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Fuini E, Chang A, Ortiz RJ, Nasseef T, Edwards J, Latta M, Gonzalez E, Woodward TJ, Axe B, Maheswari A, Cavallaro N, Bradshaw HB, Kulkarni PP and Ferris CF (2025) Dose-dependent changes in global brain activity and functional connectivity following exposure to psilocybin: a BOLD MRI study in awake rats. Front. Neurosci. 19:1554049 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1554049
Brengel, E.K., Axe, B., Maheswari, A., Abeer, M.I., Ortiz, R.J., Woodward, T.J., Walhof, R., Utama, R., Sawada, C., Balaji, S., Kulkarni, P.P., Bradshaw, H.B., Gitcho, M.A., & Ferris, C.F. (2025). Psilocybin as a treatment for repetitive mild head injury: Evidence from neuroradiology and molecular biology. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.03.636248
2025
Zanni, G., van Dijk, M.T., Cagliostro, M.C., Kulkarni P.P. and Ferris C.F. et al. Perinatal SSRI exposure impacts innate fear circuit activation and behavior in mice and humans. Nat Commun 16, 4002 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58785-4
Wang Yingjie , Ortiz Richard , Chang Arnold , Nasseef Taufiq , Rubalcaba Natalia , Munson Chandler , Ghaw Ashley , Balaji Shreyas , Kwon Yeani , Athreya Deepti , Kedharnath Shruti , Kulkarni Praveen P. , Ferris Craig F. Following changes in brain structure and function with multimodal MRI in a year-long prospective study on the development of Type 2 diabetes Frontiers in Radiology Volume 5 – 2025 10.3389/fradi.2025.1510850
Yuntao Li, Alfredo Cárdenas-Rivera, Bryce Axe, Chang Liu, Zhengyi Lu, Jaime Anton, Mohammed A Alfadhel, Priya Rai, Praveen Kulkarni, Craig F Ferris, Mohammad A Yaseen A multimodal monitoring platform for animal physiology and behavior during intravital brain imaging (2025) BiOS https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3043633
Iriah, S.C., Rodriguez, N., Febo, M., Morrissette, M., Strandwitz, P., Kulkarni, P.P., & Ferris, C.F. (2025). The microbiome’s influence on the neurobiology of opioid addiction and brain connectivity. Brain Research Bulletin, 220(111159). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2024.111159
2024
Balaji, S., Woodward, T.J., Richter, E., Chang, A., Ortiz, R.J., Kulkarni, P.P., Balaji, K., Bradshaw, H.B., & Ferris, C.F. (2024). Palmitoylethanolamide causes dose-dependent changes in brain function and the lipidome. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1506352
Hightower, R., Brengel, E.K., Prom, S., Kulkarni, P.P., & Ferris, C.F. (2024). Testing the efficacy of minocycline treatment in an awake, female rat model of repetitive mild head injury. Journal of Experimental Neurology, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.33696/Neurol.5.097
D’Souza, A., Kulkarni, P., Ferris, C. F., Amiji, M. M., & Bleier, B. S. (2024). Mild repetitive TBI reduces brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the substantia nigra and hippocampus: A preclinical model for testing BDNF-targeted therapeutics. Experimental Neurology, 374, 114696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2024.114696
Harris, L. R., Smith, Z. M., Ortiz, R. J., Athreya, D., Chang, A., Kulkarni, P., & Ferris, C. F. (2024). Changes in brain structure and function following exposure to oral LSD during adolescence: A multimodal MRI study. Research Square (Research Square). https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3979084/v1
Bradley Colarusso, Richard Ortiz, Julian Yeboah et al. APOE4 rat model of Alzheimer’s disease: sex differences, genetic risk and diet, 14 May 2024, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4339838/v1]
Bens, N., Kulkarni, P. & Ferris, C.F. Changes in cerebral vascular reactivity following mild repetitive head injury in awake rats: modeling the human experience. Exp Brain Res(2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-024-06907-7
Ashley Ghaw, Alisha Chunduri, Arnold Chang, Richard J Ortiz, Milena Kozlowska, Praveen P Kulkarni, Craig F Ferris, Dose-dependent LSD effects on cortical/thalamic and cerebellar activity: brain oxygen level–dependent fMRI study in awake rats, Brain Communications, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2024, fcae194, https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae194
Harris-Blum, L., Smith, Z., Ortiz, R. J., Athreya, D., Chang, A., Kulkarni, P. P., & Ferris, C. F. (2024). Developmental changes in brain structure and function following exposure to oral LSD during adolescence. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69597-9
2023
Zanni, G., Van Dijk, M., Cagliostro, M. C., Stevens, G. S., Pini, N., Rose, A. L., Kesin, A. L., Lugo-Candelas, C., Goncalves, P. D., MacKay, A. S., Kulkarni, P., Ferris, C. F., Weissman, M. M., Talati, A., Ansorge, M. S., & Gingrich, J. A. (2023). Perinatal SSRI exposure impacts innate fear circuit activation and behavior in mice and humans. medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.01.23286641
Sadaka AH, Canuel J, Febo M, Johnson CT,Bradshaw HB, Ortiz R, Ciumo F, Kulkarni P,Gitcho MA and Ferris CF (2023) Effects ofinhaled cannabis high in Δ9-THC or CBD onthe aging brain: A translational MRI and behavioral study.Front. Aging Neurosci. 15:1055433. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1055433
Sathe PK, Ramdasi GR, Giammatteo K, et al. Effects of (−)-MBP, a novel 5-HT2C agonist and 5-HT2A/2Bantagonist/inverse agonist on brain activity: A phMRI study on awake mice. Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2023; 11:e01144. doi:10.1002/prp2.1144
Brems BM, Sullivan EE, Connolly JG, Zhang J, Chang A, Ortiz R, Cantwell L, Kulkarni P, Thakur GA and Ferris CF (2023) Dose-dependent effects of GAT107, a novel allosteric agonist-positive allosteric modulator (ago-PAM) for the α7 nicotinic cholinergic receptor: a BOLD phMRI and connectivity study on awake rats. Front. Neurosci. 17:1196786. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1196786
Knox, D., Mohammadmirzaei, N., Biddle, M., Collins, B., Cai, X., Kulkarni, P., Hekmatyar, K., Wood, D., Boyapati, S., & Barth, M. (2023). 36. Mechanisms via Which Traumatic Stress Leads to Persistent Fear in Male and Female Rats. Biological Psychiatry, 93(9), S84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.02.219
Arya, P., Petkova, S. P., Kulkarni, P. P., Kolodny, N. H., & Gobes, S. M. H. (2023). Tracing development of song memory with fMRI in zebra finches after a second tutoring experience. Communications Biology, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04724-2
Stokes, C., White, E. F., Toddes, S., Bens, N., Kulkarni, P., & Ferris, C. F. (2023). Whole CNS 3D Cryo-Fluorescence Tomography Shows CSF Clearance along Nasal Lymphatics, Spinal Nerves, and Lumbar/Sacral Lymph Nodes. Journal of Imaging, 9(2), 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging9020045