education and training
- Ph.D. in Psychology (specialization in behavioral neuroscience), University of California, Santa Barbara - (Santa Barbara, California, United States) 2010
selected publications
Academic Articles26
- Penzo, M. A., & Moscarello, J. M. (2023). From aversive associations to defensive programs: experience-dependent synaptic modifications in the central amygdala.. Trends in Neurosciences. 46(9), 701-711.
- Guerra, D. P., Wang, W., Souza, K. A., & Moscarello, J. M. (2023). A sex-specific role for the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in proactive defensive behavior.. 48(8), 1234-1244.
- Moscarello, J. M., & Penzo, M. A. (2022). The central nucleus of the amygdala and the construction of defensive modes across the threat-imminence continuum.. Nature Neuroscience. 25(8), 999-1008.
- Oleksiak, C. R., Ramanathan, K. R., Miles, O. W., Perry, S. J., Maren, S., & Moscarello, J. M. (2021). Ventral hippocampus mediates the context-dependence of two-way signaled avoidance in male rats.. 183, 107458-107458.
- Oleksiak, C. R., Ramanathan, K. R., Miles, O. W., Perry, S. J., Maren, S., & Moscarello, J. M. (2021). Ventral hippocampus mediates the context-dependence of two-way signaled avoidance in male rats.
Chapters1
- Hartley, C. A., Moscarello, J. M., Quirk, G. J., & Phelps, E. A. (2014). The Cognitive Neuroscience of Fear and Its Control: From Animal Models to Human Experience. The Cognitive Neurosciences. MIT Press.
Repository Documents / Preprints5
- Plas, S. L., Oleksiak, C. R., Pitre, C., Melton, C., Moscarello, J. M., & Maren, S. (2024). Acute stress yields a sex-dependent facilitation of signaled active avoidance in rats..
- Oleksiak, C. R., Plas, S. L., Carriaga, D., Vasudevan, K., Maren, S., & Moscarello, J. M. (2024). Ventral hippocampus mediates inter-trial responding in signaled active avoidance.
- Sears, R. M., Andrade, E., Samels, S. B., Laughlin, L. C., Moloney, D. M., Wilson, D. A., ... Cain, C. K. (2024). Devaluation of response-produced safety signals reveals circuits for goal-directed versus habitual avoidance in dorsal striatum.
- Guerra, D. P., Wang, W., de Souza, K. A., & Moscarello, J. M. (2022). The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis mediates the expression of proactive defensive behavior.
- Kim, W. S., Liu, J., Li, Q., Hong, S., Qi, K., Cherukuri, R., ... Park, S. I. (2021). AI-driven high-throughput automation of behavioral analysis and dual-channel wireless optogenetics for multiplexing brain dynamics.
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recent teaching activities
- BICH491 Hnr-research Instructor
- BICH491 Research Instructor
- BIMS491 Hnr-research Instructor
- BIMS491 Research Instructor
- NRSC235 Intro Beh & Cog Neuroscience Instructor
Email
jmm31@tamu.edu
First Name
Justin
Last Name
Moscarello
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Psychology; 4235 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4235
USA
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