Vijay Namboodiri, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Neurology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1651 4th Street, #411F
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Title(s)Scott Alan Myers Endowed Professor


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    University of California, San Francisco, CA10/2020Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training

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    Network and circuit dynamics supporting dopaminergic control of sudden insight learning
    NIH R01DA062018Jul 1, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Orbitofrontal circuit mechanisms underlying alcohol use disorder
    NIH R01AA029661Aug 15, 2022 - May 31, 2027
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Prospective and retrospective learning in orbitofrontal cortex
    NIH R01MH129582Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2027
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Neural encoding of associative learning by orbitofrontal cortex circuits
    NIH R00MH118422Sep 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2023
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Neural encoding of associative learning by orbitofrontal cortex circuits
    NIH K99MH118422Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2021
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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    1. Duration between rewards controls the rate of behavioral and dopaminergic learning. Nat Neurosci. 2026 Apr; 29(4):825-839. Burke DA, Taylor A, Jeong H, Lee S, Zsembik L, Wu B, Floeder JR, Naik GA, Chen R, Namboodiri VMK. PMID: 41680327; PMCID: PMC13035403.
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    2. Memory erasure by dopamine-gated retrospective learning. bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 22. Jeong H, Zsembik L, Farouq F, Chakraborty R, Belur N, Zhou M, Sanders AD, Wang SX, Srinivasan A, Cox SML, Garr E, Brooke S, Janak PH, Leyton M, Chen R, Namboodiri VMK. PMID: 41648262; PMCID: PMC12871728.
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    3. Pre-existing and emergent cortical neuronal assembly sequences during learning. bioRxiv. 2025 Nov 13. Pemberton L, Jeong H, Namboodiri VMK. PMID: 41292980; PMCID: PMC12642390.
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    4. Mesolimbic dopamine ramps reflect environmental timescales. Elife. 2025 Aug 29; 13. Floeder JR, Jeong H, Mohebi A, Namboodiri VMK. PMID: 40879335; PMCID: PMC12396814.
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    5. Mesostriatal dopamine is sensitive to changes in specific cue-reward contingencies. Sci Adv. 2024 05 31; 10(22):eadn4203. Garr E, Cheng Y, Jeong H, Brooke S, Castell L, Bal A, Magnard R, Namboodiri VMK, Janak PH. PMID: 38809978; PMCID: PMC11135394.
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    6. Sensory cortical ensembles exhibit differential coupling to ripples in distinct hippocampal subregions. Curr Biol. 2023 12 04; 33(23):5185-5198.e4. Jeong H, Namboodiri VMK, Jung MW, Andermann ML. PMID: 37995696; PMCID: PMC10842729.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    7. An open-source behavior controller for associative learning and memory (B-CALM). Behav Res Methods. 2024 04; 56(4):2695-2710. Zhou M, Wu B, Jeong H, Burke DA, Namboodiri VMK. PMID: 37464151; PMCID: PMC10898869.
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    8. Sensory cortical ensembles exhibit differential coupling to ripples in distinct hippocampal subregions. bioRxiv. 2023 Mar 18. Jeong H, Namboodiri VMK, Jung MW, Andermann ML. PMID: 36993665; PMCID: PMC10055189.
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    9. Mesolimbic dopamine release conveys causal associations. Science. 2022 12 23; 378(6626):eabq6740. Jeong H, Taylor A, Floeder JR, Lohmann M, Mihalas S, Wu B, Zhou M, Burke DA, Namboodiri VMK. PMID: 36480599; PMCID: PMC9910357.
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    10. How do real animals account for the passage of time during associative learning? Behav Neurosci. 2022 Oct; 136(5):383-391. Namboodiri VMK. PMID: 35482634; PMCID: PMC9561011.
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    11. Developments from Bulk Optogenetics to Single-Cell Strategies to Dissect the Neural Circuits that Underlie Aberrant Motivational States. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2022 03 01; 12(3). Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Namboodiri VMK, Basiri ML, Stamatakis AM, Stuber GD. PMID: 32513671; PMCID: PMC7799172.
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    12. The learning of prospective and retrospective cognitive maps within neural circuits. Neuron. 2021 11 17; 109(22):3552-3575. K Namboodiri VM, Stuber GD. PMID: 34678148; PMCID: PMC8809184.
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    13. Prepronociceptin-Expressing Neurons in the Extended Amygdala Encode and Promote Rapid Arousal Responses to Motivationally Salient Stimuli. Cell Rep. 2020 11 10; 33(6):108362. Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Ung RL, Nomura H, Otis JM, Basiri ML, Namboodiri VMK, Zhu X, Robinson JE, van den Munkhof HE, McHenry JA, Eckman LEH, Kosyk O, Jhou TC, Kash TL, Bruchas MR, Stuber GD. PMID: 33176134; PMCID: PMC8136285.
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    14. Heterogeneous Habenular Neuronal Ensembles during Selection of Defensive Behaviors. Cell Rep. 2020 06 09; 31(10):107752. Lecca S, Namboodiri VMK, Restivo L, Gervasi N, Pillolla G, Stuber GD, Mameli M. PMID: 32521277; PMCID: PMC7296347.
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    15. Interoceptive Inception in Insula. Neuron. 2020 03 18; 105(6):959-960. Namboodiri VMK, Stuber GD. PMID: 32191858.
