Author

Paula Bazzino

University of Illinois ChicagoORCID 0000-0002-4012-4337Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Neuroscience· 3

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Organism:rat· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell F. RoitmaniD· 3 shared Alexandra T. KeinathiD· 2 shared Adam Gordon-FennelliD· 1 shared Dionne CR RusscheniD· 1 shared Garret D. StuberiD· 1 shared James E. McCutcheoniD· 1 shared Jamie D. RoitmaniD· 1 shared Joumana M Barbakh· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2023-2026 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 21 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

3 shared papersNeuroscience

Mitchell F. RoitmanORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

3 papers

Recent·Most cited

Rapidly decreasing phasic dopamine responses precede a hedonic switch during satiation of sodium appetite

Paula Bazzino, Dionne CR Russchen, Alexandra T. Keinath, Mitchell F. Roitman, James E. McCutcheon

The paper shows that dopamine responses decrease rapidly before a hedonic switch during sodium satiation, tracking cumulative sodium intake in rats.

bioRxiv · Jul 21, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Dopamine activity encodes the changing valence of the same stimulus in conditioned taste aversion paradigms

Maxine K. Loh, Samantha J. Hurh, Paula Bazzino, Rachel M Donka, Alexandra T. Keinath, Jamie D. Roitman, Mitchell F. Roitman

This study shows that dopamine activity in the mesolimbic system encodes the changing valence of sucrose in conditioned taste aversion, aligning with behavioral responses.

eLife · Mar 5, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

An Open-Source Platform for Head-Fixed Operant and Consummatory Behavior

Adam Gordon-Fennell, Joumana M Barbakh, MacKenzie T Utley, Shreya Singh, Paula Bazzino, Raajaram Gowrishankar, Michael R. Bruchas, Mitchell F. Roitman, Garret D. Stuber

The paper introduces OHRBETS, an open-source platform for head-fixed behavioral experiments in mice, demonstrating operant conditioning and dopamine signaling during reward tasks.

eLife · Aug 9, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience