Recent Publications

Full PubMed list

2024

  1. Mueller P. M., Torres-Espín, A. & Vonder Haar, C. Bayesian methods: A means of improving statistical power in preclinical neurotrauma? Neurotrauma Reports, 5(1), 699-707. Link

  2. Koloski, M. F.*, O'Hearn, C. M.*, Frankot, M., Giesler, L. P., Ramanathan, D. S. & Vonder Haar, C. (2024). Behavioral interventions can improve brain injury-induced deficits in behavioral flexibility and impulsivity linked to impaired reward-feedback beta oscillations. Journal of Neurotrauma, 41(13-14), e1721-e1737. Link
    *equal contributions 

  3. Frankot M., Young, M. E., Vonder Haar, C. (2024). Understanding individual subject variability through large behavioral datasets: Analytical and statistical considerations. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 47(1), 225-250. Link

2023

  1. Frankot M., Mueller, P. Young, M. E. & Vonder Haar, C. Statistical power and false positive rates for interdependent outcomes are strongly influenced by test type: Implications for behavioral neuroscience. Neuropsychopharmacology, 48, 1612-1622. Link

  2. Frankot, M. A., O’Hearn, C. M., Blancke, A., Rodriguez, B., Pechacek, K. M. Gandhi, J., Hu, G., Martens, K. M. & Vonder Haar, C. (2023). Acute gut microbiome changes after traumatic brain injury are associated with chronic deficits in decision-making and impulsivity in male rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 137(1), 15-28. Link

2022

  1. Ao, W., Grace, M., Floyd, C. & Vonder Haar, C. (2022). A touchscreen device for behavioral testing in pigs. Biomedicines, 10(10), 2612. Link

  2. Pechacek, K. M., & Vonder Haar, C. (2022). Chronic lipopolysaccharide impairs motivation when delivered to the ventricles, but not when delivered peripherally. Physiology and Behavior, 257, 113998. Link

  3. Olsen, C. M., Herrold, A. A., Conti, A. & Vonder Haar, C. (2022). Editorial: Behavioral outcomes of traumatic brain injury. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 1010395. Link

  4. Vonder Haar, C., Frankot, M. Reck, A. M., Milleson, V. J. & Martens, K. M. (2022). Large-N rat data enables phenotyping of risky decision-making: A retrospective analysis of brain injury on the Rodent Gambling Task. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 837654. Link

  5. Vonder Haar, C., Wampler, S. K., Bhatia, H. S., Ozga, J.E., Toegel, C., Lake, A. D., Iames, C. W., Cabral, C. E., Martens, K. M. (2022). Repeat closed-head injury in male rats impairs attention but causes heterogenous outcomes in multiple measures of impulsivity and glial pathology. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 809249. Link

  6. Fitzgerald, J., Houle, S., Cotter, C., Zimomra, Z., Martens, K. M., Vonder Haar, C. & Kokiko-Cochran O. N. (2022). Lateral fluid percussion injury causes sex-specific deficits in anterograde but not retrograde memory. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 806598. Link

  7. Pechacek, K. M., Reck, A.M., Frankot, M.A. & Vonder Haar, C.  (2022). Minocycline fails to treat chronic traumatic brain injury-induced impulsivity and attention deficits. Experimental Neurology, 348, 113924. Link

2020

  1. *Modrak, C. G., *Giesler, L. P., Vonder Haar, C. (2020). Traumatic brain injury substantially reduces the conditioned reinforcing effects of environmental cues in rats. Brain Research, 1748, 147084. Link
    *equal contributions

  2. Frankot, M., O’Hearn, C. M. & Vonder Haar, C. (2020). Choice-based assessments outperform traditional measures for chronic depressive-like behaviors in rats after brain injury. Behavioural Brain Research, 395, 112879. Link

  3. Ozga-Hess, J. E., Whirtley, C., O’Hearn, C. O., Pechacek, K. M. & Vonder Haar, C. (2020). Unilateral parietal traumatic brain injury increases risk-taking on a rat gambling task. Experimental Neurology, 327, 113217. Link

