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Juan A. Salinas, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Email: salinas@psy.utexas.edu
Phone (Office): 232-4643 (Lab) 232-6576
Office: SEA 3.214 Lab: ARC 3.102
See also Behavioral Neuroscience
Dr. Salinas obtained his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Department of Psychobiology in 1994 at University of California - Irvine. The focus of his research over the last seven years has been the neurobiology and neuropharmacology of learning and memory in general, with a particular interest in the neural basis of learning about failed expectations of reward as a model system for studying how multiple memory systems in the mammalian brain interact to guide and direct behavior.
Selected Publications
Salinas, J.A. & White, N.M. (in press). Contributions of the hippocampus, amygdala and dorsal striatum to the response elicited by reward reduction. Behavioral Neuroscience.
White, N.M. & Salinas, J.A. (1998). Pharmacological Approaches to the study of learning and memory. In J. Martinez & R. Kesner, (Eds.), Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, San Diego: Academic Press.
Salinas, J.A., Introini-Collison, I. B., Dalmaz, C., & McGaugh, J.L. (1997). Posttraining Intraamygdala infusions of oxotremorine and propranolol modulate storage of memory for reductions in reward magnitude. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory. 68, 51-59
Salinas, J.A., Parent, M.B., & McGaugh, J.L. (1996). Ibotenic acid lesions of the amygdala basolateral complex or central nucleus differentially affect the response to reductions in reward. Brain Research, 742, 283-293,
Salinas, JA. & McGaugh, J.L. (1996). The amygdala modulates memory for changes in reward magnitude: Involvement of the amygdaloid GABAergic system. Behavioural Brain Research, 80, 87-98.
Coleman-Mesches, K., Salinas, J.A., & McGaugh, J.L. (1996). Unilateral amygdala inactivation after training attenuates memory for reduced reward. Behavioural Brain Research, 77, 175-180.
Salinas, J.A., Williams, C.L., & McGaugh, J.L. (1996). Peripheral post-training administration of 4-OH amphetamine enhances
Retention of a reduction in reward magnitude. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, 65, 192-195.
