, Rho JM, Borgland SL, McLaughlin RJ, Brechenmacher L, Hill MN. (2021). Pharmacokinetics and Central Accumulation of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its Bioactive Metabolites Are Influenced by Route of Administration and Sex in Rats. Scientific Reports, 11(1): 23990.
Vecchiarelli HA, Aukema RJ, Hume C, Chiang V, Morena M, Keenan CM, Nastase AS, Lee FS, Pittman QJ, Sharkey KA, Hill MN. (2021). Genetic Variants of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Modulate Acute Inflammatory Responses to Colitis in Adult Male Mice. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 15: 764706.
Vecchiarelli HA, Morena M, Keenan CM, Chiang V, Tan K, Qiao M, Leitl K, Santori A, Pittman QJ, Sharkey KA, Hill MN. (2021). Comorbid anxiety-like behavior in a rat model of colitis is mediated by an upregulation of corticolimbic fatty acid amide hydrolase. Neuropsychopharmacology 46(5): 992-1003.
Morena M, Nastase AS, Santori A, Cravatt BF, Shansky RM, Hill MN. (2021). Sex dependent effects of endocannabinoid modulation of fear extinction in rats. British Journal of Pharmacology, 178(4): 983-996.
Petrie GN, Nastase AS, Aukema RJ, Hill MN. (2021). Endocannabinoids, cannabinoids and the regulation of anxiety. Neuropharmacology, 195: 108626.
Yasmin F, Colangeli R, Morena M, Filipski S, Pittman QJ, van der Stelt M, Hillard CJ, Teskey GC, McEwen BS, Hill MN*, Chattarji S*. (2020). Stress-induced Modulation of Endocannabinoid Signaling Leads to Delayed Strengthening of Synaptic Connectivity in the Amygdala. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117(1), 650-655.
* = co-senior authorship
Sticht MA, Lau DD, Keenan CM, Cavin JB, Morena M, Vemuri VK, Makriyannis A, Cravatt BF, Sharkey KA, Hill MN. (2019). Endocannabinoid Regulation of Homeostatic and Stress-induced Alterations in Food Intake in Male Rats. British Journal of Pharmacology, 176(10): 1524-1540.
Morena M, Aukema R, Leitl K, Rashid A, Vecchiarelli HA, Josselyn SA, Hill MN (2019). Up-regulation of Anandamide Hydrolysis in the Basolateral Complex of the Amygdala Reduces Fear Memory Expression and Indices of Stress and Anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(7): 1275-1292.
Morena M, Hill MN (2019). Buzzkill: The Consequences of Depleting Anandamide in the Hippocampus. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44(8): 1347-1348.