  4. Vonder Haar, C. (2020). Challenges and opportunities in animal models of gambling-like behavior. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 31, 42-47. Link

2019

  1. Vonder Haar, C., O’Hearn, C. M. & Winstanley, C. A. (2019). Exposure to uncertainty mediates the effects of traumatic brain injury on probabilistic decision-making in rats. Brain Injury, 34(1), 140-148. Link

  2. Martens, K. M., Pechacek, K. M., Modrak, C. G., Milleson, V. J., Zhu, B. & Vonder Haar, C. (2019). Cathodal transcranial direct-current stimulation selectively reduces impulsivity after TBI. Journal of Neurotrauma, 36(19), 2827-2830. Link

  3. *Vonder Haar, C., *Martens, K. M., *Bashir, A., McInnes, K., Cheng, W. H., Cheung, H., Stukas, S., Barron, C., Ladner, T., Welch, K., Cripton, P., Winstanley, C. A. & Wellington, C. L. (2019). Repetitive closed-head impact model of engineered rotational acceleration (CHIMERA) injury in rats increases impulsivity, decreases dopaminergic innervation in the ventral striatum and generates white matter inflammation, tau phosphorylation and degeneration. Experimental Neurology, 317, 87-99. Link| Supplement
    *equal contributions

  4. Ferland, J.-M. N., Hynes, T. J., Hounjet, C. D., Lindenbach, D., Vonder Haar, C., Adams, W. A., Philips, A. G. & Winstanley, C. A. (2019). Prior exposure to salient win-paired cues in a rat gambling task increases sensitivity to cocaine self-administration and suppresses dopamine efflux in nucleus accumbens: support for the reward deficiency hypothesis of addiction. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(10), 1842-1854. Link

  5. Shaver, T. K., Ozga, J. E., Zhu, B., Anderson, K. G., Martens, K. M. & Vonder Haar, C. (2019). Long-term deficits in risky decision-making after traumatic brain injury on a rat analog of the Iowa gambling task. Brain Research, 1704, 103-113. Link| Supplement

  6. Scott, T. L. & Vonder Haar, C. (2019). Frontal brain injury chronically impairs timing behavior in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 356, 408-414. Link

2018

  1. *Vonder Haar, C., *Ferland, J-M. N., Kaur, S., Riparip, L-K., Rosi, S. & Winstanley, C. A. (2019). Cocaine self-administration is increased after frontal traumatic brain injury and associated with neuroinflammation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 50(3), 2134-2145. Link
    *equal contributions

  2. Ozga, J.E., Povroznik, J. M., Engler-Chizurrazi, E. & Vonder Haar, C. (2018). Executive (dys)function after traumatic brain injury: Special considerations for behavioral pharmacology. (2018). Behavioural Pharmacology, 29(7), 617-637. Link

  3. Povroznik, J. M., Ozga, J.E., Vonder Haar, C. & Engler-Chizurrazi, E. (2018). Executive (dys)function after stroke: Special considerations for behavioral pharmacology. (2018). Behavioural Pharmacology, 29(7), 638-653. Link

2017

  1. Vonder Haar, C., Martens, K. M., Riparip, L-K., Rosi, S., Wellington, C. L. & Winstanley, C. A. (2017). TBI-induced impulsivity is associated with cortical interleukin-12 levels in rats. Journal of Neurotrauma, 34(19), 2790-2800. Link

  2. *Adams, W. K., *Vonder Haar, C., Tremblay, M. T., Cocker, P. J., Silveira, M. M., Kaur, S. Baunez, C., & Winstanley, C. A. (2017). Deep-brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus selectively decreases risky choice in risk-preferring rats. eNeuro, 0094-17.2017. Link
    *equal contributions

  3. Shultz S.R., McDonald S.J., Vonder Haar, C., Meconi, A., Vink, R., van Donkelaar, P., Taneja, C., Iverson, G.L. & Christie, B.R. (2017). The potential for animal models to provide insight into mild traumatic brain injury: translational challenges and strategies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 76, 396-414. Link

