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Maarit Jaarola

Principal Research Engineer, Docent

Research

The Engblom Lab

At the Engblom Lab, we investigate the mechanisms and circuits underpinning the aversive affective states and the depressive symptoms accompanying inflammatory diseases and major depression.

Publications

Publications in DiVA

2021

Joanna Zajdel, Johan Sköld, Maarit Jaarola, Anand Kumar Singh, David Engblom (2021) Calcitonin gene related peptide alpha is dispensable for many danger-related motivational responses Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, Article 16204 Continue to DOI
Anna Klawonn, Michael Fritz, Silvia Castany Quintana, Marco Pignatelli, Carla Canal, Fredrik Similä, Hugo A. Tejeda, Julia Levinsson, Maarit Jaarola, Johan Jakobsson, Juan Hidalgo, Markus Heilig, Antonello Bonci, David Engblom (2021) Microglial activation elicits a negative affective state through prostaglandin-mediated modulation of striatal neurons Immunity, Vol. 54, p. 225-234.e6 Continue to DOI

2019

Jeremy S. Herman, Joanna Stojak, Joana Pauperio, Maarit Jaarola, Jan M. Wojcik, Jeremy B. Searle (2019) Genetic variation in field voles (Microtus agrestis) from the British Isles: selective sweeps or population bottlenecks? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 126, p. 852-865 Continue to DOI

2018

Anna Klawonn, Michael Fritz, Anna Nilsson, Jordi Bonaventura, Kiseko Shionoya, Elahe Mirrasekhian, Urban Karlsson, Maarit Jaarola, Björn Granseth, Anders Blomqvist, Michael Michaelides, David Engblom (2018) Motivational valence is determined by striatal melanocortin 4 receptors Journal of Clinical Investigation, Vol. 128, p. 3160-3170 Continue to DOI
Anna Klawonn, Daniel Wilhelms, Sarah Lindström, Anand Kumar Singh, Maarit Jaarola, Jurgen Wess, Michael Fritz, David Engblom (2018) Muscarinic M4 Receptors on Cholinergic and Dopamine D1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons Have Opposing Functionality for Positive Reinforcement and Influence Impulsivity Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Vol. 11, Article 139 Continue to DOI

Organisation

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience - CSAN

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) integrates knowledge and methodology from different areas of basic and clinical neuroscience.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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