Published work

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

Fuini, E., Chang, A., Ortiz, R.J., Nasseef, T., Edwards, J., Latta, M., Gonzalez, E., Woodward, T.J., Bradshaw, H.B., Axe, B., Maheswari, A., Cavallaro, N.J., Kulkarni, P.P., & Ferris, C.F. (2025). Dose-dependent changes in global brain activity and functional connectivity following exposure to psilocybin: a BOLD MRI study in awake rats. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 19. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1554049

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

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

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 andbehavioral study.Front. Aging Neurosci. 15:1055433.

Sathe PK, Ramdasi GR, Giammatteo K, et al. Effects of (−)-MBP, a novel 5-HT_2C agonist and 5-HT_2A/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

Ziegler, Toni E., Gabriela D. Oliveira, Hayley Ash, Ricki Colman, Praveen Kulkarni, Achla Gandhi, and Craig F. Ferris. “PROCESSING OLFACTORY SOCIAL ODORS BY BRAIN IMAGING IN JUVENILE COMMON MARMOSETS: GENDER MATTERS.” In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, vol. 85. 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY, 2023.