Katherine M. Nautiyal

|Associate Professor
Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences

  • Director of Graduate Studies

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Contact

Katherine.Nautiyal@dartmouth.edu
Moore Hall, Room 267
HB 6207

Department(s)

Psychological and Brain Sciences

Education

  • B.A. University of Pennsylvania
  • Ph.D. Columbia University

Selected Publications

  • Complete list can be found here

    Ng KH, Sharma A, Nautiyal KM. The Serotonin 1B Receptor Modulates Striatal Activity Differentially Based on Behavioral Context. eNeuro. 2026 Feb 5;13(2):ENEURO.0413-25.2026. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0413-25.2026. 

    Fleury S, Nautiyal KM. The serotonin 1B receptor is required for some of the behavioral effects of psilocybin in mice. Molecular Psychiatry. 2025 Dec 20. doi: 10.1038/s41380-025-03387-1. 

    Spring, M.G., Nautiyal, K.M. (2024) Striatal serotonin release signals reward value. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(41):e0602242024

    Nautiyal, K.M, Yaden, D.B. (2023) Does the trip matter? Investigating the role of the subjective effects of psychedelics in persisting therapeutic effects. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(1):215-216.

    Desrochers, S.S., Spring, M.G., Nautiyal, K.M. (2022) A role for serotonin in modulating opposing drive and brake circuits of impulsivity. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16:791749.

    Desrochers, S.S., Nautiyal, K.M. (2022) Serotonin 1B receptor effects on response inhibition are independent of inhibitory learning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 187:107574.

    Han, J., Andreu, V., Langreck, C., Pekarskaya, E.A., Grinnell, S.G., Magalong, V.M., Pintar, J., Kieffer, B.L., Harris, A.Z., Javitch, J.A., Hen, R., Nautiyal, K.M. (2021) Mu Opioid Receptors on Hippocampal GABAergic Interneurons are Critical for the Antidepressant Effects of Tianeptine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 47(7):1387-1397.

    Li, Y., Simmler, L.D., Zessen, R.V., Flakowski, J., Wan, J.-X., Deng, F., Li, Y.-L., Nautiyal, K.M., Pascoli, V., and Lüscher, C. (2021). Synaptic mechanism underlying serotonin modulation of transition to cocaine addiction. Science 373, 1252-1256. 

    Desrochers, S.S., Lesko, E.M., Magalong, V.M., Balsam, P.D., Nautiyal, K.M.  (2021) A role for reward valuation in the serotonergic modulation of impulsivity. Psychopharmacology. 238(11):3293-3309

    Lee,J.H., Capan, S., Lacefield, C., Shea,Y.M., Nautiyal, K.M (2020) DIY-NAMIC Behavior: A High-Throughput Method to Measure Complex Phenotypes in the Homecage. eNeuro 7(4). 

    Nautiyal, K.M., Wall, M.M., Wang, S., Magalong, V.M., Ahmari, S.E., Balsam, P.D., Blanco, C., Hen, R.  (2017) Genetic and modelling approaches reveal distinct components of impulsive behavior.  Neuropsychopharmacology 42(6):1182-1191.

    Nautiyal, K.M., Tanaka, K.F., Barr, M.M., Tritschler, L., LeDantec, Y., David, D.J., Gardier, A.M., Blanco, C., Hen, R., Ahmari, S.E. (2015) Distinct circuits underlie the effects of serotonin 1B receptors on aggression and impulsivity. Neuron 86(3):813-26. 

     

     

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