Publications

Summary (collected using GoogleScholar):

H-index – 19         i-10 index – 25    Total citations - 1624

Peer reviewed products (* denotes graduate student under my mentorship, · denotes undergraduate student under my mentorship)

1. Knox, D. and Parikh, V. (2024). Basal forebrain cholinergic systems as circuits through which traumatic stress disrupts emotional memory regulation. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. (in press). 

2. Collins, B, Biddle, M, Wood, D, Boyapati, S, Barth, M, Jeun, C, and Knox, D. (2023) The role of avoidance in modulating single prolonged stress effects on emotional memory in male and female rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 452:114579.

3. Knox, D., Mohammadmirzaei, N., Biddle, M., Collins, B., Xuezhu, C., Kulkarni, P., Hekmatyar, K., Wood, D., Boyapati, S., Barth, M. (2023). Mechanisms via which traumatic stress leads to persistent fear memory in male and Female rats. Biological Psychiatry. 93(9): S84.

4. Biddle, M. and Knox, D. (2023). The role of estrogen receptor manipulation during traumatic stress on changes in emotional memory induced by traumatic stress. Psychopharmacology, 240(5): 1049-1061.

5. Examining Mechanisms via which Traumatic Stress Leads to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Using Animal Models: Advantages, Pitfalls, and Future Directions. (2022). Eds. Knox, D., Sabban, E., Morinobu, S. Frontiers Inc.

6. Shultz, B*., Farkash, A. ·,, Collins, B. ·,, Mohammadmirzaei, N.*, and Knox., D. (2022). Fear learning-induced changes in AMPAR and NMDAR expression in the fear circuit. Learning & Memory, 29(3): 83-92.

7. Knox, D., Stout-Oswald, S. A., Tan, M., George, S. A., and Liberzon, I. (2021). Maternal separation induces sex-specific differences in sensitivity to traumatic stress. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 15: ecollection.

8. Mohammadmirzaei, N*., Biddle, M*., Hekmatayar, K., Cai, X., Kulkarni, P., and Knox, D. (2021).  The Effect of Traumatic Stress on the Mu-Opioid Receptors and Connectivity Within Reward Circuits. Biological Psychiatry, 89(9): S197.

9. Knox, D. (2021). Issues with Using Animal Models to Examine Sex Differences in Developing PTSD. Biological Psychiatry, 89(9): S48-S49.

10. Ferland-Beckham, C., Chaby L.E., Daskalakis, N.P., Knox, D., Liberzon, I., Lim, M.M., McIntyre, C., Perrine, S.A., Risbrough, V.B., Sabban, E.L., Jeromin, A., and Haas, M. (2021).  Systematic Review and Methodological Considerations for the Use of Single Prolonged Stress and Fear Extinction Retention in Rodents. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15: 652636.

11. Knox, D., Della Valle, R*. Mohammadmirzaei, N.*, Shultz, B.*, Biddle, M., Farkash, A. ·, Chamness, M., and Moulton, E ·. (2021). PI3K-Akt signaling in the basolateral amygdala facilitates traumatic stress enhancements in fear memory. International Journal Of Neuropsychopharmacology. 24(3):229-238. Citations - 2

12. Della Valle, R*. Mohammadmirzaei, N.*, and Knox, D. (2019). The role of sensory cortex, thalamic nuclei, and the periaqueductal gray in mediating changes in emotional memory in the single prolonged stress model of post traumatic stress disorder. Learning & Memory. 26 (10): 403-411. Citations – 3.

13. Kimmelmann-Shultz, B. *, Mohammadmirzaei, N. * Caplan, J., and Knox, D. (2019). Using near-infrared fluorescence and high resolution scanning to measure protein expression in the rodent brain. J. Vis. Exp. (147): e59685. Citations – 0

14. Moulton, E. ·, Chamness, M. ·, and Knox, D. (2018). Characterizing changes in glucocorticoid receptor internalization in the fear circuit in an animal model of post traumatic stress disorder. PLOS One 13(12): e0205144. Citations – 1.

15. Staib, J.M.·, DellaValle, R.*, and Knox, D. (2018). Medial septum and diagonal bands of Broca cholinergic projections to the ventral hippocampus facilitate auditory fear memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 152: 71-79. Citations – 8.

16. Knox, D., Stanfield, B.R. ·, Staib, J.M. ·, David, N.P., DePietro, T. ·, Chamness, M. ·, Schneider, E. K. ·, Keller, S.M.*, and Lawless, C.* (2018). Using c-Jun to map learning-specific neural circuits via which single prolonged stress disrupts extinction retention. Behavioural Brain Research 341: 189-197. Citations – 8.

17. Knox, D., Stanfield, B.R. ·, Staib, J.M. ·, David, N.P., Keller, S.M.*, and DePietro, T. · (2016). Neural circuits via which single prolonged stress exposure leads to extinction retention deficits. Learning & Memory 23:(12): 689-698. Citations – 21.

