Publications

2025

• Morningstar AR, Ledbury OSR, Yu AC, Sardar H, Rogers ET, Kandil IF, Fajardo RN, Benabou ME, Giardino WJ*. Early life stress modulates behavioral sensitivity to alcohol and promotes escalation of alcohol drinking. Submitted, June 2025 (bioRxiv preprint). 

• Duncan LE, Li T, Salem M, Li W, Mortazavi L, Senturk H, Shargh N, Vesuna S, Shen H, Yoon J, Wang G, Ballon J, Tan L, Pruett BS, Knutson B, Deisseroth KA, Giardino WJ. Mapping the cellular etiology of schizophrenia and diverse brain phenotypes. Nature Neuroscience. 2025 Feb;28(2):248-258 [Link]

• McCalley DM, Dhungana A, Heath AM, Karybill E, Mojabi F, Morales JM, Morningstar AR, Padula CB, Giardino WJ*, McNerney MW*. Developing a reverse translational model of TMS in AUD: the influence of theta burst stimulation protocols on binge alcohol drinking in mice. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. 2025 Aug; 4:100098 [Link].

2024

• Ma Y, Sardar H, Benabou ME, Yu AC, Morningstar AR, Fajardo RN, Kandil IF, Rogers ET, Vassalli A, Kauer JA, Giardino WJ*. Sex-specific effects of hypocretin receptor signaling in CRF neurons on alcohol drinking, anxiety, and BNST neuronal excitability. (bioRxiv preprint).

2023

• Sardar, H., Goldstein-Piekarski, A. N., & Giardino, W. J. Amygdala neurocircuitry at the interface between emotional regulation and narcolepsy with cataplexy. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 535. [Link]

2022

• Ma, Y., & Giardino, W. J. (2022). Neural circuit mechanisms of the cholecystokinin (CCK) neuropeptide system in addiction. Addiction Neuroscience, 100024. [Link]

2021

• Pomrenze, M. B., Walker, L. C., & Giardino, W. J. (2021). Gray areas: Neuropeptide circuits linking the Edinger-Westphal and Dorsal Raphe nuclei in addiction. Neuropharmacology, 108769. [Link]

• Parrington BA, Giardino WJ. Zooming into the lab: Perspectives on maintaining undergraduate biological research through computationally-adapted remote learning in times of crisis. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. 2021 Mar 31;22(1):22.1.84. [Link]

• Giardino WJ, Pomrenze MB. Extended Amygdala Neuropeptide Circuitry of Emotional Arousal: Waking Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed Nuclei of Stria Terminalis. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience. 2021 Feb 9;15:613025. [Link]

• Kawai M, Schneider L, Linkovski O, Jordan, Karna R, Pirog S, Cotto I, Buck C, Giardino WJ, O'Hara R. High-resolution spectral sleep analysis reveals a novel association between slow oscillations and memory retention in elderly adults. Frontiers in aging neuroscience. 2021 Jan 11;12:540424. [Link]

2018

• Giardino WJ, Eban-Rothschild A, Christoffel DJ, Li S-B, Malenka RC, de Lecea L. Parallel circuits from the bed nuclei of stria terminalis to the lateral hypothalamus drive opposing emotional states. Nature Neuroscience. 2018 Aug;21(8):1084-1095. [Link]

2017

• Giardino WJ, Rodriguez ED, Smith ML, Ford MM, Galili D, Mitchell SH, Chen A, Ryabinin AE. Control of chronic excessive alcohol drinking by genetic manipulation of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus urocortin-1 neuropeptide system. Translational Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 31;7(1):e1021. [Link]

2015

• Giardino WJ, de Lecea L. Resting easy with a novel sleep regulator. eLife. 2015 Dec 10;4. pii: e12093. [Link]

2014

• Giardino WJ, de Lecea L. Hypocretin (orexin) neuromodulation of stress and reward pathways. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2014 Jul 19;29C:103-108. [Link]

2013

• Giardino WJ, Ryabinin AE. CRF1 receptor signaling regulates food and fluid intake in the drinking-in-the-dark model of binge alcohol consumption. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 2013 Jul;37(7):1161-107. [Link]

2012

• Giardino WJ, Cote DM, Li J, Ryabinin AE. Characterization of genetic differences within the centrally-projecting Edinger-Westphal nucleus of C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice by expression profiling. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 2012;6(5). [Link]

• Giardino WJ, Mark GP, Stenzel-Poore MP, Ryabinin AE. Dissociation of corticotropin releasing factor receptor subtype involvement in sensitivity to locomotor effects of methamphetamine and cocaine. Psychopharmacology. 2012 Feb;219(4):1055-63. [Link]

• Giardino WJ, Ryabinin AE. Corticotropin-releasing factor: innocent until proven guilty. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 2012 Jan;13(1):70. [Link]

2011

• Giardino WJ, Cocking DL, Kaur S, Cunningham CL, Ryabinin AE. Urocortin-1 within the Centrally-Projecting Edinger-Westphal Nucleus is Critical for Ethanol Preference. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e26997. [Link]

• Giardino WJ, Pastor R, Anacker AMJ, Spangler E, Cote DM, Li J, Stenzel-Poore M, Phillips TJ, Ryabinin AE. Dissection of corticotropin-releasing factor system involvement in locomotor sensitivity to methamphetamine. Genes, Brain and Behavior. 2011 Feb;10(1):78-89. [Link]