Sample Publications (*Indicates Lab Trainee co-author)
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20. *Themann A, *Calvo DE, *Frausto CA, *Rodriguez M, Iñiguez SD. (2026). Long-term alterations in serotonin transporter expression after adolescent fluoxetine exposure: Insights from the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. Psychiatry Research, 359:117038. PMID: ​41724007.
19. *Themann A, *Rodriguez M, *Calvo DE, *Vargas P, Iñiguez SD. (2025). Prozac exposure during adolescence increases pain sensitivity in adulthood. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 186:200-204. PMID: ​40250326.
18. *Rodriguez M, *Themann A, *Calvo DE, *Garcia JA, *Garcia-Carachure I,  *Lira O, Iñiguez SD. (2024). Social defeat stress induces an anxiety-like outcome in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Oxford Open Neuroscience,  volume3, kvae012. PMID: ​39660167.
17. *Themann A, *Rodriguez M, *Reyes-Arce J, Iñiguez SD. (2024). Chlordiazepoxide reduces anxiety-like behavior in the adolescent mouse elevated plus maze: A pharmacological validation study. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 242:173819, PMID: 38986686.  ​
​16. *Rodriguez M, *Themann A, *Garcia-Carachure I,  *Lira O, Robison AJ, Cushing BS, Iñiguez SD. (2024). Chronic social defeat stress in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): A preclinical model for the study of depression-related phenotypes. Journal of Affective Disorders, 351:833-842. PMID: 38341153. ​
15. *Garcia-Carachure I,  *Lira O,  *Themann A,  *Rodriguez M,  *Flores-Ramirez FJ, Lobo MK, Iñiguez SD. (2024). Sex-specific alterations in spatial memory and hippocampal AKT-mTOR signaling in adult mice pre-exposed to ketamine and/or psychological stress during adolescence. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 4(1):240-251. PMID: 38298791. ​
14. *Themann A,  *Rodriguez M,  *Garcia-Carachure I, *Lira O, Iñiguez SD. (2022). Adolescent fluoxetine exposure increases ERK-related signaling within the prefrontal cortex of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Oxford Open Neuroscience, kvac015. PMID:36776564. ​
​13. *Sierra-Fonseca JA, *Rodriguez M, *Themann A, *Lira O, *Flores-Ramirez FJ, Vargas-Medrano J, Gadad BS, Iñiguez SD. (2021). Autophagy induction and accumulation of phosphorylated tau in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of adult C57BL/6 mice subjected to adolescent fluoxetine treatment.  Journal of Alzheimers Disease, 83(4):1691-1702. PMID:34420960. ​
12.  *Flores-Ramirez FJ, *Themann A, *Sierra-Fonseca JA, *Garcia-Carachure I, *Castillo SA, *Rodriguez M,  *Lira O, *Preciado-Piña J, Warren BL, Robison AJ, Iñiguez SD. (2021). Adolescent fluoxetine treatment mediates a persistent anxiety-like outcome in female C57BL/6 mice that is ameliorated by fluoxetine re-exposure in adulthood. Scientific Reports, 11:7758. PMID:33833356
11. Iñiguez SD, *Flores-Ramirez FJ, *Themann A, *Lira O. (2021). Adolescent fluoxetine exposure induces persistent gene expression changes in the hippocampus of adult male C57BL/6 mice. Molecular Neurobiology, 58:1683-1694. PMID:33241493. ​
10. *Garcia-Carachure I, *Flores-Ramirez FJ, *Castillo SA, *Themann A, *Arenivar MA, *Preciado-Piña J, Zavala AR, Lobo MK, Iñiguez SD. (2020). Enduring effects of adolescent ketamine exposure on cocaine and sucrose-induced reward in male and female C57BL/6 mice. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45:1536-1544. PMID:32165718. ​
9. Warren BL, Mazei-Robison M, Robison AJ, Iñiguez SD. (2020). Can I get a witness? Using vicarious defeat stress to study mood-related illnesses in traditionally understudied populations. Biological Psychiatry, 88:381-391. PMID:32228871. ​
8. Duque-Wilckens N, Torres LY, Tokoyama S, Minie VA, Tran AM, Petkova SP, Hao R, Ramos-Maciel S, Rios RA, Jackson K, *Flores-Ramirez FJ, *Garcia-Carachure I, Pesavento PA, Iñiguez SD, Grinevich V, Trainor BC. (2020). Extrahypothalamic oxytocin neurons drive stress-induced social vigilance and avoidance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 117(42), 26406-26413. PMID:33020267.
7. *​Sierra-Fonseca JA, Parise LF, *Flores-Ramirez FJ, Robles EH, *Garcia-Carachure I, Iñiguez SD. (2019). Dorsal Hippocampus ERK2 signaling mediates anxiolytic-related behavior in male rats. Chronic Stress, 3, 1-7.  PMID:32095734.
​6. ​Iñiguez SD, Parise LF, Lobo MK, *Flores-Ramirez FJ, *Garcia-Carachure I, Warren BL, Robison AJ. (2019). Upregulation of hippocampal extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)–2 induces antidepressant-like behavior in the rat forced swim test. Behavioral Neuroscience,133(2), 225-231. PMID:30907619.
5. ​*Flores-Ramirez FJ, Parise LF, *Alipio JB, *Garcia-Carachure I, *Castillo SA, *Rodriguez M, *Themann A, *Lira O, *Preciado-Piña J, Iñiguez SD. (2019). Adolescent fluoxetine history impairs spatial memory in adult male, but not female, C57BL/6 mice. Journal of Affective Disorders, 249, 347-356.  PMID:30807936.
4. *Flores-Ramirez FJ, *Garcia-Carachure I, *Sanchez DO, *Gonzalez C, *Castillo SA,  *Arenivar MA, *Themann A, *Lira O, *Rodriguez M, *Preciado-Piña J, Iñiguez SD. (2019). Fluoxetine exposure in adolescent and adult female mice decreases cocaine and sucrose preference later in life. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33(1), 145-153. PMID: 30334670.
3. Iñiguez SD, *Flores-Ramirez FJ, *Riggs LM, *Alipio JB, *Garcia-Carachure I, *Hernandez MA, *Sanchez DO, Lobo MK, Serrano PA, Braren SH, *Castillo SA. (2018). Vicarious social defeat stress induces depression-related outcomes in female mice.  Biological Psychiatry, 83(1):9-17. PMID: 28888327.
2. Iñiguez SD, Alcantara LF, Warren BL, *Riggs LM, Parise EM, Vialou V, Wright KN, *Daycrit G, *Nieto SJ, Wilkinson MB, Lobo MK, Neve RL, Nestler EJ, Bolañaos-Guzmán CA. (2014). Fluoxetine exposure during adolescence alters responses to aversive stimuli in adulthood. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(3), 1007-1027. PMID: 24431458.
1. Iñiguez SD, *Riggs LM, *Nieto SJ, *Daycrit G, *Zamora NN, *Shawhan KL, *Cruz B, Warren BL. (2014). Social defeat stress indues a s depression-like phenotype in adolescent male c57BL/6 mice. Stress, 17(3), 247-255. PMID: 24689732.
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