
Adam Brockett
The Brain & Experience Lab is always interested in recruiting graduate students and post-docs interested in these types of questions. If that's you, please reach out!
Courses Taught
- INCO 590: Student Research Experience
- NSB 500: Neuroscience and Behavior I
- NSB 501: Neurobiology Laboratory I
Education
- Ph.D., Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
Research Interests
- Aging and life course
- Animal cognition
- Exercise
- Drugs/Drug Abuse
- Behavioral neuroscience
Selected Publications
Perry, S., Sharalla, P. S., Sarubin, D. R., Li, X., Roesch, M. R., & Brockett, A. T. (2025). Epigenetic manipulation of anterior insular cortex alters neural signals and cognitive control.. Neuropsychopharmacology. doi:10.1038/s41386-025-02181-5
Ashton, S. E., Sharalla, P., Kang, N., Brockett, A. T., McCarthy, M. M., & Roesch, M. R. (2024). Distinct Action Signals by Subregions in the Nucleus Accumbens during STOP-Change Performance.. J Neurosci, 44(29). doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0020-24.2024
Brockett, A. T., & Francis, N. A. (2024). Psilocybin decreases neural responsiveness and increases functional connectivity while preserving pure-tone frequency selectivity in mouse auditory cortex.. J Neurophysiol, 132(1), 45-53. doi:10.1152/jn.00124.2024
Brockett, A. T., Kumar, N., Sharalla, P., & Roesch, M. R. (2024). Optogenetic Inhibition of the Orbitofrontal Cortex Disrupts Inhibitory Control during Stop-Change Performance in Male Rats.. eNeuro, 11(5). doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0015-24.2024
Schoenfeld, T. J., Rhee, D., Smith, J. A., Padmanaban, V., Brockett, A. T., Jacobs, H. N., & Cameron, H. A. (2023). Rewarded Maze Training Increases Approach Behavior in Rats Through Neurogenesis-Dependent Growth of Ventral Hippocampus–Prelimbic Circuits. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 3(4), 725-733. doi:10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.04.003
Murkli, S., Klemm, J., Brockett, A. T., Shuster, M., Briken, V., Roesch, M. R., & Isaacs, L. (2021). In Vitro and In Vivo Sequestration of Phencyclidine by Me4 Cucurbit[8]uril*.. Chemistry, 27(9), 3098-3105. doi:10.1002/chem.202004380
Verbruggen, F., Aron, A. R., Band, G. P., Beste, C., Bissett, P. G., Brockett, A. T., . . . Boehler, C. N. (2019). A consensus guide to capturing the ability to inhibit actions and impulsive behaviors in the stop-signal task.. Elife, 8. doi:10.7554/eLife.46323
Brockett, A. T., Kane, G. A., Monari, P. K., Briones, B. A., Vigneron, P. -A., Barber, G. A., . . . Gould, E. (2018). Evidence supporting a role for astrocytes in the regulation of cognitive flexibility and neuronal oscillations through the Ca2+ binding protein S100β.. PLoS One, 13(4), e0195726. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195726
Cope, E. C., Briones, B. A., Brockett, A. T., Martinez, S., Vigneron, P. -A., Opendak, M., . . . Gould, E. (2016). Immature Neurons and Radial Glia, But Not Astrocytes or Microglia, Are Altered in Adult Cntnap2 and Shank3 Mice, Models of Autism.. eNeuro, 3(5). doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0196-16.2016
Brockett, A. T., LaMarca, E. A., & Gould, E. (2015). Physical exercise enhances cognitive flexibility as well as astrocytic and synaptic markers in the medial prefrontal cortex.. PLoS One, 10(5), e0124859. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124859