2016

  1. Vonder Haar, C., Lam, F. C. W., Adams, W. K., Riparip, L-K., Kaur, S., Muthukrishna, M., Rosi, S. & Winstanley, C. A. (2016). Frontal traumatic brain injury in rats causes long-lasting impairments in impulse control that are that are differentially sensitive to pharmacotherapeutics and associated with chronic neuroinflammation. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 7(11), 1531-1542. Link | Supplement

  2. Vonder Haar, C. & Winstanley, C. A. (2016). Minor functional deficits in basic response patterns for reinforcement following frontal traumatic brain injury in rats. Journal of Neurotrauma, 33(20), 1892-1900. Link

  3. Cocker, P. J., Vonder Haar, C., Winstanley, C. A. (2016). Elucidating the role of D4 receptors in mediating attributions of salience to incentive stimuli on Pavlovian conditioned approach and conditioned reinforcement paradigms. Behavioural Brain Research, 312, 55-63. Link

  4. Vonder Haar, C., Peterson, T. C., Martens, K. M., & Hoane, M. R. (2016). Vitamins and nutrients as primary treatments in experimental brain injury: Clinical implications for nutraceutical therapies. Brain Research, 1640(Pt A), 114-129. Link

Recent Presentations

2024

  1. McCloskey, J.E., Eleid, M.A. & Vonder Haar, C. Traumatic brain injury increases risk aversion in a simple probability task but increases risk preference on a complex gambling task. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2024, San Francisco, CA.

  2. Martens, K.M., McLeod, M., Arega, F., Burke, S., Jami, S., McCloskey, J.E. & Vonder Haar, C. The effects of long-term attention training on generalized cognitive rehabilitation after frontal TBI in rats. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2024, San Francisco, CA.

  3. Koontz, K.J, O’Connell, L., Gentry, A.B., McCloskey, J.E., Smith, T.R., Bailey, M.T., Vonder Haar, C. & Martens, K.M. Effects of galactooligosacharide supplementation on anxiety-like behavior, cognition, and risky decision-making after frontal TBI in rats. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2024, San Francisco, CA.

  4. Vonder Haar, C., Pafford, R., Schwegler, E., Hayashi, K., Wu, E., Wuthrick, D. & Ziaeefard, S. Wireless printed circuit board for remote food delivery or response recording during pig cognitive testing. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2024, San Francisco, CA.

  5. Burke, S., McCloskey, J.E., O'Connell, L. H., Gentry, A. B., & Vonder Haar, C., & Smith, T. R. Comparison of delay-based and time-based interventions on improving self-control. Poster presented at Society for Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Annual Conference in 2024, Philadelphia, PA.

  6. Jordan, J. S, Bruno, R., Vonder Haar, C. & Vodovotz, Y. Behavior effects of a blueberry and galacto-oligosaccharide diet on sickness induced deficits in a rodent model. Presented at the World Congress of Food Science and Technology in 2024, Rimini, Italy.

  7. Martens, K., Gratzol, C., Bressler, N., Bailey, M.T. & Vonder Haar, C. Metagenomic sequencing to better understand gut microbiome contributions to TBI. Presented at the Winter Conference on Brain Research in 2024, Breckenridge, CO.

2023

  1. Torres-Espin, A., Fouad, K., Huie, J. R., Vonder Haar, C. & Ferguson A. R. Modeling FAIR historical data to enhance replicability and reduce waste of pre-clinical neurological experiments: Example of spinal cord injury. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2023, Austin, TX.

  2. Mueller, P., Frankot, M., Torres-Espin, A., Young, M. E. & Vonder Haar, C. Historical and simulated data to increase power in experimental TBI: Effects of Bayesian prior strength. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2023, Austin, TX.

  3. Pechacek, K.M., Wampler, S.K., Bressler, N.M., Gaughan, A., Rajan, N.H., Panchal, R., Speas, R., Jordan, J., Martens, K.M., Wangler, L.M., Packer, J., Goodman, E., Godbout, J.P. & Vonder Haar, C. Microglia turnover at 14 days post injury fails to recover traumatic brain injury-induced impulsivity and inattention. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2023, Austin, TX.

