Publications

A chronological archive of our peer-reviewed research, reviews, and preprints.

Evolutionary rise of a synaptic mechanism for creating and diversifying key reinforcement signals

Rodriguez-Sosa, N., Rios, L., Lin, Y-H., Rybalchenko, V., Sharma, Y., Hajeissa, A., Chambers, I., Wang, N-S., Rajesh, R., Narla, V., Shabel, S.J.

bioRxiv. 2026 August

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Dopaminergic signatures of state and trait-like pessimism in mice

Biswas, S. and Shabel, S.J.

bioRxiv. 2026 August

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A habenula-enriched GPCR, GPR151, regulates behavioral sensitivity to inflammation

Rios, L., Lin, Y-H., Yuan, L., Sharma, Y., Arias, H., Jeddy, F.,Thotakura, S., Geleta, A., Rajesh, R., Shabel, S.J.

bioRxiv. 2026 August

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Stress transforms lateral habenula reward responses into punishment signals

Shabel, S.J., Wang, C., Monk, B., Aronson, S., & Malinow, R.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2019 May; 116 (25) 12488-12493.

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Coping with stress, one habenula neuron at a time

Rodriguez-Sosa, N., Biswas, S., & Shabel, S.J.

Neuron. 2019 May; 102(3):520-522.

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GABA/glutamate co-release controls habenula output and is modified by antidepressant treatment

Shabel, S.J., Proulx, C.D., Piriz, J. and Malinow, R.

Science. 2014 Sep; 345(6203):1494-8.

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Negative learning bias is associated with risk aversion in a genetic animal model of depression

Shabel, S.J., Murphy, R., and Malinow, R.

Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2014 Jan; 8:1.

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Input to the lateral habenula from the basal ganglia is excitatory, aversive, and suppressed by serotonin

Shabel, S.J., Proulx, C., Trias, A., Murphy, R.T., and Malinow, R.

Neuron. 2012 May; 74(3):475:81.

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Similar neural activity during fear and disgust in the basolateral amygdala

Shabel, S.J., Schairer, W., Donahue, R.J., Powell, V., and Janak, P.H.

PLoS One. 2011 Dec; 6(12):e27797.

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Substantial similarity in amygdala neuronal activity during conditioned appetitive and aversive emotional arousal

Shabel, S.J. and Janak, P.H.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2009 Aug; 106(35):15031-6.

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