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    16. Social Stimuli Induce Activation of Oxytocin Neurons Within the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus to Promote Social Behavior in Male Mice. J Neurosci. 2020 03 11; 40(11):2282-2295. Resendez SL, Namboodiri VMK, Otis JM, Eckman LEH, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Ung RL, Basiri ML, Kosyk O, Rossi MA, Dichter GS, Stuber GD. PMID: 32024781; PMCID: PMC7083279.
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    17. Persistent activation of central amygdala CRF neurons helps drive the immediate fear extinction deficit. Nat Commun. 2020 01 22; 11(1):422. Jo YS, Namboodiri VMK, Stuber GD, Zweifel LS. PMID: 31969571; PMCID: PMC6976644.
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    18. Paraventricular Thalamus Projection Neurons Integrate Cortical and Hypothalamic Signals for Cue-Reward Processing. Neuron. 2019 08 07; 103(3):423-431.e4. Otis JM, Zhu M, Namboodiri VMK, Cook CA, Kosyk O, Matan AM, Ying R, Hashikawa Y, Hashikawa K, Trujillo-Pisanty I, Guo J, Ung RL, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Anton ES, Stuber GD. PMID: 31196673; PMCID: PMC6773659.
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    19. Single-cell activity tracking reveals that orbitofrontal neurons acquire and maintain a long-term memory to guide behavioral adaptation. Nat Neurosci. 2019 07; 22(7):1110-1121. Namboodiri VMK, Otis JM, van Heeswijk K, Voets ES, Alghorazi RA, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Mihalas S, Stuber GD. PMID: 31160741; PMCID: PMC7002110.
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    20. The Timing of Reward-Seeking Action Tracks Visually Cued Theta Oscillations in Primary Visual Cortex. J Neurosci. 2017 10 25; 37(43):10408-10420. Levy JM, Zold CL, Namboodiri VMK, Hussain Shuler MG. PMID: 28947572; PMCID: PMC5656994.
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    21. Prefrontal cortex output circuits guide reward seeking through divergent cue encoding. Nature. 2017 03 02; 543(7643):103-107. Otis JM, Namboodiri VM, Matan AM, Voets ES, Mohorn EP, Kosyk O, McHenry JA, Robinson JE, Resendez SL, Rossi MA, Stuber GD. PMID: 28225752; PMCID: PMC5772935.
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    22. The habenula. Curr Biol. 2016 10 10; 26(19):R873-R877. Namboodiri VM, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Stuber GD. PMID: 27728786.
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    23. Cell-Type-Specific Optogenetics in Monkeys. Cell. 2016 Sep 08; 166(6):1366-1368. Namboodiri VMK, Stuber GD. PMID: 27610562.
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    24. Coordination of Brain-Wide Activity Dynamics by Dopaminergic Neurons. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017 02; 42(3):615-627. Decot HK, Namboodiri VM, Gao W, McHenry JA, Jennings JH, Lee SH, Kantak PA, Jill Kao YC, Das M, Witten IB, Deisseroth K, Shih YI, Stuber GD. PMID: 27515791; PMCID: PMC5240174.
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    25. Rationalizing spatial exploration patterns of wild animals and humans through a temporal discounting framework. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 08 02; 113(31):8747-52. Namboodiri VM, Levy JM, Mihalas S, Sims DW, Hussain Shuler MG. PMID: 27385831; PMCID: PMC4978240.
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    26. Visualization of cortical, subcortical and deep brain neural circuit dynamics during naturalistic mammalian behavior with head-mounted microscopes and chronically implanted lenses. Nat Protoc. 2016 Mar; 11(3):566-97. Resendez SL, Jennings JH, Ung RL, Namboodiri VM, Zhou ZC, Otis JM, Nomura H, McHenry JA, Kosyk O, Stuber GD. PMID: 26914316; PMCID: PMC5239057.
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    27. Analytical Calculation of Errors in Time and Value Perception Due to a Subjective Time Accumulator: A Mechanistic Model and the Generation of Weber's Law. Neural Comput. 2016 Jan; 28(1):89-117. Namboodiri VM, Mihalas S, Hussain Shuler MG. PMID: 26599714; PMCID: PMC12910451.
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    28. Memory bias in the temporal bisection point. Front Integr Neurosci. 2015; 9:44. Levy JM, Namboodiri VM, Hussain Shuler MG. PMID: 26217198; PMCID: PMC4493391.
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    29. Visually cued action timing in the primary visual cortex. Neuron. 2015 Apr 08; 86(1):319-30. Namboodiri VM, Huertas MA, Monk KJ, Shouval HZ, Hussain Shuler MG. PMID: 25819611; PMCID: PMC4393368.
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    30. A temporal basis for Weber's law in value perception. Front Integr Neurosci. 2014; 8:79. Namboodiri VM, Mihalas S, Hussain Shuler MG. PMID: 25352791; PMCID: PMC4196632.
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    31. Report of interval timing or action? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jun 03; 111(22):E2239. Namboodiri VM, Hussain Shuler MG. PMID: 24821818; PMCID: PMC4050533.
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    32. A general theory of intertemporal decision-making and the perception of time. Front Behav Neurosci. 2014; 8:61. Namboodiri VM, Mihalas S, Marton TM, Hussain Shuler MG. PMID: 24616677; PMCID: PMC3937698.
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    33. Rationalizing Decision-Making: Understanding the Cost and Perception of Time. Timing Time Percept Rev. 2014; 1(1). Namboodiri VMK, Mihalas S, Shuler MGH. PMID: 41669663; PMCID: PMC12885066.
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