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ArticleNature communications2021

Delineation of an insula-BNST circuit engaged by struggling behavior that regulates avoidance in mice.

Joseph R Luchsinger, Tracy L Fetterly, Kellie M Williford, Gregory J Salimando, Marie A Doyle, Jose Maldonado, Richard B Simerly, Danny G Winder, Samuel W Centanni

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. The S1-insula Circuit Differentially Modulates Alcohol Drinking and Aversive Behavior in Mice.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  13. Sex-specific relationships between stress coping and avoidance behavior.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  15. Epigenetic manipulation of anterior insular cortex alters neural signals and cognitive control.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Joseph R LuchsingerVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8577-2947
Tracy L FetterlyVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Kellie M WillifordVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7405-6459
Gregory J SalimandoVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Marie A DoyleVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Jose MaldonadoVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Richard B SimerlyVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. richard.simerly@vanderbilt.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5840-0152
Danny G WinderVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. danny.winder@vanderbilt.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6185-4769
Samuel W CentanniVanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. samuel.centanni@vanderbilt.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3941-7677

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007347 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER S. · 1985 to 2023
$26.3M
Overall: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at VanderbiltP50HD103537 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Lea K Davis · 2020 to 2026
$10.3M
Program in NeurogenomicsT32MH065215 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI ROGER J COLBRAN · 2002 to 2026
$6.4M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM152284 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Christopher S. Williams · 2024 to 2026
$4.8M
Sex Dependent Recruitment of PKCdelta Neurons by Stress: Administrative Supplement for Noradrenergic Regulation in the BNSTR01DA042475 · NIDA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WINDER, DANNY G. · 2016 to 2025
$4.0M
Alcohol action on extended amygdala glutamate synapsesR37AA019455 · NIAAA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WINDER, DANNY G. · 2015 to 2024
$3.9M
Leptin and Developmental Programming of Hypothalamic Autonomic OutflowR01DK106476 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI SIMERLY, RICHARD B · 2016 to 2024
$3.7M
Insular Cortex-BNST neural circuit regulation of chronic alcohol abstinence-induced negative affectK99AA027774 · NIAAA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CENTANNI, SAMUEL · 2020 to 2021
$300k
Identification and modulation of insula to BNST circuit specific afferents in ethanol abstinenceF30AA027126 · NIAAA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI LUCHSINGER, JOSEPH RICHARD · 2019 to 2021
$111k
BNST PKCdelta Roles in Affective BehaviorF99NS120599 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIFORD, KELLIE M · 2020 to 2021
$63k
NIAAA NIH HHS F30 AA027126NIAAA NIH HHS K99 AA027774NIAAA NIH HHS R37 AA019455NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103537NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042475NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK106476NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007347NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM152284NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH065215NINDS NIH HHS F99 NS120599
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Active responses to stressors involve motor planning, execution, and feedback. Here we identify an insular cortex to BNST (insula

Indexed as

Avoidance LearningBehavior, AnimalAmygdalaAnimalsBrainCerebral CortexFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsSomatosensory Cortex

Identifiers

PMID34117229
PMCPMC8196075

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