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Elyssa Margolis, PhD

TitleAssociate Professor
SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
DepartmentNeurology
Address675 Nelson Rising Lane
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-502-7381
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    University of California, San Francisco Postdoctoral StudiesGraduate Division
    University of California, San FranciscoPh.D.2003 Graduate Division (Bioengineering)

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    Heterogeneity of Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons and Opioid Reward
    NIH/NIDA R01DA030529Jan 1, 2011 - Nov 30, 2015
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Morales M, Margolis E. Ventral tegmental area: cellular heterogeneity, connectivity and behaviour. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2017 Jan 05. PMID: 28053327.
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    2. Avegno EM, Salling MC, Borgkvist A, Mrejeru A, Whitebirch AC, Margolis E, Sulzer D, Harrison NL. Voluntary adolescent drinking enhances excitation by low levels of alcohol in a subset of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area. Neuropharmacology. 2016 Nov; 110(Pt A):386-95. PMID: 27475082.
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    3. Margolis E, Fields HL. Mu Opioid Receptor Actions in the Lateral Habenula. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0159097. PMID: 27427945.
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    4. Gomes I, Bobeck EN, Margolis E, Gupta A, Sierra S, Fakira AK, Fujita W, Müller TD, Müller A, Tschöp MH, Kleinau G, Fricker LD, Devi LA. Identification of GPR83 as the receptor for the neuroendocrine peptide PEN. Sci Signal. 2016; 9(425):ra43. PMID: 27117253.
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    5. Fields HL, Margolis E. Understanding opioid reward. Trends Neurosci. 2015 Apr; 38(4):217-25. PMID: 25637939; PMCID: PMC4385443 [Available on 04/01/16].
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    6. Margolis E, Hjelmstad GO, Fujita W, Fields HL. Direct bidirectional µ-opioid control of midbrain dopamine neurons. J Neurosci. 2014 Oct 29; 34(44):14707-16. PMID: 25355223; PMCID: PMC4212068.
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    7. Berthet A, Margolis E, Zhang J, Hsieh I, Zhang J, Hnasko TS, Ahmad J, Edwards RH, Sesaki H, Huang EJ, Nakamura K. Loss of mitochondrial fission depletes axonal mitochondria in midbrain dopamine neurons. J Neurosci. 2014 Oct 22; 34(43):14304-17. PMID: 25339743; PMCID: PMC4205554.
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    8. Volman SF, Lammel S, Margolis E, Kim Y, Richard JM, Roitman MF, Lobo MK. New insights into the specificity and plasticity of reward and aversion encoding in the mesolimbic system. J Neurosci. 2013 Nov 6; 33(45):17569-76. PMID: 24198347; PMCID: PMC3818538.
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    9. Mitchell JM, Margolis E, Coker AR, Allen DC, Fields HL. Intra-VTA deltorphin, but not DPDPE, induces place preference in ethanol-drinking rats: distinct DOR-1 and DOR-2 mechanisms control ethanol consumption and reward. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Jan; 38(1):195-203. PMID: 24033469.
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    10. Hjelmstad GO, Xia Y, Margolis E, Fields HL. Opioid modulation of ventral pallidal afferents to ventral tegmental area neurons. J Neurosci. 2013 Apr 10; 33(15):6454-9. PMID: 23575843; PMCID: PMC3865539.
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    11. Margolis E, Toy B, Himmels P, Morales M, Fields HL. Identification of rat ventral tegmental area GABAergic neurons. PLoS One. 2012; 7(7):e42365. PMID: 22860119; PMCID: PMC3409171.
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    12. Mitchell JM, Margolis E, Coker AR, Fields HL. Alcohol self-administration, anxiety, and cortisol levels predict changes in delta opioid receptor function in the ventral tegmental area. Behav Neurosci. 2012 Aug; 126(4):515-22. PMID: 22708955; PMCID: PMC3669671.
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    13. Margolis E, Mitchell JM, Hjelmstad GO, Fields HL. A novel opioid receptor-mediated enhancement of GABAA receptor function induced by stress in ventral tegmental area neurons. J Physiol. 2011 Sep 1; 589(Pt 17):4229-42. PMID: 21690191; PMCID: PMC3180580.
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    14. Xia Y, Driscoll JR, Wilbrecht L, Margolis E, Fields HL, Hjelmstad GO. Nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons target non-dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area. J Neurosci. 2011 May 25; 31(21):7811-6. PMID: 21613494.
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    15. Margolis E, Coker AR, Driscoll JR, Lemaître AI, Fields HL. Reliability in the identification of midbrain dopamine neurons. PLoS One. 2010; 5(12):e15222. PMID: 21151605; PMCID: PMC3000317.
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    16. Xia YF, Margolis E, Hjelmstad GO. Substance P inhibits GABAB receptor signalling in the ventral tegmental area. J Physiol. 2010 May 1; 588(Pt 9):1541-9. PMID: 20231139; PMCID: PMC2876808.
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    17. Dobi A, Margolis E, Wang HL, Harvey BK, Morales M. Glutamatergic and nonglutamatergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area establish local synaptic contacts with dopaminergic and nondopaminergic neurons. J Neurosci. 2010 Jan 6; 30(1):218-29. PMID: 20053904; PMCID: PMC3209506.
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    18. Margolis E, Fields HL, Hjelmstad GO, Mitchell JM. Delta-opioid receptor expression in the ventral tegmental area protects against elevated alcohol consumption. J Neurosci. 2008 Nov 26; 28(48):12672-81. PMID: 19036960.
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    19. Margolis E, Mitchell JM, Ishikawa J, Hjelmstad GO, Fields HL. Midbrain dopamine neurons: projection target determines action potential duration and dopamine D(2) receptor inhibition. J Neurosci. 2008 Sep 3; 28(36):8908-13. PMID: 18768684.
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    20. Fields HL, Hjelmstad GO, Margolis E, Nicola SM. Ventral tegmental area neurons in learned appetitive behavior and positive reinforcement. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2007; 30:289-316. PMID: 17376009.
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    21. Margolis E, Lock H, Hjelmstad GO, Fields HL. The ventral tegmental area revisited: is there an electrophysiological marker for dopaminergic neurons? J Physiol. 2006 Dec 15; 577(Pt 3):907-24. PMID: 16959856; PMCID: PMC1890372.
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    22. Margolis E, Lock H, Chefer VI, Shippenberg TS, Hjelmstad GO, Fields HL. Kappa opioids selectively control dopaminergic neurons projecting to the prefrontal cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Feb 21; 103(8):2938-42. PMID: 16477003; PMCID: PMC1413839.
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    23. Margolis E, Hjelmstad GO, Bonci A, Fields HL. Both kappa and mu opioid agonists inhibit glutamatergic input to ventral tegmental area neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Jun; 93(6):3086-93. PMID: 15615834.
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    24. Margolis E, Hjelmstad GO, Bonci A, Fields HL. Kappa-opioid agonists directly inhibit midbrain dopaminergic neurons. J Neurosci. 2003 Nov 5; 23(31):9981-6. PMID: 14602811.
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