Publications (Selected)

Egan AE, Seemiller LR, Packard AEB, Solomon MB, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2019) Palatable food reduces anxiety-like behaviors and HPA axis responses to stress in female rats in an estrous cycle-specific manner. Horm Behav 115: 104557.

Egan AE, Thompson AMK, Buesing D, Fourman SF, Packard AEB, Terefe T, Li D, Wang X, Song S, Solomon MB, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2018) Palatable food affects HPA axis responsivity and forebrain neurocircuitry in an estrous cycle-specific manner in female rats. Neuroscience 384: 224-240.

Ryan KK, Packard AEB, Larson KR, Halcomb K, Stout J, Fourman SM, Thompson AMK, Ludwick K, Habegger KM, Stemmer K, Itoh N, Perez-Tilve D, Tschoep M, Seeley RJ, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2018) Dietary manipulations that induce ketosis activate the HPA axis via fibroblast growth factor-21. Endocrinology 159: 400-413.

Packard AEB, Di S, Egan AE, Fourman SM, Tasker JG, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2017) Sucrose-induced plasticity in the basolateral amygdala in a ‘comfort’ feeding paradigm. Brain Struct Funct 222: 4035-4050.

Packard AEB, Zhang J, Myers B, Ko CW, Wang F, Tso P, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2017) Apolipoprotein A-IV constrains HPA and behavioral stress responsivity in a strain-dependent manner. Psychoneuroendocrinology 86: 34-44.

Song Z, Xie W, Chen S, Strong JA, Print MS, Wang JI, Shareef AF, Ulrich-Lai YM, Zhang JM. (2017) High-fat diet increases pain behaviors in rats with or without obesity. Sci Rep 7: 10350.

Myers B, McKlveen JM, Morano R, Ulrich-Lai YM, Solomon MB, Wilson SP, Herman JP. (2017) Vesicular glutamate transporter 1 knockdown in infralimbic prefrontal cortex exacerbates neuroendocrine responses to chronic stress in male rats. Endocrinology 158: 3579-3591.

Ulrich-Lai YM. (2016) Self-medication with sucrose.  Curr Opin Behav Sci 9: 78-83.

Packard AEB, Egan AE, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2016) HPA axis interactions with behavioral systems.  Compr Physiol 6: 1897-1934.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Christiansen AM, Wang X, Song S, Herman JP. (2016) Statistical modeling implicates neuroanatomical circuit mediating stress relief by ‘comfort’ food.  Brain Struct Funct 221: 3141-3156.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Fulton S, Wilson M, Petrovich G, Rinaman L. (2015) Stress exposure, food intake, and emotional state.  Stress 18: 381-399.

Gutierrez-Aguilar R, Thompson A, Marchand N, Dumont P, Woods SC, de Launoit Y, Seeley RJ, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2015) The obesity-associated transcription factor ETV5 modulates circulating glucocorticoids.  Physiol Behav 150: 38-42.

Egan AE, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2015) Activation of physiological stress responses by a natural reward: novel vs. repeated sucrose intake.  Physiol Behav 150: 43-52.

Thompson AK, Fourman S, Packard AEB, Egan AE, Ryan KK, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2015) Metabolic consequences of chronic intermittent mild stress exposure.  Physiol Behav 150: 24-30.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Ryan KK. (2014) Neuroendocrine circuits governing energy balance and stress regulation: functional overlap and therapeutic implications.  Cell Metab 19: 910-925.

Ryan KK, Mul JD, Clemmensen C, Egan AE, Begg DP, Halcomb K, Seeley RJ, Herman JP, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2014) Loss of melanocortin-4 receptor function attenuates HPA responses to psychological stress.  Psychoneuroendocrinology 42: 98-105.

Packard AEB, Ghosal S, Herman JP, Woods SC, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2014) Chronic variable stress improves glucose tolerance in rats with sucrose-induced prediabetes.  Psychoneuroendocrinology 47: 178-188.

Grayson BE, Hakala-Finch AP, Kekulawala M, Laub H, Egan AE, Ressler IB, Woods SC, Herman JP, Seeley RJ, Benoit SC, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2014) Weight loss by calorie restriction versus bariatric surgery differentially regulates the HPA axis in male rats.  Stress 19: 1-36.

Ryan KK, Grayson BE, Jones KR, Schneider AL, Woods SC, Seeley RJ, Herman JP, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2012) Physiologic responses to acute psychological stress are reduced by the PPARγ agonist Rosiglitazone.  Endocrinology 153: 1279-1287.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Jones KR, Ziegler DR, Cullinan WE, Herman JP. (2011) Forebrain origins of glutamatergic innervation to the rat paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus: differential inputs to the anterior versus posterior subregions.  J Comp Neurol 519: 1301-1319.

Christiansen AM, Herman JP, Ulrich-Lai YM. (2011) Regulatory interactions of stress and reward on rat forebrain opioidergic and GABAergic circuitry.  Stress 14: 205-215.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Christiansen AC, Ostrander MM, Jones AA, Jones KR, Choi DC, Krause EG, Evanson NK, Furay AR, Davis JF, Solomon MB, de Kloet AD, Tamashiro KL, Sakai RR, Seeley RJ, Woods SC, Herman JP. (2010) Pleasurable behaviors reduce stress via brain reward pathways.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107: 20529-20534.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Herman JP. (2009) Neural regulation of endocrine and autonomic stress responses. Nat Rev Neurosci 10: 397-409.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Ostrander MM, Thomas IM, Packard BA, Furay AR, Dolgas CM, Van Hooren DC, Figueiredo HF, Mueller NK, Choi DC, Herman JP. (2007) Daily limited access to sweetened drink attenuates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis stress responses.  Endocrinology  148: 1823-1834.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Figueiredo HF, Ostrander MM, Choi DC, Engeland WC, Herman JP. (2006) Chronic stress induces adrenal hyperplasia and hypertrophy in a subregion-specific manner. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 291: E965-E973.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Xie WR, Meij JTA, Dolgas CM, Yu L, Herman JP. (2006) Limbic and HPA axis function in an animal model of neuropathic pain. Physiol Behav 88: 67-76.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Arnhold MM, Engeland WC. (2006) Adrenal splanchnic innervation contributes to the diurnal rhythm of plasma corticosterone in rats by modulating adrenal sensitivity to ACTH. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 290: R1128-R1135.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Engeland WC. (2002) Adrenal splanchnic innervation modulates adrenal cortical responses to dehydration stress in rats. Neuroendocrinology 76: 79-92.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Marek DJ, Engeland WC. (2002) Capsaicin-sensitive adrenal sensory fibers participate in compensatory adrenal growth in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 283: R877-R884.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Harding-Rose CA, Guo A, Bowles WR, Engeland WC. (2001) ACTH inhibits the capsaicin-evoked release of CGRP from rat adrenal afferent nerves. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 280: R137-R142.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Flores CM, Harding-Rose CA, Goodis HE, Hargreaves KM. (2001) Capsaicin-evoked release of immunoreactive calcitonin gene-related peptide from rat trigeminal ganglion: evidence for intraganglionic neurotransmission. Pain 91: 219-226.

Ulrich-Lai YM, Engeland WC. (2000) Hyperinnervation during adrenal regeneration influences the rate of functional recovery. Neuroendocrinology 71: 107-123.