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Craig Berridge

Professor, Department of Psychology
Ph.D. 1988, University of Florida

My research focuses on the behavioral and physiological functions of certain peptide and catecholamine neurotransmitters, particularly in the context of stress, arousal, and stimulant drugs. Currently there are 3 main themes: 1) Neural mechanisms of waking; 2) Neurobiology of stress and coping; and 3) Neural mechanisms of amphetamine-induced arousal. Current work focuses on norepinephrine, dopamine, and a newly-identified peptide, hypocretin (orexin), which has been linked recently to the sleep/arousal disorder, narcolepsy. We take a multidisciplinary approach in which a variety of methods are utilized, including pharmacological, electrophysiological, anatomical, and neurochemical techniques.


Representative Publications

Berridge CW, Stalnaker TA  (2002)  Relationship between low-dose amphetamine-induced arousal and extracellular norepinephrine and dopamine levels within prefrontal cortex. Synapse,46:140-149.

España RA, Baldo BA, Kelley AE, Berridge CW  (2001)  Wake-promoting and sleep-suppressing actions of hypocretin (orexin): basal forebrain sites of action. Neuroscience, 106(4), 699-715.

Berridge CW, España RA  (2000)  Synergistic sedative effects of noradrenergic alpha(1)- and beta-receptor blockade on forebrain electroencephalographic and behavioral indices. Neuroscience 99, 495-505.

Berridge CW, O'Neill J, Wifler K  (1999)  Amphetamine acts within the basal forebrain to initiate and maintain alert waking. Neuroscience 93, 885-896.

Berridge CW, Mitton E, Clark W, Roth RH  (1999)  Engagement in a non-escape (displacement) behavior elicits a selective and lateralized suppression of frontal cortical dopaminergic utilization in stress. Synapse 32, 187-197.

Berridge CW, Stratford T., Foote SL, Kelley AE  (1997)  Localization of DBH-like immunoreactive fibers within the shell of the nucleus accumbens. Synapse 27, 230-241.

Berridge CW, Foote SL  (1996)  Enhancement of behavioral, electroencephalographic (EEG), and electromyographic (EMG) indices of waking following stimulation of noradrenergic b-receptors located within the medial septal region of the basal forebrain in the unanesthetized rat. Journal of Neuroscience, 16:6999-7009.

Complete list of Publications

  
University of Wisconsin
Department of Psychology
1202 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706

Phone: 608-265-5938
Email: berridge@wisc.edu

 

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Department of Psychology
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University of Wisconsin at Madison
Madison, WI 53706-1696

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