Michael V. Baratta

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Michael V. Baratta is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael V. Baratta has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 27 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael V. Baratta's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (27 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (15 papers). Michael V. Baratta is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (27 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (15 papers). Michael V. Baratta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Michael V. Baratta's co-authors include Steven F. Maier, Linda R. Watkins, José Amat, Matthew G. Frank, Evan D. Paul, Sondra T. Bland, David Sprunger, Susan F. Tapert, Sandra A. Brown and Tirzah Kreisel and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael V. Baratta

52 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Medial prefrontal cortex determines how stressor controllability affects behavior and dorsal raphe nucleus

2005 739 citations José Amat, Michael V. Baratta et al. profile →
Dynamic microglial alterations underlie stress-induced depressive-like behavior and suppressed neurogenesis

2013 528 citations Matthew G. Frank, Michael V. Baratta et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael V. Baratta United States	28	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	954	900	56	4.3k
Ja Wook Koo South Korea	28	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	794 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	741 0.8×	57	4.2k
Sondra T. Bland United States	30	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	779 0.6×	468 0.5×	781 0.9×	45	4.2k
Cara L. Wellman United States	34	2.1k 1.3×	2.7k 1.8×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	532 0.6×	69	5.2k
Shigeru Morinobu Japan	35	2.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	977 1.0×	384 0.4×	107	5.5k
Jason J. Radley United States	30	1.9k 1.2×	2.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	371 0.4×	44	5.1k
Boldizsár Czéh Germany	39	2.6k 1.6×	2.9k 1.9×	1.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	85	7.2k
Martin E. Keck Germany	38	834 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	856 0.7×	594 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	94	4.1k
B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao India	33	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	800 0.8×	552 0.6×	89	6.1k
Jamie Maguire United States	42	2.9k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	691 0.7×	472 0.5×	97	5.8k
Kevin D. Beck United States	33	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	973 0.8×	318 0.3×	386 0.4×	101	4.2k

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Baratta, Michael V., et al.. (2025). Modulation of dorsal raphe nucleus connectivity and serotonergic signalling to the insular cortex in the prosocial effects of chronic fluoxetine. Neuropharmacology. 272. 110406–110406. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Yoon Seok, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2025). Salience Signaling and Stimulus Scaling of Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate Neuron Subtypes. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(27). e1073242025–e1073242025.

Baratta, Michael V., et al.. (2024). Multiple Sex- and Circuit-Specific Mechanisms Underlie Exercise-Induced Stress Resistance. Current topics in behavioral neurosciences. 67. 37–60. 1 indexed citations

Stevens, Laura J., Emily J. Jaehne, Maarten van den Buuse, et al.. (2023). The Role of Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Serotonergic Systems in Emotional Learning and Memory in Male BALB/c Mice. Neuroscience. 534. 1–15. 4 indexed citations

Loetz, Esteban C., et al.. (2023). Female rats are more responsive than are males to the protective effects of voluntary physical activity against the behavioral consequences of inescapable stress. Stress. 26(1). 2245492–2245492. 12 indexed citations

Amat, José, et al.. (2022). Elevated prefrontal dopamine interferes with the stress-buffering properties of behavioral control in female rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(3). 498–507. 9 indexed citations

Meyer, Heidi C., Susan Sangha, Jason J. Radley, Ryan T. LaLumiere, & Michael V. Baratta. (2021). Environmental certainty influences the neural systems regulating responses to threat and stress. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 131. 1037–1055. 6 indexed citations

Frank, Matthew G., Michael V. Baratta, Kaixin Zhang, et al.. (2020). Acute stress induces the rapid and transient induction of caspase-1, gasdermin D and release of constitutive IL-1β protein in dorsal hippocampus. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 90. 70–80. 9 indexed citations

Greenwood, Benjamin N., et al.. (2019). Sex differences in resilience: Experiential factors and their mechanisms. European Journal of Neuroscience. 52(1). 2530–2547. 38 indexed citations

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Baratta, Michael V., et al.. (2019). Voluntary exercise enables stress resistance in females. Behavioural Brain Research. 369. 111923–111923. 13 indexed citations

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Grace, Peter M., Xiaohui Wang, Keith A. Strand, et al.. (2018). DREADDed microglia in pain: Implications for spinal inflammatory signaling in male rats. Experimental Neurology. 304. 125–131. 74 indexed citations

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Baratta, Michael V. & Steven F. Maier. (2017). New tools for understanding coping and resilience. Neuroscience Letters. 693. 54–57. 18 indexed citations

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Grace, Peter M., Keith A. Strand, Erika L. Galer, et al.. (2016). Morphine paradoxically prolongs neuropathic pain in rats by amplifying spinal NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(24). E3441–50. 299 indexed citations

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Dolzani, Samuel D, Michael V. Baratta, José Amat, et al.. (2016). Activation of a Habenulo–Raphe Circuit Is Critical for the Behavioral and Neurochemical Consequences of Uncontrollable Stress in the Male Rat. eNeuro. 3(5). ENEURO.0229–16.2016. 47 indexed citations

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Baratta, Michael V., Matthew B. Pomrenze, Shinya Nakamura, Samuel D Dolzani, & Donald Cooper. (2015). Control over stress accelerates extinction of drug seeking via prefrontal cortical activation. Neurobiology of Stress. 2. 20–27. 8 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Shinya, Michael V. Baratta, & Donald Cooper. (2013). A Method for High Fidelity Optogenetic Control of Individual Pyramidal Neurons <em>In vivo</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Han, Xue, Brian Y. Chow, Huihui Zhou, et al.. (2011). A high-light sensitivity optical neural silencer: development, and application to optogenetic control of nonhuman primate cortex. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 363 indexed citations

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Baratta, Michael V., et al.. (2008). Role of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex in mediating behavioral control-induced reduction of later conditioned fear. Learning & Memory. 15(2). 84–87. 43 indexed citations

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Baratta, Michael V., John P. Christianson, Devan M. Gomez, et al.. (2007). Controllable versus uncontrollable stressors bi-directionally modulate conditioned but not innate fear. Neuroscience. 146(4). 1495–1503. 128 indexed citations

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Frank, Matthew G., Michael V. Baratta, David Sprunger, Linda R. Watkins, & Steven F. Maier. (2006). Microglia serve as a neuroimmune substrate for stress-induced potentiation of CNS pro-inflammatory cytokine responses. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 21(1). 47–59. 466 indexed citations

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