Skip to main content

Brian N. Mathur, PhD

Academic Title:

Professor

Primary Appointment:

Pharmacology & Physiology

Secondary Appointment(s):

Psychiatry

Location:

HSF III 9179

Phone (Primary):

410-706-8239

Education and Training

  • Oberlin College, B.A., Neuroscience, 1998
  • Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Postbaccalaureate, Molecular Genetics, 2002
  • Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience, 2008
  • NIH/NIAAA, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neurophysiology, 2013

 

Biosketch

The Mathur lab employs modern approaches to define both neural circuit form and function in health and in the context of alcohol use disorder.  For more information: https://www.mathurlab.org/

 

Research/Clinical Keywords

Systems neuroscience

Highlighted Publications

Cover KK, Lieberman AG, Heckman MM, Mathur BN. The rostral intralaminar nuclear complex of the thalamus supports striatally mediated action reinforcement. Elife. 2023 Apr 6;12:e83627. doi: 10.7554/eLife.83627. PMID: 37022333; PMCID: PMC10079292.

Qadir H, Stewart BW, VanRyzin JW, Wu Q, Chen S, Seminowicz DA, Mathur BN. The mouse claustrum synaptically connects cortical network motifs. Cell Rep. 2022 Dec 20;41(12):111860. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111860. PMID: 36543121; PMCID: PMC9838879.

Madden MB, Stewart BW, White MG, Krimmel SR, Qadir H, Barrett FS, Seminowicz DA, Mathur BN. A role for the claustrum in cognitive control. Trends Cogn Sci. 2022 Dec;26(12):1133-1152. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.09.006. Epub 2022 Sep 30. PMID: 36192309; PMCID: PMC9669149.

Barrett FS, Krimmel SR, Griffiths RR, Seminowicz DA, Mathur BN. Psilocybin acutely alters the functional connectivity of the claustrum with brain networks that support perception, memory, and attention. Neuroimage. 2020 Sep;218:116980. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116980. Epub 2020 May 23. PMID: 32454209.

White MG, Mu C, Qadir H, Madden MB, Zeng H, Mathur BN. The Mouse Claustrum Is Required for Optimal Behavioral Performance Under High Cognitive Demand. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 1;88(9):719-726. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.03.020. Epub 2020 Apr 10. PMID: 32456782; PMCID: PMC7554117.

Patton MS, Heckman M, Kim C, Mu C, Mathur BN. Compulsive alcohol consumption is regulated by dorsal striatum fast-spiking interneurons. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 Jan;46(2):351-359. doi: 10.1038/s41386-020-0766-0. Epub 2020 Jul 14. PMID: 32663841; PMCID: PMC7852608.

Patton MH, Padgett KE, McKeon PN, Qadir H, Patton MS, Mu C, Roberts BM, Mathur BN. TrkB-dependent disinhibition of the nucleus accumbens is enhanced by ethanol. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 May;44(6):1114-1122. 

Cover KK, Gyawali U, Kerkhoff WG, Patton MH, Mu C, White MG, Marquardt AE, Roberts BM, Cheer JF, Mathur BN. Activation of the Rostral Intralaminar Thalamus Drives Reinforcement through Striatal Dopamine Release. Cell Rep. 2019 Feb 5;26(6):1389-1398.e3.

White MG, Panicker M, Mu C, Carter AM, Roberts BM, Dharmasri PA, Mathur BN. (2018) Anterior Cingulate Cortex Input to the Claustrum Is Required for Top-Down Action Control. Cell Rep. Jan 2;22(1):84-95.

 

Additional Publication Citations

Grants and Contracts

Links of Interest

×