Research Description

Prefrontal D1-pyramidal ensembles orchestrate working memory

Awards

• Predoctoral Training Grant in the Pharmacological Sciences (T32 GM144636), 2025-present

Publications

• Kilonzo VW, Sweet RA, Glausier JR, Pitts MW. Deficits in Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 67 Immunoreactivity, Parvalbumin Interneurons, and Perineuronal Nets in the Inferior Colliculus of Subjects With Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2020 Sep 21;46(5):1053-1059. PMID: 32681171; PMCID: PMC7505180

• Kilonzo VW, Sasuclark AR, Torres DJ, Coyle C, Pilat JM, Williams CS, Pitts MW. Juvenile Selenium Deficiency Impairs Cognition, Sensorimotor Gating, and Energy Homeostasis in Mice. Front Nutr. 2021 May 7:8:667587. PMID: 34026810; PMCID: PMC8138326

• Wilson LR, Plummer NW, Evsyukova IY, Patino D, Stewart CL, Smith KG, Konrad KS, Fry SA, Deal AL, Kilonzo VW, Panda S, Sciolino NR, Cushman JD, Jensen P. Partial or Complete Loss of Norepinephrine Differentially Alters Contextual Fear and Catecholamine Release Dynamics in Hippocampal CA. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sco. 2023 Oct 12;4(1):51-60.  PMID: 38058990; PMCID: PMC10695841

• Sasuclark AR, Watanabe M, Roshto K, Kilonzo VW, Zhang Y, Pitts MW. Selenium deficiency impedes maturation of parvalbumin interneurons, perineuronal nets, and neural network activity. Redox Biol. 2025 Apr:81:103548.  PMID: 39983343; PMCID: PMC11893315