Gittis Lab

Publications

2023

Isett, Brian R., Katrina P. Nguyen, Jenna C. Schwenk, Jeff R. Yurek, Christen N. Snyder, Maxime V. Vounatsos, Kendra A. Adegbesan, Ugne Ziausyte, and Aryn H. Gittis. “The indirect pathway of the basal ganglia promotes transient punishment but not motor suppression.” Neuron 111, no. 14 (2023).

2021

Albaugh, D. L., Gittis, A. H. “Stressing the importance of cholinergic interneurons in striatal function.
Movement Disorders (2021).

Spix, T. A. et al. “Population-specific neuromodulation prolongs therapeutic benefits of deep brain stimulation.”
Science (2021).

Aristieta, Asier, and Aryn Gittis. “Distinct globus pallidus circuits regulate motor and cognitive functions.”
Trends in Neuroscience (2021).

Nguyen, Katrina P., Sharma, Abhinav, Gil-Silva, Mauricio, Gittis, Aryn H., Chase, Steven M. “Distinct Kinematic Adjustments Accompany Locomotor Skill Development in Mice.
Neuroscience (2021).

2020

AH Gittis, BM Hooks, CR Gerfen. “Basal ganglia circuits.Neural Circuit and Cognitive Development. Academic Press (2020) p.221-242

Alyssa J Lawler, Ashley R Brown, Rachel S Bouchard, Noelle Toong, Yeonju Kim, Nitinram Velraj, Grant Fox, Michael Kleyman, Byungsoo Kang, Aryn H Gittis, Andreas R Pfenning. “Cell Type-Specific Oxidative Stress Genomic Signatures in the Globus Pallidus of Dopamine-Depleted Mice.” Journal of Neuroscience (2020)

RS Phillips, I Rosner, AH Gittis, JE Rubin. “The effects of chloride dynamics on substantia nigra pars reticulata responses to pallidal and striatal inputs.” eLife (2020)

Spix, Teresa, Gittis, Aryn H. “Parkinson’s Disease: Debunking an old theory.”
eLife Preview (2020)

Whalen, Timothy C., Willard, Amanda M., Rubin, Jonathan E., Gittis, Aryn H. “Delta oscillations are a robust biomarker of dopamine depletion severity and motor dysfunction in awake mice.
Journal of Neurophysiology (2020)

Phillips, Ryan S., Rosner, Ian, Gittis, Aryn H., Rubin, Jonathan E. “A computational model explains and predicts substantia nigra pars reticulata responses to pallidal and striatal inputs.
BioRxiv (2020)

2019

Willard, Amanda M., et al. “State transitions in the substantia nigra reticulata predict the onset of motor deficits in models of progressive dopamine depletion in mice.
eLife 8 (2019): e42746.

Corbit, Victoria L., et al. “Strengthened inputs from secondary motor cortex to striatum in a mouse model of compulsive behavior.
Journal of Neuroscience 39 (15) 2965-2975.

Eisinger, Robert S., et al. “A review of basal ganglia circuits and physiology: application to deep brain stimulation.
Parkinsonism & related disorders 59 (2019): 9-20.

2018

Whalen, Timothy C., and Aryn H. Gittis. “Histamine and deep brain stimulation: the pharmacology of regularizing a brain.
The Journal of clinical investigation 128.12 (2018).

Gittis, Aryn. “Probing new targets for movement disorders.
Science 361.6401 (2018): 462-462

2017

Corbit, Victoria L., Susanne E. Ahmari, and Aryn H. Gittis. “A corticostriatal balancing act supports skill learning.
Neuron, 96(2) (2017): 253-255.

Mastro KJ, Zitelli KT, Willard AM, LeBlanc KH, Kravits AV, Gittis AH (2017). “Cell-specific pallidal intervention induces long-lasting motor recovery in dopamine-depleted mice.
Nature Neuroscience, 20(6), 815-823.

2016

Corbit, Victoria L., Timothy C. Whalen, Kevin T. Zitelli, Stephanie Y. Crilly, Jonathan E. Rubin, and Aryn H. Gittis. “Pallidostriatal Projections Promote β Oscillations in a Dopamine-Depleted Biophysical Network Model.” The Journal of Neuroscience 36, no. 20 (2016): 5556-5571.

2015

Gittis, Aryn H., and Daniel J. Brasier. “Astrocytes tell neurons when to listen up.” Science 349, no. 6249 (2015): 690-691.

Willard, Amanda M., and Aryn H. Gittis. “Dopamine System: Mapping neural circuits with CLARITY.” eLife 4 (2015): e11409.

Willard, AM, Bouchard RS, Gittis AH. (2015) “Differential degradation of motor deficits during gradual dopamine depletion with 6-hydroxydopamine in mice.” Neuroscience.

Mastro, KJ, & Gittis, AH (2015). “Striking the Right Balance: Cortical Modulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus-Globus Pallidus Circuit.” Neuron, 85(2), 233-235.

2014

Gittis, Aryn H., Joshua D. Berke, Mark D. Bevan, C. Savio Chan, Nicolas Mallet, Michelle M. Morrow, and Robert Schmidt. “New roles for the external globus pallidus in basal ganglia circuits and behavior.” The Journal of Neuroscience 34, no. 46 (2014): 15178-15183.

Mastro, Kevin J., Rachel S. Bouchard, Hiromi AK Holt, and Aryn H. Gittis. “Transgenic mouse lines subdivide external segment of the globus pallidus (GPe) neurons and reveal distinct GPe output pathways.” The Journal of neuroscience 34, no. 6 (2014): 2087-2099

2012

Gittis AH, Kreitzer AC. “Striatal microcircuitry and movement disorders.” Trends Neurosci. 2012 Jul 31.

2011

Gittis AH, Leventhal, DK, Fensterheim BA, Pettibone JR, Berke JD, Kreitzer AC. “Selective inhibition of striatal fast-spiking interneurons causes dyskinesia.” J Neurosci. 2011 Nov 2;31(44):15727-31.

Gittis AH, Hang GB, Shoenfeld LM, Atallah B, Kreitzer A. “Rapid reorganization of striatal microcircuits in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease.” Neuron 71(5): 858-868.

Higley MJ, Gittis AH, Oldenburg IA, Balthasar N, Seal RP, Edwards RH, Lowell BB, Kreitzer AC, Sabatini BL. “Cholinergic interneurons mediate fast VGluT3-dependent glutamatergic transmission in the striatum.” PLoS One. 2011 Apr 22;6(4):e19155.

2010

Gittis AH, Nelson AB, Kreitzer AC. “Distinct roles of GABAergic interneurons in the regulation of striatal output pathways.” J Neurosci. 2010 Feb 10;30(6):2223-34.