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Subcortical Contributions to Emotion, Stress and Cognition

Representative Papers

Lee, K.M., Rodriguez, J., Hartley, L., Kragel, P.A., Chanes, L., Wager, T.D., Quigley., K.S., Wald, L.L., Bianciardi, M., Barrett, L.F., Theriault, J.E., Satpute, A.B. (2025). Functional architecture of the human hypothalamus: Cortical coupling and subregional organization using 7-Tesla fMRI. https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2506.06191

Fischbach, A., Satpute, A. B., Quigley, K. S., Kragel, P. A., Chen, D., Bianciardi, M., Wald, L. L., Wager, T. D., Choi, J-K., Zhang, J., Barrett, L. F., Theriault, J. E. (2024). 7-Tesla evidence for columnar and rostral-caudal organization of the human periaqueductal gray response in the absence of threat: a working memory study. Journal of Neuroscience, 44 (26) e1757232024; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1757-23.2024

Chen, D., Kragel, P. A., Kross, Z., Wager, T. D., Wald, L. L., Bianciardi, M., Satpute, A. B., Quigley, K.S., Barrett, L.F., Katsumi, Y. & Theriault, J. E. (2022a). Layer-dependent activity in the human superior colliculus during working memory. bioRxiv, 2022-12. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.06.51897

Chen, D., Kragel, P.A., Kross, Z., Savoca, P.W., Wald, L.L., Bianciardi, M., Wager, T.D., Quigley, K.S., Satpute, A.B., Barrett, L.F. and Theriault, J.E. (2022b). The role of human superior colliculus in affective experiences during visual and somatosensory stimulation. bioRxiv, 2022-12. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.09.519812

Kragel, P. A., Čeko, M., Theriault, J., Chen, D., Satpute, A. B., Wald, L. W., Lindquist, M.A., Barrett, L.F. & Wager, T. D. (2021). A human colliculus-pulvinar-amygdala pathway encodes negative emotion. Neuron, 109(15), 2404-2412. PMCID: PMC8349850

Kragel, P.A., Bianciardi, M., Hartley, L., Matthewson, G., Choi, J.K., Quigley, K.S., Wald, L.L., Wager, T.D., Barrett, L.F. and Satpute, A.B. (2019). Functional involvement of human periaqueductal gray and other midbrain nuclei in cognitive control. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(31), 6180-6189. PMCID: PMC6668211

Bickart, K. C., Dickerson, B. C., & Barrett, L. F. (2014). The amygdala as a hub in brain networks that support social life. Neuropsychologia, 63, 235-248. PMCID: PMC4981504