Publications

• Espana, R.A., Reis, K.M., Valentino, R.J. and Berridge, C.W. Organization of hypocretin efferents to locus coeruleus and basal forebrain arousal-related structures. J. Comp. Neurol. 481:160-178, (2005).
  
  
• Waselus, M., Valentino, R.J. and Van Bockstaele, E.J. Ultrastructural evidence for a role of GABA in mediating the effects of corticotropin-releasing factor on the rat dorsal raphe serotonin system. J. Comp. Neurol. 482:155-165, (2005).
  
  
• Valentino, R.J. and Commons, K.G. Peptides that fine-tune the serotonin system. Neuropeptides 39:1-8, (2005).
  
  
• Reyes, B.A.S., Valentino, R.J., Xu, G.and Van Bockstaele, E.J. Hypothalamic projections to locus coeruleus neurons in rat brain. Eur. J. Neurosci. 22:93-106, (2005).
  
  
• Cryan, J., Valentino, R.J. and Lucki, I. Assessing substrates underlying the behavioral effects of antidepressants using the modified rat forced swimming test. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 29:547-569, (2005).
  
  
• Commons, K.G. Beck, S. G. and Bey, V.W. Two populations of glutamatergic axons in rat dorsal raphe nucleus defined by the vesicular glutamate transporters 1 and 2. European Journal of Neuroscience 21:1577-1586, (2005).
  
  
• T. Ion, S.D. Cook-Sather, R.S. Finkel, G. Cucchiaro.Fascia iliaca block for an infant with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita undergoing muscle biopsy. Anesth Analg Anesth Analg. 100:82-84, (2005)
  
  
• G. Cucchiaro, N. Chaijalle, K.G. Commons. The dorsal raphe nucleus as a site of action of the antinociceptive and behavioral effects of the alpha4 nicotinic receptor agonist, epibatidine J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 313:389-394, (2005)
  
  
• Bhatnagar, S. Lee, T. & Vining, C. Prenatal stress differentially affects habituation of hypothalamic pituitary adrenal responses to repeated restraint in adult male and female rats. Hormones and Behavior, 47, 430-438, (2005).
  
  
• Bhatnagar, S. & Vining, C. Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal function in chronically stressed male and female mice lacking the 5-HT-3 receptor. Stress, 7(4), 251-256, (2005).
  
  
• Curtis, A.L., Bethea, T. and Valentino, R.J. Sexually dimorphic responses of the brain norepinephrine system to stress and corticotropin-releasing factor. Neuropsychopharmacology 3:544-54, March 31 (2006).
  
  
• Kiddoo, D.A., Valentino, R.J., Zderic, S., Ganesh, A., Leiser, S.C., Hale, L. and Grigoriadis, D.E. Impact of the state of arousal and stress neuropeptides on urodynamic function in the freely moving rat. Am. J. Physiol. Regul Integr Comp Physiol. [Epub ahead of print]) Jan 26 (2006).
  
  
• Bhatnagar, S., Vining, C., Kinni,V. and Iyer, V. Changes in hypothalamic pituitary adrenal function, body temperature and food intake during repeated social stress. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 18(1), 13-24, (2006).
  
  
• Leiser, S.C. and Moxon, K.A. Relationship between somatotopy, receptive fields, and response type of neurons within the rat trigeminal ganglion. J. Neurophysiol. [Epub ahead of print]) Jan 18 (2006).
  
  
• Waselus, M., Galvez, J.P., Valentino, R.J. and Van Bockstaele, E.J. Differential projections of dorsal raphe nucleus neurons to the lateral septum and striatum. J. Chem. Neuroanat. (In press).
  
  
• K. Tran, T.J.Ganley, L. Wells, A. Ganesh, K.I. Minger, G. Cucchiaro. Intra-articular bupivacaine-
  clonidine-morphine vs. Femoral-sciatic nerve block in pediatric patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Anesth Analg. (In press).
  
  
• L. Wells, L. Moroz, G. Cucchiaro, A. Ganesh, H. Hosalkar. Combined Regional and Intraarticular Analgesia: A preliminary outcome report of a pain management strategy for pediatric patients undergoing outpatient orthopaedic surgery procedures. UPOJ. (In press).
  
  
• J.D. Swinny, J.J.L. Van der Want, A Gramsbergen. Cerebellar development and plasticity: Perspectives for motor coordination strategies, for motor skills and for therapy. Neural Plasticity. Review. (In press).
  
  
• Leiser, S.C. and Moxon, K.A. Response properties of Rapidly Adapting and Slowly adapting trigeminal ganglion (Vg) cells of awake rats during natural whisking behaviors. (Neuron, in revisions).
  
  
• Pearson, K.A., Stephen, A., Beck S.G. and Valentino, R.J. Identifying genes in monoamine nuclei that may determine stress vulnerability and depressive behavior in wistar Kyoto rats. Neuropsychopharmacology (accepted).
  
  
• Book Chapter:
  Foffani, G., Tutunculer, B., Leiser, S.C., Moxon, K.A. Decoding sensory stimuli from populations of neurons: methods for long-term longitudinal studies. In Handbook of Neural Engineering, ed. Metin Akay, IEEE Press with John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (in press) 2006.