Olivier Berton
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
125 s 31st street , TRL building, room 2218
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403
Office: 215-573-6442
Fax: 215-573-2041
Fax: 215-573-2041
Email:
Bertonol@mail.med.upenn.edu
Bertonol@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
PhD (Neuroscience)
U Bordeaux II, Victor Segalen, France, 1998.
PhD (Neuroscience)
U Bordeaux II, Victor Segalen, France, 1998.
Post-Graduate Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Artigas Lab, CSIC Dept Neurochem. Barcelona Spain , 1999-2000.
Group Leader, UCB Pharma, Psychopharmacology Unit, Brussels, Belgium, 2000-2002.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Nestler Lab, UT Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas, Tx USA, 2002-2004.
Instructor, Nestler Lab, UT Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas, Tx USA, 2004-2008.
Permanent linkPostdoctoral Fellow, Artigas Lab, CSIC Dept Neurochem. Barcelona Spain , 1999-2000.
Group Leader, UCB Pharma, Psychopharmacology Unit, Brussels, Belgium, 2000-2002.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Nestler Lab, UT Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas, Tx USA, 2002-2004.
Instructor, Nestler Lab, UT Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas, Tx USA, 2004-2008.
Selected Publications
Krishnan Vaishnav, Berton Olivier, Nestler Eric: The use of animal models in psychiatric research and treatment. The American journal of psychiatry 165(9): 1109, Sep 2008.Krishnan Vaishnav, Han Ming-Hu, Graham Danielle L, Berton Olivier, Renthal William, Russo Scott J, Laplant Quincey, Graham Ami, Lutter Michael, Lagace Diane C, Ghose Subroto, Reister Robin, Tannous Paul, Green Thomas A, Neve Rachael L, Chakravarty Sumana, Kumar Arvind, Eisch Amelia J, Self David W, Lee Francis S, Tamminga Carol A, Cooper Donald C, Gershenfeld Howard K, Nestler Eric J: Molecular adaptations underlying susceptibility and resistance to social defeat in brain reward regions. Cell 131(2): 391-404, Oct 2007.
Berton Olivier, Covington Herbert E, Ebner Karl, Tsankova Nadia M, Carle Tiffany L, Ulery Paula, Bhonsle Akshay, Barrot Michel, Krishnan Vaishnav, Singewald Georg M, Singewald Nicolas, Birnbaum Shari, Neve Rachael L, Nestler Eric J: Induction of deltaFosB in the periaqueductal gray by stress promotes active coping responses. Neuron 55(2): 289-300, Jul 2007.
Tsankova Nadia M, Berton Olivier, Renthal William, Kumar Arvind, Neve Rachel L, Nestler Eric J: Sustained hippocampal chromatin regulation in a mouse model of depression and antidepressant action. Nature neuroscience 9(4): 519-25, Apr 2006.
Berton Olivier, McClung Colleen A, Dileone Ralph J, Krishnan Vaishnav, Renthal William, Russo Scott J, Graham Danielle, Tsankova Nadia M, Bolanos Carlos A, Rios Maribel, Monteggia Lisa M, Self David W, Nestler Eric J: Essential role of BDNF in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway in social defeat stress. Science (New York, N.Y.) 311(5762): 864-8, Feb 2006.
Berton Olivier, Nestler Eric J: New approaches to antidepressant drug discovery: beyond monoamines. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 7(2): 137-51, Feb 2006.
Chaouloff F, Berton O, Mormède P: Serotonin and stress. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 21(2 Suppl): 28S-32S, Aug 1999.