  4. Wampler, S.K., McCloskey, J.E., Gratzol, C., Sommer, G.T., Gaughan, A.E., Martens, K.M. & Vonder Haar, C. Traumatic brain injury reduces sign-tracking, conditioned reinforcement, and optimal decision-making on a cued rodent gambling task. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2023, Austin, TX.

  5. Martens, K. M., Frankot, M., Bressler, N. M., Bailey M. T. & Vonder Haar, C. The gut microbiome modifies risky decision-making after traumatic brain injury, potentially via serotonin. Presented at the Winter Conference on Brain Research in 2023, Snowbird, UT.

  6. Wampler, S.K., McCloskey, J.E., Gratzol, C., Sommer, G. T., Gaughan, A.E., Martens, K.M., & Vonder Haar, C. Traumatic brain injury reduces conditioned reinforcement and optimal decision-making on the cued rodent gambling task. Presented at the Winter Conference on Brain Research in 2023, Snowbird, UT.

2022

  1. McCloskey J.E., Gratzol C.E., Martens K.M., Vonder Haar C. Traumatic brain injury reduces conditioned reinforcement and decreases optimal decision-making on a cued gambling task. Presented at the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience poster session at the Society for Neuroscience in 2022, San Diego, CA.

  2. Frankot, M.A., Young, M.E. & Vonder Haar, C. Linear analysis of interdependent data substantially inflates false positive rates for detecting effects of brain injury. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in 2022, San Diego, CA.

  3. Speas, R.L., McCloskey, J.E., Bressler, N.M., Frankot, M., Pechacek, K. M., Gratzol, C. Martens, K.M., & Vonder Haar, C. Effects of caloric restriction on the gut microbiome and rodent gambling task performance after traumatic brain injury. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in 2022, San Diego, CA.

  4. Bressler, N.M., Jordan, J. S., Sattar, I. Eberly, H., Martens, K.M., & Vonder Haar, C. The effects of receptor-specific dopamine modulation on gambling-like behavior following traumatic brain injury in rats. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in 2022, San Diego, CA.

  5. Speas, R.L., McCloskey, J.E., Bressler, N.M., Frankot, M., Martens, K., & Vonder Haar, C. Caloric restriction differentially affects impulsivity, risky decision-making, and motivation following traumatic brain injury. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2022, Atlanta, GA.

  6. Pechacek, K.M., Frankot, M.A., Gratzol, C., Eberly, H., Bailey, M. T., Martens, K.M. & Vonder Haar, C. Microbiome disruption with antibiotics prior to brain injury delays impairment on the rodent gambling task. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2022, Atlanta, GA.

  7. Wampler, S. K., Kilpatrick, A. Sattar, I. & Vonder Haar, C. Transcranial direct-current stimulation after brain injury does not improve impulsivity or risky decision-making deficits in male and female rats. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2022, Atlanta, GA.

  8. Martens, K. M., Frankot, M., Bailey, M. T.  & Vonder Haar, C. Links between gut microbiome and blood and brain metabolite availability after brain injury. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2022, Atlanta, GA.

  9. Vonder Haar, C., Ao, W., Grace, W. & Floyd C. L. Development of a touchscreen for assessing pig behavioral function. Presented at the National Neurotrauma Symposium in 2022, Atlanta, GA.

  10. Frankot, M.A., Young, M.E. & Vonder Haar, C. Categorical analyses of raw data outperformed linear regression in simulated 4-choice data. Presented at the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior in 2022, Boston, MA.

  11. Eberly, H. E., Pechacek, K.M., Frankot, M., Gratzol, C., Martens, K., & Vonder Haar, C. Depletion of gut microbiota before traumatic brain injury transiently improves optimal decision making. Presented at the Neuroscience Undergraduate Virtual Symposium, Zoom/Gather, April 2022.

  12. Wampler, S. K., Martens, K. M. & Vonder Haar, C. Repetitive mild traumatic brain injuries increase motor impulsivity but not choice impulsivity and cause minor changes in glial pathology in male rats". Presented at the Winter Conference on Brain Research in 2022, Snowmass, CO.