• Ph D in Social Cognitive and Neuroscience , UTEP (2019)

• Dissociable control of motivation and reinforcement by distinct ventral striatal dopamine receptors. Nature neuroscience 28 1 (2025), J Enriquez-Traba, M Arenivar, H E. Yarur-Castillo, C Noh, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, T Weil, Sourav Roy, T B. Usdin, C T. LaGamma, H Wang, V S. Tsai, D Kerspern, A E. Moritz, D R. Sibley, A Lutas, R Moratalla, Z Freyberg, H A. Tejeda.
• Unlocking opioid neuropeptide dynamics with genetically encoded biosensors. Nature neuroscience 27 9 (2024), C Dong, R Gowrishankar, Y Jin, X J. He, A Gupta, H Wang, N Sayar-Atasoy, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, K Mahe, N Tjahjono, R Liang, A Marley, G Or Mizuno, D K. Lo , Q Sun, J L. Whistler, B Li , I Gomes, M Von Zastrow, H A. Tejeda, D Atasoy, L A. Devi, M R. Bruchas, M R. Banghart, L Tian.
• Prefrontal cortical dynorphin peptidergic transmission constrains threat-driven behavioral and network states. Neuron 112 12 (2024), H Wang, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, H E. Yarur, A Limoges, H Bravo-Rivera, S M. Casello, N Loomba, J Enriquez-Traba, M Arenivar, Q Wang, R Ganley, C Ramakrishnan, L E. Fenno, Y Kim, K Deisseroth, G Or, C Dong, M A. Hoon, L Tian, H A. Tejeda.
• Alcohol self-administration and nicotine withdrawal alter biomarkers of stress and inflammation and prefrontal cortex changes in Gβ subunits. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse 49 3 (2023), Bryan Cruz, K Castañeda, M Aranda, Cristina Hinojosa, R Castro-Gutierrez, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, Charles Spencer, V Vozella, M Roberto, B S. Gadad, Sukla Roychowdhury, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Early-life adversity increases anxiety-like behavior and modifies synaptic protein expression in a region-specific manner. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 16 (2022), J N. Hamdan, J A. Sierra-Fonseca, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, S Saucedo, Manuel Miranda-Arango, Laura E. O'Dell, Kristin Gosselink.
• Neuropeptide System Regulation of Prefrontal Cortex Circuitry: Implications for Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Frontiers in neural circuits 16 (2022), S M. Casello, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, H E. Yarur, H Wang, M Awanyai, M A. Arenivar, R B. Jaime-Lara, H Bravo-Rivera, H A. Tejeda.
• Exposure to Nicotine Vapor Produced by an Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Causes Short-Term Increases in Impulsive Choice in Adult Male Rats. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 24 3 (2022), Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, Fatima Z. Alshbool, P Giner, Laura E. O'Dell, Ian A. Mendez.
• Dynorphin/Kappa-Opioid Receptor System Modulation of Cortical Circuitry. Handbook of experimental pharmacology 271 (2022), H A. Tejeda, H Wang, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, H E. Yarur.
• Insulin restores the neurochemical effects of nicotine in the mesolimbic pathway of diabetic rats. Journal of neurochemistry 156 2 (2021), Bryan Cruz, Luis Carcoba, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, E J. Espinoza, A Nazarian, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Estradiol promotes and progesterone reduces anxiety-like behavior produced by nicotine withdrawal in female rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 119 (2020), Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, Bryan Cruz, Kevin P. Uribe, V L. Correa, M C. Arreguin, Luis Carcoba, Ian A. Mendez, Laura E. O'Dell.
• Overexpression of corticotropin-releasing factor in the nucleus accumbens enhances the reinforcing effects of nicotine in intact female versus male and ovariectomized female rats. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 45 2 (2020), Kevin P. Uribe, V L. Correa, B E. Pinales, Rodolfo J. Flores Garcia, Bryan Cruz, Z Shan, A W. Bruijnzeel, Arshad Khan, Laura E. O'Dell.

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