18. Knox, D. (2016). The role of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in fear and extinction memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 133: 39-52. Citations – 33.

19. Knox, D. and Keller, S.M.* (2016). Cholinergic neuronal lesions in the medial septum and vertical limb of the Diagonal Bands of Broca induce contextual fear memory generalization and impair acquisition of fear extinction. Hippocampus 26(6): 718-726. Citations – 24.

20. Keller, S.M.*, Schreiber, W.B.*, Stanfield, B.R. ·, Knox, D. (2015). Inhibiting corticosterone synthesis during fear memory formation exacerbates cued fear extinction memory deficits within the single prolonged stress model. Behavioural Brain Research 287: 182 - 186. Citations – 16.

21. Keller, S.M.*, Schreiber, W.B.*, Staib, J.M. ·, Knox, D. (2015). Sex differences in the single prolonged stress model. Behavioural Brain Research 286: 29-32. Citations – 33.

22. George, S.A., Stout, S., Tan, M., Knox, D., Liberzon, I. (2013). Early handling attenuates enhancement of glucocorticoid receptors in the prefrontal cortex in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder. Biology of Mood and Anxiety Disorders 3(1): 22. Citations – 17.

23. Eagle, A., Knox, D., Roberts, M.M., Mulo, K., Liberzon, I., Galloway, M.P., and Perrine, S.A. (2013). Single prolonged stress enhances hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor and phosphorylated protein kinase B levels. Neuroscience Research 75, 130-137. Citations – 35.

24. George, S.A., Knox, D., Curtis, A., Aldridge, J.W., Valentino, R., and Liberzon, I. (2013). Altered noradrenergic activity in an animal model of PTSD. European Journal of Neuroscience 37, 901-909. Citations – 80.

25. Knox, D., Nault, T., Henderson, C., and Liberzon, I. (2012). Glucocorticoid Receptors And Extinction Retention Deficits In The Single Prolonged Stress Model. Neuroscience, 223: 163-173. Citations – 63.

26. Knox, D., Fitzpatrick, C.J., George, S.A., Abelson, J.A., and Liberzon, I. (2012). Unconditioned fear is enhanced in an appetitive context. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory: (97)4: 386 - 392. Citations – 8.

23.  Knox, D., George, S.A., Fitzpatrick, C.J., Rabinak, C., Maren, S., and Liberzon, I. (2012). Single prolonged stress disrupts retention of extinguished fear in rats. Learning & Memory, 19(2): 43 - 49. Citations – 106.

24.  Liberzon, I and Knox, D. (2012). Expanding Our Understanding Of Neurobiological Mechanisms Of Resilience By Using Animal Models. Neuropsychopharmacology, 37(2): 317 - 318. Citations – 45.

25.  Fitzpatrick, C., Knox, D., and Liberzon, I. (2011). Inactivation of the prelimbic cortex enhances TMT-induced freezing. Behavioural Brain Research: 221(1): 320 – 323. Citations – 13.

26.  Knox, D., Perrine, S, George, S., Galloway, M., and Liberzon, I. (2010). Single prolonged stress decreases glutamate, glutamine, and creatine concentrations in the rat medial prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience Letters, 480(1): 16 – 20. Citations – 75.

27.  Knox, D. and Berntson, G. G. (2008). Cortical modulation by nucleus basalis magnocellularis corticopetal cholinergic neurons during anxiety-like states are reflected by decreases in delta. Brain Research 1227: 142 – 157. Citations – 7.

28.  Knox, D., Holly B., Norman, J. G., and Berntson G. G., (2008). Nucleus basalis magnocellularis and substantia innominata corticopetal cholinergic lesions attenuate freezing induced by predator odor. Behavioral Neuroscience 122(3): 601-610. Citations – 5.

29.  Knox, D., and Berntson, G. G., (2006). Effect of nucleus basalis magnocellularis cholinergic lesions on fear-like and anxiety-like behavior. Behavioral Neuroscience 120(2): 307-312. Citations – 27.

30. Lorzano, D.L., Norman, J. G., Knox, D., Wood, B. L., Miller, B. D., Emery, C. F., and Berntson, G. G. (2006). Where to B in dZ/dt. Psychophysiology 44(1): 113-119. Citations – 151.

31.  Knox, D., Berntson, G. G., and Sarter, M. (2004). Visceral afferent bias on cortical processing: role of adrenergic afferents to the basal forebrain cholinergic system. Behavioral Neuroscience 118(6): 1455-1459. Citations – 22.

32.  Berntson, G. G., Shafi, R., Knox, D. and Sarter, M. (2003). Blockade of epinephrine priming of the cerebral auditory evoked response by cortical cholinergic deafferentation. Neuroscience 116: 179-86. Citations – 58.