Publications

Melick, A., Lukacik, D., Chawla, S., Schaefer, S.Y., Beeman, S.C. and Verpeut, J.L., 2025. A Fine Motor Task to Study Joint Kinematics in a Preclinical Model of Neurodegenerative Disease. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), (220), p.e68128.

Lyle TT, Verpeut JL. Adolescent cerebellar nuclei manipulation alters reversal learning and perineuronal net intensity independently in male and female mice. J Neurosci. 2025 Jan 3:e2182232024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2182-23.2024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39753302

Truong, V., Moore, J.E., Ricoy, U.M. and Verpeut, J.L., 2024. Low-Cost Approaches in Neuroscience to Teach Machine Learning Using a Cockroach Model. eNeuro. PMID: 39653390.

Verpeut, J.L., 2024. Restoring cerebellar-dependent learning. Elife, 13, p.e100251. PMID: 39012692

d’Oleire Uquillas, F., Sefik, E., Li, B., Trotter, M.A., Steele, K.A., Seidlitz, J., Gesue, R., Latif, M., Fasulo, T., Zhang, V. Kislin, M., Verpeut, J., Cohen, J., Sepulcre, J., Wang, S.W., J., Gomez. 2024. Multimodal evidence for cerebellar influence on cortical development in autism: structural growth amidst functional disruption. Molecular Psychiatry, pp.1-15. PMID: 39390225

Verpeut, J.L. and Oostland, M., 2024. The significance of cerebellar contributions in early-life through aging. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 18, p.1449364. PMID: 39258107

Suriano, C.M., Kumar, N., Verpeut, J.L., Ma, J., Jung, C., Dunn, C.E., Carvajal, B.V., Nguyen, A.V. and Boulanger, L.M., 2024. An innate immune response to adeno-associated virus genomes decreases cortical dendritic complexity and disrupts synaptic transmission. Molecular Therapy. PMID: 38566414

Rudolph, S., Badura, A., Lutzu, S., Pathak, S.S., Thieme, A., Verpeut, J.L., Wagner, M.J., Yang, Y.M. and Fioravante, D., 2023. Cognitive-Affective Functions of the Cerebellum. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(45), pp.7554-7564. PMID: 37940582

Verpeut, J.L., Bergeler, S., Kislin, M., William Townes, F., Klibaite, U., Dhanerawala, Z.M., Hoag, A., Janarthanan, S., Jung, C., Lee, J. and Pisano, T.J., Seagraves, K., Shaevitz, S.W., Wang, S.S.H, 2023. Cerebellar contributions to a brainwide network for flexible behavior in mice. Communications Biology, 6(1), p.605. PMID: 37277453.

Maturana, C.J., Chan, A., Verpeut, J.L. and Engel, E.A., 2023. Local and systemic administration of AAV vectors with alphaherpesvirus latency-associated promoter 2 drives potent transgene expression in mouse liver, kidney, and skeletal muscle. Journal of Virological Methods, p.114688. PMID: 36736702.

Maturana, C.J., Verpeut, J.L., Kooshkbaghi, M. et al. Novel tool to quantify with single-cell resolution the number of incoming AAV genomes co-expressed in the mouse nervous system. Gene Ther 30, 463–468 (2023). PMID: 34176926

Maturana, C.J., Verpeut, J.L. and Engel, E.A., 2022. Correction: Single‐Cell Quantification of Triple‐AAV Vector Genomes Coexpressed in Neurons. Current Protocols, 2(6), p.e499. PMID: 35758166.

Pisano, T. J., Hoag, A. T., Dhanerawala, Z. M., Guariglia, S. R., Jung, C., Boele, H. J., Seagraves, K. M., Verpeut, J. L., & Wang, S. S., 2022. Automated high-throughput mouse transsynaptic viral tracing using iDISCO+ tissue clearing, light-sheet microscopy, and BrainPipe. STAR protocols, 3(2), 101289. PMID: 35496792.

Klibaite, U., Kislin, M., Verpeut, J.L., Bergeler, S., Sun, X., Shaevitz, J.W. and Wang, S.S.H., 2022. Deep phenotyping reveals movement phenotypes in mouse neurodevelopmental models. Molecular Autism, 13(1), pp.1-18. PMID: 35279205.

