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Benjamin N. Greenwood

University of Colorado DenverORCID 0000-0002-4630-3205Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:rat· 3 Organism:mouse· 1

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Exercise Myokine Irisin Enables Behavioral Stress Resistance in Mice

Simone M. Mellert, Joana Fernandes da Rocha, Emily S. Levy, Juliet R. Freund, Jessica B Fritz, Kaela Healy, Melanie J. Mittenbühler, Mu A, Katherine A. Blackmore, Qiuyang Zhang, Michael V. Baratta, Christiane D. Wrann, Bruce M. Spiegelman, Benjamin N. Greenwood

This study shows that increasing circulating irisin through gene delivery protects mice from stress-induced social withdrawal without exercise.

bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Ovarian hormonal state at exercise initiation interacts with nigrostriatal circuitry to determine long-term voluntary exercise behavior

Margaret K. Tanner, Kamryn M. Korth, Alyssa A. Hohorst, Juliet R. Freund, Jessica D. Westerman, Carolina Sanchez Mendoza, Benjamin N. Greenwood

This study shows that the ovarian hormonal state at the start of voluntary wheel running in female rats affects both initial and long-term exercise behavior, with dopamine signaling in the nigrostriatal circuit playing a key role.

bioRxiv · Jun 22, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Estrous phase during fear extinction modulates fear relapse through a nigrostriatal dopamine pathway

Alyssa A. Hohorst, Margaret K. Tanner, Rebecca Han, Kamryn M. Korth, Jessica D. Westerman, Carolina Sanchez Mendoza, Miles Q Dryden, Lareina Alverez, Remla A. Abdul, Esteban C. Loetz, Erik B. Oleson, Benjamin N. Greenwood

The paper shows that ovarian hormone levels during fear extinction affect fear relapse via the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway in female rats.

bioRxiv · May 31, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Pharmacological manipulations of the dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatum during fear extinction have opposing effects on fear renewal

Margaret K. Tanner, Alyssa A. Hohorst, Jessica D. Westerman, Carolina Sanchez Mendoza, Rebecca Han, Nicolette A. Moya, Jennifer Jaime, Lareina M. Alvarez, Miles Q Dryden, Aleezah Balolia, Remla A. Abdul, Esteban C. Loetz, Benjamin N. Greenwood

This study investigates the role of dopamine in fear extinction by testing the effects of pharmacological manipulations in specific dorsal striatum subregions on fear renewal.

bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience