Contact: dott@uw.edu

Publications

  • Ottenheimer, D.J., Vitale, K.R., Ambroggi, F., Janak, P.H. and Saunders, B.T., 2024. Orbitofrontal cortex mediates sustained basolateral amygdala encoding of cued reward seeking states. Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0013-24.2024
  • Fraser, K.M., Kim, T.H., Castro, M., Drieu, C., Padovan-Hernandez, Y., Chen, B., Pat, F., Ottenheimer, D.J. and Janak, P.H., 2024. Encoding and context-dependent control of reward consumption within the central nucleus of the amygdala. iScience. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38650988/
  • Ottenheimer, D.J., Simon, R.C., Burke, C.T., Bowen, A.J., Ferguson, S.M., and Stuber, G.D., 2024. Single-cell sequencing of rodent ventral pallidum reveals diverse neuronal subtypes with non-canonical interregional continuity. bioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.18.585611v1
  • Fraser, K.M., Collins, V.L., Wolff, A.R., Ottenheimer, D.J., Bornhoft, K.N., Pat, F., Chen, B.J., Janak, P.H. and Saunders, B.T., 2023. Contexts facilitate dynamic value encoding in the mesolimbic dopamine system. bioRxiv. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37961363/
  • Ottenheimer, D.J., Hjort, M.M., Bowen, A.J., Steinmetz, N.A. and Stuber, G.D., 2023. A stable, distributed code for cue value in mouse cortex during reward learning. eLife. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37382590/
  • Vandaele, Y., Ottenheimer, D.J. and Janak, P.H., 2021. Dorsomedial striatal activity tracks completion of behavioral sequences in rats. eNeuro, 8(6). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725103/
  • Ottenheimer, D.J., Wang, K., Tong, X., Fraser, K.M., Richard, J.M. and Janak, P.H., 2020. Reward activity in ventral pallidum tracks satiety-sensitive preference and drives choice behavior. Science advances, 6(45), p.eabc9321. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33148649/
  • Ottenheimer, D.J., Bari, B.A., Sutlief, E., Fraser, K.M., Kim, T.H., Richard, J.M., Cohen, J.Y. and Janak, P.H., 2020. A quantitative reward prediction error signal in the ventral pallidum. Nature neuroscience, 23(10), pp.1267-1276. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32778791/
  • Vandaele, Y., Mahajan, N.R., Ottenheimer, D.J., Richard, J.M., Mysore, S.P. and Janak, P.H., 2019. Distinct recruitment of dorsomedial and dorsolateral striatum erodes with extended training. eLife, 8, p.e49536. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31621583/
  • Ottenheimer, D.J., Wang, K., Haimbaugh, A., Janak, P.H. and Richard, J.M., 2019. Recruitment and disruption of ventral pallidal cue encoding during alcohol seeking. European journal of neuroscience, 50(9), pp.3428-3444. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31338915/
  • Ottenheimer, D., Richard, J.M. and Janak, P.H., 2018. Ventral pallidum encodes relative reward value earlier and more robustly than nucleus accumbens. Nature communications, 9(1), pp.1-14. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30341305/
  • Conant, K., Daniele, S., Bozzelli, P.L., Abdi, T., Edwards, A., Szklarczyk, A., Ottenheimer, D. and Maguire-Zeiss, K., 2017. Matrix metalloproteinase activity stimulates N-cadherin shedding and the soluble N-cadherin ectodomain promotes classical microglial activation. Journal of neuroinflammation, 14(1), p.56. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28302163/
  • Jin, L.E., Wang, M., Yang, S.T., Yang, Y., Galvin, V.C., Lightbourne, T.C., Ottenheimer, D., Zhong, Q., Stein, J., Raja, A. and Paspalas, C.D., 2017. mGluR2/3 mechanisms in primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: evidence for both presynaptic and postsynaptic actions. Molecular psychiatry, 22(11), pp.1615-1625. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27502475/
  • Zhu, X., Ottenheimer, D. and DiLeone, R.J., 2016. Activity of D1/2 receptor expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens regulates running, locomotion, and food intake. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 10, p.66. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27147989/

Fellowships

  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship: NIH F32 DA053714 (2021-2024)
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (2017-2020)
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