Maier, Steven F.

Learned helplessness: Theory and evidence

Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. (1976) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Memory and Neural MechanismsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Cited by 2,494

Cytokines for psychologists: Implications of bidirectional immune-to-brain communication for understanding behavior, mood, and cognition.

Maier, S. F., & Watkins, L. R. (1998) · Psychological Review

Tryptophan and brain disordersStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 1,130

Learned helplessness at fifty: Insights from neuroscience.

Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2016) · Psychological Review

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 1,031

Medial prefrontal cortex determines how stressor controllability affects behavior and dorsal raphe nucleus

Amat, J., Baratta, M. V., Paul, E., Bland, S. T., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2005) · Nature Neuroscience

Stress Responses and CortisolNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 931

Stressor controllability and learned helplessness: the roles of the dorsal raphe nucleus, serotonin, and corticotropin-releasing factor.

Maier, S. F., & Watkins, L. R. (2005) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Stress Responses and CortisolNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 737

Minocycline attenuates mechanical allodynia and proinflammatory cytokine expression in rat models of pain facilitation

Ledeboer, A., Sloane, E. M., Milligan, E. D., Frank, M. G., Mahony, J. H., Maier, S. F., & Watkins, L. R. (2005) · Pain

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 677

Dynamic microglial alterations underlie stress-induced depressive-like behavior and suppressed neurogenesis

Kreisel, T., Frank, M. G., Licht, T., Reshef, R., Ben-Menachem-Zidon, O., Baratta, M. V., Maier, S. F., & Yirmiya, R. (2014) · Molecular Psychiatry

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsTryptophan and brain disorders

Cited by 663

Immune activation: the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in inflammation, illness responses and pathological pain states

Watkins, L. R., Maier, S. F., & Goehler, L. E. (1995) · Pain

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsTryptophan and brain disorders

Cited by 659

Cytokine-to-brain communication: A review & analysis of alternative mechanisms

Watkins, L. R., Maier, S. F., & Goehler, L. E. (1995) · Life Sciences

Tryptophan and brain disordersNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 597

Microglia serve as a neuroimmune substrate for stress-induced potentiation of CNS pro-inflammatory cytokine responses

Frank, M. G., Baratta, M. V., Sprunger, D. B., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2007) · Brain Behavior and Immunity

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 578

Vagal immune-to-brain communication: a visceral chemosensory pathway

Goehler, L. E., Gaykema, R. P. A., Hansen, M. K., Anderson, K., Maier, S. F., & Watkins, L. R. (2000) · Autonomic Neuroscience

Vagus Nerve Stimulation ResearchHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Cited by 525

Blockade of interleukin-1 induced hyperthermia by subdiaphragmatic vagotomy: evidence for vagal mediation of immune-brain communication

Watkins, L. R., Goehler, L. E., Relton, J. K., Tartaglia, N., Silbert, L., Martin, D., & Maier, S. F. (1995) · Neuroscience Letters

Vagus Nerve Stimulation ResearchThermal Regulation in Medicine

Cited by 516

Exposure to Acute Stress Induces Brain Interleukin-1β Protein in the Rat

Nguyen, K. T., Deak, T., Owens, S. M., Kohno, T., Fleshner, M., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (1998) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 460

The “toll” of opioid-induced glial activation: improving the clinical efficacy of opioids by targeting glia

Watkins, L. R., Hutchinson, M. R., Rice, K. C., & Maier, S. F. (2009) · Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsPain Management and Opioid Use

Cited by 438

The Pain of Being Sick: Implications of Immune-to-Brain Communication for Understanding Pain

Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2000) · Annual Review of Psychology

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsTryptophan and brain disorders

Cited by 388

Opioid-induced glial activation: mechanisms of activation and implications for opioid analgesia, dependence, and reward

Hutchinson, M. R., Bland, S. T., Johnson, K. W., Rice, K. C., Maier, S. F., & Watkins, L. R. (2007) · The Scientific World JOURNAL

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsNeuropeptides and Animal Physiology

Cited by 359

mRNA up-regulation of MHC II and pivotal pro-inflammatory genes in normal brain aging

Frank, M. G., Barrientos, R. M., Biedenkapp, J. C., Rudy, J. W., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2006) · Neurobiology of Aging

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 327

Glucocorticoids mediate stress-induced priming of microglial pro-inflammatory responses

Frank, M. G., Thompson, B. M., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2012) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 310

A new model of sciatic inflammatory neuritis (SIN): induction of unilateral and bilateral mechanical allodynia following acute unilateral peri-sciatic immune activation in rats

Chacur, M., Milligan, E. D., Gazda, L. S., Armstrong, C., Wang, H., Tracey, K. J., Maier, S. F., & Watkins, L. R. (2001) · Pain

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsPain Management and Treatment

Cited by 309

Prior exposure to glucocorticoids sensitizes the neuroinflammatory and peripheral inflammatory responses to E. coli lipopolysaccharide

Frank, M. G., Miguel, Z. D., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2010) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 303

Bi-directional immune–brain communication: implications for understanding stress, pain, and cognition

Maier, S. F. (2003) · Brain Behavior and Immunity

Tryptophan and brain disordersStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 300

Role of the medial prefrontal cortex in coping and resilience

Maier, S. F., & Watkins, L. R. (2010) · Brain Research

Stress Responses and CortisolMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 292

Selective Effects of Peripheral Lipopolysaccharide Administration on Contextual and Auditory-Cue Fear Conditioning

Pugh, C. R., Kumagawa, K., Fleshner, M., Watkins, L. R., Maier, S. F., & Rudy, J. W. (1998) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 286

Prior Stressor Exposure Sensitizes LPS-Induced Cytokine Production

Johnson, J. D., O'Connor, K. A., Deak, T., Stark, M., Watkins, L. R., & Maier, S. F. (2002) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Stress Responses and CortisolTryptophan and brain disorders

Cited by 270