Publications
Ciampa, C. J., Morin, T. M., Parent, J. H., Adornato, A. A., Cowan, J. L., O’Malley, K. E., Marcus, R. E., Gordon, C., Howard, J. D., Tambini, A., Cusin, C., Hooker, J., Berry, A. S. (2026). Dopaminergic mechanisms supporting hippocampal post-encoding dynamics in humans. PNAS. (accepted for publication).
Morin, T.M., Cowan, J.L., Chen, H.Y., Parent, J., Crawford, J.L., Ciampa, C.J., Tennant, V., Whitman, A.J., Swinneton, K.N., Hsu, M., Jagust, W.J., & Berry, A.S. (2026). Alzheimer's disease pathologies affect dopaminergic neural mechanisms of memory. Journal of Neuroscience. (accepted for publication).
Markova TZ, Fonseca CS, Ciampa CJ, … & Berry, A. S. (2025). Defining the contributions of tau pathology in the amygdala to increasing depressive symptoms in aging. Alzheimer’s Dementia 21(10), 70740. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70740
Chen, H. Y., Gold, B. C., Ciampa, C. J., Crawford, J. L., Adornato, A. A., Cowan, J. L., ... & Berry, A. S. (2025). Understanding the cognitive factors which contribute to individual differences in financial capacity in aging. Scientific reports, 15(1), 15398. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-00120-4
Prakash, R. S., McKenna, M. R., Gbadeyan, O., Shankar, A. R., Pugh, E. A., Teng, J., ... & Scharre, D. W. (2025). A whole‐brain functional connectivity model of Alzheimer's disease pathology. Alzheimer's & dementia, 21(1), e14349. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14349
Crawford, J. L., & Berry, A. S. (2024). Examining resilience to Alzheimer’s disease through the lens of monoaminergic neuromodulator systems. Trends in Neurosciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2024.09.004
Parent, J.H., Cassady, K., Jagust, W.J., & Berry, A.S. (2024). Pathological and neurochemical correlates of locus coeruleus functional network activity. Biological Psychology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108847
Ciampa, C. J., Morin, T. M., Murphy, A., La Joie, R., Landau, S. M., Berry, A. S., & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2023). DAT1 and BDNF polymorphisms interact to predict Aβ and tau pathology. Neurobiology of Aging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.10.009
Chen, H. Y., Parent, J. H., Ciampa, C. J., Dahl, M. J., Hämmerer, D., Maass, A., ... & Berry, A. S. (2023). Interactive effects of locus coeruleus structure and catecholamine synthesis capacity on cognitive function. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1236335
Markova, T. Z., Ciampa, C. J., Parent, J. H., LaPoint, M. R., D'Esposito, M., Jagust, W. J., & Berry, A. S. (2023). Poorer aging trajectories are associated with elevated serotonin synthesis capacity. Molecular psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02177-x
Taylor C., Furman D.J, Berry A.S., White R.L., Jagust W.J., D’Esposito M., & Jacobs, E.G. (2023). Striatal dopamine synthesis and cognitive flexibility differ between hormonal contraceptive users and non-users. Cerebral Cortex, 33(13), 8485-8495. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2167855/v1
Silvestrini, N., Musslick, S., Berry, A.S., & Vassena, E. (2022). An integrative effort: Bridging motivational intensity theory and recent neurocomputational and neuronal models of effort and control allocation. Psychological Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000372
Berry, A.S., & Harrison, T.M. (2023). New perspectives on the basal forebrain cholinergic system in Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105192.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105192
Chen, H. Y., Parent, J. H., Ciampa, C. J., Dahl, M. J., Hämmerer, D., Maass, A., ... & Berry, A. S. (2023). Interactive effects of locus coeruleus structure and catecholamine synthesis capacity on cognitive function. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1236335
Parent, J.H., Ciampa, C.J., Harrison, T.M., Adams, J.N., Zhuang, K., Betts, M.J., Maass, A., Winer, J.R., Jagust, W.J., & Berry, A.S. (2022). Locus coeruleus catecholamines link neuroticism and vulnerability to tau pathology in aging. NeuroImage, 263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119658
Ciampa, C.J., Parent, J.H., Lapoint, M.R., Swinnerton, K.N., Taylor, M.M., Tennant, V.R., Whitman, A.J., Jagust, W.J., & Berry, A.S. (2022). Elevated dopamine synthesis as a mechanism of cognitive resilience in aging. Cerebral Cortex, 32(13), 2762-2772. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab379
Ciampa, C.J.*, Parent, J.H.*, Harrison, T.M., Garrett, R.M., Betts, M.J., Maass, A., Winer, J.R., Baker, S.J., Janabi, M., Furman, D.J., D’Esposito, M., Jagust, W.J., & Berry, A.S. (2022). Associations among locus coeruleus catecholamines, tau pathology, and memory in aging. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(5), 1106-1113. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01269-6 *Equal contributions.
Saez, I., Berry, A.S., Elie, J. Sack, G, & Santacruz, S. (2020). Making the jump: Expert guidance on the transition to independence. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 51(7), 1515-1525. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14484
Xie, W.*, Berry, A.*, Lustig, C., Deldin, P., & Zhang, W. (2019). Poor sleep quality and compromised visual working memory capacity. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25(6), 583-594. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617719000183 *Equal contributions.
