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Maricela X. Martinez

University of California, IrvineORCID 0000-0002-9540-2437Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:synaptic & neural circuits· 1

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Christina M. RuiziD· 2 shared Stephen V. MahleriD· 2 shared Vanessa Alizo VeraiD· 2 shared Erica M. RamireziD· 1 shared Grace J Kollman· 1 shared Hazael Ramirez-Ramirez· 1 shared Mitchell R. FarrelliD· 1 shared Ryan K. RokeryaiD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceNeurobiology of StressPeer-reviewedJan 1, 2026

Ventral Pallidum GABA Neuron Inhibition Augments Context-Appropriate Defensive Responses to Learned Threat Cues

Erica M. Ramirez, Maricela X. Martinez, Ryan K. Rokerya…·Stephen V. Mahler

This study inhibits VP GABA neurons and finds it increases context-appropriate defensive responses to learned threat cues without affecting memory formation.

1 citation

ratexperimental assay

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Animal Behavior & CognitionPsychopharmacologyPeer-reviewedAug 27, 2024

Adolescent THC impacts on mPFC dopamine-mediated cognitive processes in male and female rats

Maricela X. Martinez, Vanessa Alizo Vera, Christina M. Ruiz…·Stephen V. Mahler

This study examines how adolescent THC exposure affects dopamine-dependent cognitive processes in adult rats, finding sex-dependent impacts on reward seeking and altered sensitivity to amphetamine effects.

7 citations

ratbehavioral assay

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