Publications

Eybposh MH, Curtis VR, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, & Pégard NC. (2022). Advances in computer-generated holography for targeted neuronal modulation. Neurophotonics, 9(4), 041409.

Dichter GS and Rodriguez-Romaguera J. (2022) Anhedonia and Hyperhedonia in Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Book Chapter In: Anhedonia: Preclinical, Translational, and Clinical Integration (Pizzagalli DA, Der-Avakian A, Eds.). Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience. 

Ung RL*, Ortiz-Juza MM*, Curtis V.R, Alghorazi RA, Velazquez-Hernandez G, Ring A, Garcia-Reyes RA, Stuber GD, Zhou P, Kato HK, Pégard N and Rodriguez-Romaguera J. (2022) Prepronociceptin-expressing neurons in the extended amygdala signal darting away from an aversive odor. *co-first authors. bioRxiv, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.21.481217 

Ortiz-Juza MM, Alghorazi RA and Rodriguez-Romaguera J. (2021) Cell-type diversity in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis to regulate motivated behaviors. Behav Brain Res, 411, 113401.

Rodriguez-Romaguera J*, Ung RL*, Nomura H, Otis JM, Basiri ML, Namboodiri VMK, Zhu X, Robinson JE, van den Munkhof HE, McHenry JA, Eckman LEH, Kosyk O, Jhou TC, Kash TL, Bruchas MR and Stuber GD. (2020) Prepronociceptin-expressing neurons in the extended amygdala encode and promote rapid arousal responses to motivational salient stimuli. *co-first authors. Cell Reports, 33, 108362.

Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Namboodiri VMK, Basiri ML, Stamatakis AL and Stuber GD. (2020) Developments from bulk optogenetics to single-cell strategies to dissect the neural circuits that underlie aberrant motivational states. Book Chapter In: Additional Perspectives on Addiction. (Pierce, C, Unterwald, EM, Kenny, PJ, ed). Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 

Resendez SL, Namboodiri VMK, Otis JM, Eckman LEH, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Ung RL, Basiri ML, Kosyk O, Rossi MA, Dichter GS and Stuber GD. (2020) Social stimuli induce activation of oxytocin neurons within the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus to promote social behavior in male mice. JNeurosci, 1515-18. 

Otis JM, Zhu M, Namboodiri VMK, Cook CA, Kosyk O, Matan AM, Ying R, Hashikawa K, Ivan Trujillo-Pisanty I, Jiami G, Ung RL, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Anton ES and Stuber GD. (2019) Paraventricular thalamus projection neurons integrate cortical and hypothalamic signals for cue-reward processing. Neuron. 103: 1-9.

Namboodiri VMK, Otis JM, van Heeswijk K, Voets ES, Alghorazi R, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Mihalas S, and Stuber GD. (2019) Distinct ensembles of orbitofrontal neurons track and support associative learning. Nat Neurosci. 1546-1726.

Diehl MM, Bravo-Rivera C, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Pagán-Rivera PA, Burgos-Robles A, Roman-Ortiz C, and Quirk GJ. (2018) Active avoidance requires inhibitory signaling in the rodent prelimbic prefrontal cortex. eLife. e34657: 1-19.

Rodriguez-Romaguera J and Stuber GD. (2018) Social Isolation Co-opts Fear and Aggression Circuits. Cell. 173 (5): 1071-1072.

Zhou P, Resendez SL, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Jimenez JC, Neufeld SQ, Stuber GD, Hen R, Mazen A, Sabatini BL, Kass RE, and Paninski L. (2018) Efficient and accurate extraction of in vivo calcium signals from microendoscopic video data. eLife. 7:e28728.

Rodriguez-Romaguera J and Quirk GJ. (2017) Extinction of conditioned fear and avoidance: Relevance for OCD. Book Chapter In: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Phenomenology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (Pittenger C, ed), New York: Oxford University Press.

Namboodiri VMK, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, and Stuber GD. (2016) The Habenula. Current Biology. 26: R865-R881.

Martinez-Rivera FJ, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Lloret-Torres ME, Do Monte FH, Quirk GJ, and Barreto-Estrada JL. (2016) Bidirectional modulation of extinction of drug seeking by deep brain stimulation of the ventral striatum. Biol Psychiatry. 80:682-690.

Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Greenberg BD, Rasmussen SA, and Quirk GJ. (2016) An avoidance-based rodent model of exposure with response prevention therapy. Biol Psychiatry. 80:534-540.

Heilbronner SR, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Quirk GJ, Groenewegen HJ, and Haber SN. (2016) Circuit based cortico-striatal homologies between rat and primate. Biol Psychiatry. 80:509-521.  

Rosal-Vidal LE, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Do-Monte FHM, Andero, R (2015) Targeting the reconsolidation of extinction memories: a novel potential strategy to treat anxiety disorders. Molecular Psychiatry. 20(11):1264-5.

Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Greenberg BD, Haber SN and Quirk GJ. (2015) A cross species approach to understanding DBS modulation of fear. Brain Stimulation. 8(5):986-8.

Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Do Monte FHM, Tanimura Y, Quirk GJ and Haber SN. (2015) Enhancement of fear extinction with DBS of ventral striatum: evidence for medial OFC involvement. Neuropsychopharmacology. 40(7):1726-33. 

Bravo-Rivera C, Diehl MM, Roman-Ortiz C, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Rosas-Vidal LE, Bravo-Rivera H, Quinones-Laracuente K and Do-Monte FHM. (2014) Long-range GABAergic neurons in the prefrontal cortex modulate behavior. J. Neurophysiology. 114(3):1357-1359.

Do Monte FHM, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Rosas-Vidal LE, Quirk GJ. (2013) Deep brain stimulation of the ventral striatum increases BDNF in the fear extinction circuit. Front Behav Neurosci. 7:102. 

Rodriguez-Romaguera J*, Do Monte FHM*, Quirk GJ. (2012) Deep brain stimulation of the ventral striatum enhances extinction of conditioned fear. *co-first authors. PNAS. 109:8764-8769. 

Rougemont-Bucking A, Linnman C, Zeffiro TA, Zeidan MA, Lebron-Milad K, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Rauch SL, Pitman RK, Milad MR. (2011) Altered processing of contextual information during fear extinction in PTSD: an fMRI study. CNS Neurosci Ther. 17:227-236.

Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Sotres-Bayon F, Mueller D, Quirk GJ. (2009) Systemic propranolol acts centrally to reduce conditioned fear in rats without impairing extinction. Biol Psychiatry. 65:887-892.