Berry, A.S., Jagust, W.J., & Hsu, M. (2019). Age-related variability in decision-making: Insights from neurochemistry. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 19(3), 415-434. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-018-00678-9
Berry, A.S., White, R., Furman, D., Naskolnakorn, J.R., Shah, V.D., D’Esposito, M., & Jagust, W.J. (2019). Dopaminergic mechanisms underlying normal variation in trait anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(14), 2735-2744. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2382-18.2019
Berry, A.S., Shah, V.D., & Jagust, W.J. (2018). The influence of dopamine on cognitive flexibility is mediated by functional connectivity in young but not older adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(9), 1330-1344. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01286
van Holst, R.J.*, Sescousse, G.*, Janssen, L.K., Janssen, M., Berry, A.S., Jagust, W.J., & Cools, R. (2018). Increased striatal dopamine synthesis capacity in gambling addiction. Biological Psychiatry, 83(12), 1036-1043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.06.010 *Equal contributions.
Sescousse, G., Ligneul, R., van Holst, R.J., Janssen, L.K., de Boer, F., Janssen, M., Berry, A.S., Jagust, W.J., & Cools, R. (2018). Spontaneous eye blink rate and dopamine synthesis capacity: Preliminary evidence for an absence of positive correlation. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 47(9), 1081-1086. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.13895
Berry, A.S., Shah, V.D., Furman, D., White, R., Baker, S.L., O’Neil, J.P., Janabi, M, D’Esposito, M., & Jagust, W.J. (2018). Dopamine synthesis capacity is associated with D2/3 receptor binding but not dopamine release. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43(6), 1201-1211. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2017.180
Berry, A.S., Sarter, M., & Lustig, C. (2017). Distinct frontoparietal networks underlying attentional effort and cognitive control. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(7), 1212-1225. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01112
Berry, A.S., Shah, V.D., Baker, S.L., Vogel, J.W., O’Neil, J.P., Janabi, M., Schwimmer, H.D., Marks, S.M., & Jagust, W.J. (2016). Aging affects dopaminergic neural mechanisms of cognitive flexibility. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(50), 12559-12569. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0626-16.2016
Sarter, M., Lustig C., Berry, A.S., Gritton, H., Howe, W.M., & Parikh, V. (2016). What do phasic cholinergic signals do? Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 130, 135-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2016.02.008
Berry, A.S., Blakely, R.D., Sarter, M., & Lustig, C. (2015). Cholinergic capacity mediates prefrontal engagement during challenges to attention: Evidence from imaging genetics. NeuroImage, 108, 386-395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.12.036
Berry, A.S., Demeter, E., Sabhapathy, S., English, B.A., Blakely, R.D., Sarter M., & Lustig, C. (2014). Disposed to distraction: Genetic variation in the cholinergic system influences distractibility but not time-on-task effects. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26(9), 1981-1991. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00607
Sarter, M., Lustig, C., Howe, W.M., Gritton, H., & Berry, A.S. (2014). Deterministic function of cortical acetylcholine. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 39(11), 1912-1920. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.12515
Berry, A.S., Li X., Lin Z., & Lustig, C. (2014). Shared and distinct factors driving attention and temporal processing across modalities. Acta Psychologica, 147, 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.07.020
Pa, J., Berry, A.S., Compagnone, M., Boccanfuso, J., Greenhouse, I., Rubens, M.T., Johnson, J.K., & Gazzaley, A. (2013). Cholinergic enhancement of functional networks in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Annals of Neurology, 73(6), 762-773. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.23874
Howe, W.M.*, Berry, A.S.*, Francois, J.*, Gilmour, G., Carp, J.M., Tricklebank, M., Lustig, C., & Sarter, M. (2013). Prefrontal cholinergic mechanisms instigating shifts from monitoring for cues to cue-guided performance: Converging electrochemical and fMRI evidence from rats and humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(20), 8742-8752. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5809-12.2013 *Equal contributions.
Berry, A.S., Zanto, T.P., Clapp, W.C., Hardy, J.L., Delahunt, P.B., Mahncke, H.W., & Gazzaley, A. (2010). The influence of perceptual training on working memory in older adults. PLoS One, 5(7), e11537. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011537
Mazaheri, A., Coffey-Corina, S., Mangun, G.R., Bekker, E., Berry, A.S., & Corbett, B.A. (2010). Functional disconnection of frontal cortex and visual cortex in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 67(7), 617-623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.11.022
Berry, A.S., Zanto, T.P., Rutman, A.M., Clapp, W.C., & Gazzaley, A. (2009). Practice-related improvement in working memory is modulated by changes in processing external interference. Journal of Neurophysiology, 102(3), 1779-1789. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00179.2009
Berry, A.S., Tomidokoro, Y., Ghiso, J., & Thornton, J. (2008). Human chorionic gonadotropin (a luteinizing hormone homologue) decreases spatial memory and increases brain amyloid-β levels in female rats. Hormones and Behavior, 54(1), 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.02.006
Sumana, A., Liebert, A.E., Berry, A.S., Switz, G.T., Orians, C.M., and Starks, P.T. (2005). Nest hydrocarbons as cues for philopatry in paper wasp. Ethology, 111(5), 469-477. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01072.x