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Matthew Lovett-barron

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
SchoolVc-academic Affairs
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    Discovery and characterization of brain-wide neuromodulatory circuits regulating arousal
    NIH R00MH112840Jul 3, 2020 - May 31, 2023
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Discovery and characterization of brain-wide neuromodulatory circuits regulating arousal
    NIH K99MH112840Sep 15, 2017 - Oct 31, 2019
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Rhomboid protease Rhbdl2 regulates macrophage recruitment and wound regeneration in zebrafish. bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 15. Gourkanti S, Ramakrishnan G, Munoz Y, Chavez RM, Cheung J, Dohnálek J, Schoen TJ, Martin K, Lovett-Barron M, Whisenant T, Strisovsky K, Neal SE. PMID: 41726946; PMCID: PMC12918973.
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    2. Convergent thyroid-ATPase interactions regulate collective behavior in Danionella. Cell Rep. 2026 Jan 27; 45(1):116730. Zada D, Kadobianskyi M, Judkewitz B, Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 41417729; PMCID: PMC12934356.
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    3. Neuronal detection of social actions directs collective escape behavior. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 27. Yu JH, Milan J, Meyerhof GT, Napoli JL, Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 41040371; PMCID: PMC12485696.
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    4. Predator avoidance: Threat learning in week-old zebrafish. Curr Biol. 2025 Jan 06; 35(1):R19-R21. Martin KA, Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 39765212.
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    5. Development of neural circuits for social motion perception in schooling fish. Curr Biol. 2024 Aug 05; 34(15):3380-3391.e5. Zada D, Schulze L, Yu JH, Tarabishi P, Napoli JL, Milan J, Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 39025069; PMCID: PMC11419698.
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    6. Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2024 Jun; 86:102866. Yu JH, Napoli JL, Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 38852986; PMCID: PMC11439442.
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    7. Neural Circuit Transitions Supporting Developmentally Specific Social Behavior. J Neurosci. 2023 11 08; 43(45):7456-7462. Ferrara NC, Che A, Briones B, Padilla-Coreano N, Lovett-Barron M, Opendak M. PMID: 37940586; PMCID: PMC10634550.
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    8. Development of neural circuits for social motion perception in schooling fish. bioRxiv. 2023 Oct 27. Zada D, Schulze L, Yu JH, Tarabishi P, Napoli JL, Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 37961196; PMCID: PMC10634817.
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    9. A medley of gene expression adds new depth to zebrafish brain maps. Sci Adv. 2023 02 22; 9(8):eadg8660. Schulze L, Zada D, Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 36812324; PMCID: PMC9946337.
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    10. Correction to: Brain-wide perception of the emotional valence of light is regulated by distinct hypothalamic neurons. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Sep; 27(9):3794. Wagle M, Zarei M, Lovett-Barron M, Poston KT, Xu J, Ramey V, Pollard KS, Prober DA, Schulkin J, Deisseroth K, Guo S. PMID: 35718796; PMCID: PMC9708591.
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    11. A Bright, Nontoxic, and Non-aggregating red Fluorescent Protein for Long-Term Labeling of Fine Structures in Neurons. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022; 10:893468. Ning L, Geng Y, Lovett-Barron M, Niu X, Deng M, Wang L, Ataie N, Sens A, Ng HL, Chen S, Deisseroth K, Lin MZ, Chu J. PMID: 35846353; PMCID: PMC9278655.
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    12. The emergence and influence of internal states. Neuron. 2022 08 17; 110(16):2545-2570. Flavell SW, Gogolla N, Lovett-Barron M, Zelikowsky M. PMID: 35643077; PMCID: PMC9391310.
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    13. Brain-wide perception of the emotional valence of light is regulated by distinct hypothalamic neurons. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 09; 27(9):3777-3793. Wagle M, Zarei M, Lovett-Barron M, Poston KT, Xu J, Ramey V, Pollard KS, Prober DA, Schulkin J, Deisseroth K, Guo S. PMID: 35484242; PMCID: PMC9613822.
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    14. Supramammillary regulation of locomotion and hippocampal activity. Science. 2021 Dec 17; 374(6574):1492-1496. Farrell JS, Lovett-Barron M, Klein PM, Sparks FT, Gschwind T, Ortiz AL, Ahanonu B, Bradbury S, Terada S, Oijala M, Hwaun E, Dudok B, Szabo G, Schnitzer MJ, Deisseroth K, Losonczy A, Soltesz I. PMID: 34914519; PMCID: PMC9154354.
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    15. Maximally selective single-cell target for circuit control in epilepsy models. Neuron. 2021 08 18; 109(16):2556-2572.e6. Hadjiabadi D, Lovett-Barron M, Raikov IG, Sparks FT, Liao Z, Baraban SC, Leskovec J, Losonczy A, Deisseroth K, Soltesz I. PMID: 34197732; PMCID: PMC8448204.
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    16. Sensory Neuroscience: Smelling Salts Lead Fish to Safety. Curr Biol. 2021 02 22; 31(4):R199-R201. Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 33621509.
