Rafael Perez, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate in Psychiatry
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- Cocaine Augments Dopamine Mediated Inhibition of Neuronal Activity in the Dorsal Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis.Melchior J, Perez R, Salimando G, Luchsinger J, Basu A, Winder D. Cocaine Augments Dopamine Mediated Inhibition of Neuronal Activity in the Dorsal Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis. Journal Of Neuroscience 2021, 41: 5876-5893. PMID: 34035141, PMCID: PMC8265809, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0284-21.2021.
- α2A-adrenergic heteroreceptors are required for stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine conditioned place preferencePerez RE, Basu A, Nabit BP, Harris NA, Folkes OM, Patel S, Gilsbach R, Hein L, Winder DG. α2A-adrenergic heteroreceptors are required for stress-induced reinstatement of cocaine conditioned place preference. Neuropsychopharmacology 2020, 45: 1473-1481. PMID: 32074627, PMCID: PMC7360592, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-020-0641-z.
- Dorsal BNST α2A-Adrenergic Receptors Produce HCN-Dependent Excitatory Actions That Initiate Anxiogenic BehaviorsHarris NA, Isaac AT, Günther A, Merkel K, Melchior J, Xu M, Eguakun E, Perez R, Nabit BP, Flavin S, Gilsbach R, Shonesy B, Hein L, Abel T, Baumann A, Matthews R, Centanni SW, Winder DG. Dorsal BNST α2A-Adrenergic Receptors Produce HCN-Dependent Excitatory Actions That Initiate Anxiogenic Behaviors. Journal Of Neuroscience 2018, 38: 8922-8942. PMID: 30150361, PMCID: PMC6191524, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0963-18.2018.