Wiersielis, K., Yasrebi, A., Ramirez, P., Verpeut J.L., Regan, D., Roepke, T.A. 2021. The influence of estrogen receptor α signaling independent of the estrogen response element on avoidance behavior, social interactions, and palatable ingestive behavior in female mice. Hormones and Behavior, 136. PMID: 34749278.

Pisano, T.J., Dhanerawala, Z.M., Kislin, M., Bakshinskaya, D., Engel, E.A., Hansen, E.J., Hoag, A.T., Lee, J., de Oude, N.L., Venkataraju, K.U., Verpeut, J.L. … & Wang, S. S. H, 2021. Homologous organization of cerebellar pathways to sensory, motor, and associative forebrain. Cell Reports, 36(12), p.109721. PMID: 34551311.

Maturana, C.J., Verpeut, J.L., Pisano, T.J., Dhanerawala, Z.M., Esteves, A., Enquist, L.W. and Engel, E.A., 2020. Small Alphaherpesvirus Latency-Associated Promoters Drive Efficient and Long-Term Transgene Expression in the CNS. Molecular Therapy-Methods & Clinical Development, 17, pp.843-857. PMID: 32368565.

Zanin, J, Verpeut, J.L., Li, Y., Shiflett, M.W., Wang, S.S.H., Santhakumar, V. and Friedman, W.J., 2019. The p75NTR influences cerebellar circuit development and adult behavior via regulation of cell cycle duration of granule cell progenitors. Journal of Neuroscience, pp.0990-19. PMID: 31582529.

Badura, A., Verpeut, J.L., Metzger, J.W., Pereira, T.D., Pisano, T.J., Deverett, B., Bakshinskaya, D.E. and Wang, S.S., 2018. Normal cognitive and social development require posterior cerebellar activity. eLife, 7, p.e36401. PMID: 30226467.

Oni, E.N., Halikere, A., Li, G., Toro-Ramos, A.J., Swerdel, M.R., Verpeut, J.L., Moore, J.C., Bello, N.T., Bierut, L.J., Goate, A. and Tischfield, J.A., 2016. Increased nicotine response in iPSC-derived human neurons carrying the CHRNA5 N398 allele. Scientific reports, 6, p.34341. PMID: 27698409.

Verpeut, J.L., DiCicco-Bloom, E. and Bello, N.T., 2016. Ketogenic diet exposure during the juvenile period increases social behaviors and forebrain neural activation in adult Engrailed 2 null mice. Physiology & behavior, 161, pp.90-98. PMID: 27080080.

Gotthardt, J.D., Verpeut, J.L., Yeomans, B.L., Yang, J.A., Yasrebi, A., Roepke, T.A. and Bello, N.T., 2015. Intermittent fasting promotes fat loss with lean mass retention, increased hypothalamic norepinephrine content, and increased neuropeptide Y gene expression in diet-induced obese male mice. Endocrinology, 157(2), pp.679-691. PMID: 26653760.

Bello, N.T., Walters, A.L., Verpeut, J.L. and Caverly, J., 2014. Dietary-induced binge eating increases prefrontal cortex neural activation to restraint stress and increases binge food consumption following chronic guanfacine. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 125, pp.21-28. PMID: 25158105.

Verpeut, J.L. and Bello, N.T., 2014. Drug safety evaluation of naltrexone/bupropion for the treatment of obesity. Expert opinion on drug safety, 13(6), pp.831-841. PMID: 24766397.

Bello, N.T., Yeh, C.Y., Verpeut, J.L. and Walters, A.L., 2014. Binge-like eating attenuates nisoxetine feeding suppression, stress activation, and brain norepinephrine activity. PloS one, 9(4), p.e93610. PMID: 24695494.

Verpeut, J.L., Walters, A.L. and Bello, N.T., 2013. Citrus aurantium and Rhodiola rosea in combination reduce visceral white adipose tissue and increase hypothalamic norepinephrine in a rat model of diet-induced obesity. Nutrition research, 33(6), pp.503-512. PMID: 23746567.

Bello, N.T., Walters, A.L., Verpeut, J.L. and Cunha, P.P., 2013. High-fat diet-induced alterations in the feeding suppression of low-dose nisoxetine, a selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Journal of obesity, 2013. PMID: 23431425.

Stuber, E.F., Verpeut, J., Horvat-Gordon, M., Ramachandran, R. and Bartell, P.A., 2013. Differential regulation of adipokines may influence migratory behavior in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). PLoS One, 8(6), p.e59097. PMID: 23785393.

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