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    17. Linking cell types to behavior in the vertebrate hypothalamus. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 01; 46(1):254. Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 32895452; PMCID: PMC7688946.
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    18. Learning-dependent neuronal activity across the larval zebrafish brain. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2021 04; 67:42-49. Lovett-Barron M. PMID: 32861055; PMCID: PMC7907282.
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    19. Multiple convergent hypothalamus-brainstem circuits drive defensive behavior. Nat Neurosci. 2020 08; 23(8):959-967. Lovett-Barron M, Chen R, Bradbury S, Andalman AS, Wagle M, Guo S, Deisseroth K. PMID: 32572237; PMCID: PMC7687349.
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    20. Neuronal Dynamics Regulating Brain and Behavioral State Transitions. Cell. 2019 05 02; 177(4):970-985.e20. Andalman AS, Burns VM, Lovett-Barron M, Broxton M, Poole B, Yang SJ, Grosenick L, Lerner TN, Chen R, Benster T, Mourrain P, Levoy M, Rajan K, Deisseroth K. PMID: 31031000; PMCID: PMC6726130.
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    21. Ancestral Circuits for the Coordinated Modulation of Brain State. Cell. 2017 Nov 30; 171(6):1411-1423.e17. Lovett-Barron M, Andalman AS, Allen WE, Vesuna S, Kauvar I, Burns VM, Deisseroth K. PMID: 29103613; PMCID: PMC5725395.
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    22. The hypothalamic NPVF circuit modulates ventral raphe activity during nociception. Sci Rep. 2017 01 31; 7:41528. Madelaine R, Lovett-Barron M, Halluin C, Andalman AS, Liang J, Skariah GM, Leung LC, Burns VM, Mourrain P. PMID: 28139691; PMCID: PMC5282529.
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    23. Distinct Contribution of Adult-Born Hippocampal Granule Cells to Context Encoding. Neuron. 2016 Apr 06; 90(1):101-12. Danielson NB, Kaifosh P, Zaremba JD, Lovett-Barron M, Tsai J, Denny CA, Balough EM, Goldberg AR, Drew LJ, Hen R, Losonczy A, Kheirbek MA. PMID: 26971949; PMCID: PMC4962695.
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    24. SPED Light Sheet Microscopy: Fast Mapping of Biological System Structure and Function. Cell. 2015 Dec 17; 163(7):1796-806. Tomer R, Lovett-Barron M, Kauvar I, Andalman A, Burns VM, Sankaran S, Grosenick L, Broxton M, Yang S, Deisseroth K. PMID: 26687363; PMCID: PMC4775738.
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    25. Parvalbumin-positive basket cells differentiate among hippocampal pyramidal cells. Neuron. 2014 Jun 04; 82(5):1129-44. Lee SH, Marchionni I, Bezaire M, Varga C, Danielson N, Lovett-Barron M, Losonczy A, Soltesz I. PMID: 24836505; PMCID: PMC4076442.
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    26. Dendritic inhibition in the hippocampus supports fear learning. Science. 2014 Feb 21; 343(6173):857-63. Lovett-Barron M, Kaifosh P, Kheirbek MA, Danielson N, Zaremba JD, Reardon TR, Turi GF, Hen R, Zemelman BV, Losonczy A. PMID: 24558155; PMCID: PMC4018419.
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    27. Behavioral consequences of GABAergic neuronal diversity. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2014 Jun; 26:27-33. Lovett-Barron M, Losonczy A. PMID: 24650501.
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    28. Septo-hippocampal GABAergic signaling across multiple modalities in awake mice. Nat Neurosci. 2013 Sep; 16(9):1182-4. Kaifosh P, Lovett-Barron M, Turi GF, Reardon TR, Losonczy A. PMID: 23912949.
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    29. Circuits supporting the grid. Nat Neurosci. 2013 Mar; 16(3):255-7. Lovett-Barron M, Losonczy A. PMID: 23434976.
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    30. Regulation of neuronal input transformations by tunable dendritic inhibition. Nat Neurosci. 2012 Jan 15; 15(3):423-30, S1-3. Lovett-Barron M, Turi GF, Kaifosh P, Lee PH, Bolze F, Sun XH, Nicoud JF, Zemelman BV, Sternson SM, Losonczy A. PMID: 22246433.
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    31. Target-specific encoding of response inhibition: increased contribution of AMPA to NMDA receptors at excitatory synapses in the prefrontal cortex. J Neurosci. 2010 Aug 25; 30(34):11493-500. Hayton SJ, Lovett-Barron M, Dumont EC, Olmstead MC. PMID: 20739571; PMCID: PMC4844537.
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    32. Histaminergic responses by hypothalamic neurons that regulate lordosis and their modulation by estradiol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 06; 107(27):12311-6. Dupré C, Lovett-Barron M, Pfaff DW, Kow LM. PMID: 20562342; PMCID: PMC2901472.
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