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After obtaining an M.D. from Kyoto University in Japan and completing his clinical training in anesthesiology, Hitoshi Morikawa became interested in basic research. His graduate work focused on morphine and other opiates as analgesic drugs, more specifically on the cellular mechanism of tolerance after prolonged treatment with opiates. After obtaining a Ph.D. in 1999, Morikawa joined John Williams’ lab as a postdoctoral fellow at the Vollum Institute in Portland, Oregon, with a naive intention to define the brain circuit involved in the euphoric action of drugs of abuse.
Morikawa joined the faculty in the Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin in 2002. His current research focuses on synaptic plasticity and neuroadaptations that drive reward-based conditioning and the development of addictive behaviors.
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Research Output 1994 2019
A corticotropin releasing factor network in the extended amygdala for anxiety
Pomrenze, M. B., Tovar-Diaz, J., Blasio, A., Maiya, R., Giovanetti, S. M., Lei, K., Morikawa, H., Woodward Hopf, F. & Messing, R. O., Feb 6 2019, In : Journal of Neuroscience. 39, 6, p. 1030-1043 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Cooperative CRF and α1 Adrenergic Signaling in the VTA Promotes NMDA Plasticity and Drives Social Stress Enhancement of Cocaine Conditioning
Tovar-Díaz, J., Pomrenze, M. B., Kan, R., Pahlavan, B. & Morikawa, H., Mar 6 2018, In : Cell Reports. 22, 10, p. 2756-2766 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The Evolving Understanding of Dopamine Neurons in the Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Area
Gantz, S. C., Ford, C. P., Morikawa, H. & Williams, J. T., Feb 10 2018, In : Annual Review of Physiology. 80, p. 219-241 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Junk food diet-induced obesity increases D2 receptor autoinhibition in the ventral tegmental area and reduces ethanol drinking
Cook, J. B., Hendrickson, L. M., Garwood, G. M., Toungate, K. M., Nania, C. V. & Morikawa, H., Aug 1 2017, In : PloS one. 12, 8, e0183685.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Mechanistic insights into epigenetic modulation of ethanol consumption
Ponomarev, I., Stelly, C. E., Morikawa, H., Blednov, Y. A., Mayfield, R. D. & Harris, R. A., May 1 2017, In : Alcohol. 60, p. 95-101 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article