Publications

* Graduate student, **  Undergraduate student

Agee LA, Nemchek V, Malone CA, Lee HJ & Monfils M-H (2022) Appetitive behavior in the social transmission of food preference paradigm predict activation of oreinx-A producing neurons. Neuroscience 481:30-46 

Hilz EN*, Lewis SM**, Olshavsky ME*, Khoury ES*, Gore AC, Monfils M-H & Lee HJ (2022) Sex differences in conditioned orienting and the role of estradiol in addiction-related behaviors. Behavioral Neuroscience 136:19-29

Gonzalez-Martinez LF, Abshire K, Pardon W, Lee HJ, & Delville Y (2020) Early stress and waiting to respond  vs. waiting to receive. Behavioral Neuroscience 134:166-176

Hilz EN*, Smith RW**, Hong YJ** Monfils M-H, & Lee HJ (2019) Mapping the estrous cycle to context-specific extinction memory. Behavioral Neuroscience 133:614-623

Cofresi RU, Monfils M-H, Chaudhri N, Gonzales RA & Lee HJ (2019) Cue-alcohol associative learning in female rats. Alcohol 81:1-9

Hilz EN*, Lewis SM**, Park E**, Monfils M-H, & Lee HJ (2018) Extinction to amphetamine associated cues in female rats is dependent upon conditioned orienting behaviors. Psychopharmacology  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5073-7

Monfils MH, Lee HJ, Keller NE, Roquet RF, Quevedo S, Laura Agee, Cofresi R, & Shumake J (2018) Predicting extinction phenotype to optimize fear reduction. Psychopharmacology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5005-6

Cofresi RU, Grote DJ**, Le EVT**, Monfils MH, Chaudhri N, Gonzales RA, & Lee HJ (2018) Alcohol-associated antecedent stimuli elicit alcohol-anticipation in a non-dependent rat model and activate the insula. Alcohol 76:91-102.

Cofresi, R.U., Lee, H.J., Monfils, M-H., Chaudhri, N., & Gonzales, R.A. (2018) Characterizing conditioned reactivity to sequential alcohol-predictive cues in well-trained rats. Alcohol 69:41-49.

Gonzalez-Martinez LF, D’Aigle J, Lee SM, Lee HJ, & Delville Y (2017) Social stress in early puberty has long-term impacts on impulsive action. Behav Neurosci 131:249-261.

Smith, E.S.*, Clark, M.E.**, Hardy, G.A.**, Kraan, D.J.**, Biondo, E.*, Gonzalez-Lima, F., Cormack, L.K., Monfils, M., & Lee, H.J. (2017) Daily consumption of methylene blue reduces attentional deficits and dopamine reduction in a 6-OHDA model of Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience, 359:8-16.

Cofresi, R.U., Lewis, S.M.**, Chaudhri, N., Lee, H.J., Monfils, M-H., & Gonzales, R.A. (2017) Post-retrieval extinction attenuates alcohol cue reactivity in rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 41:608-617.

Smith, E.S.*, Hardy, G.A.**, Schallert, T., & Lee, H.J. (2016) The impact of l-dopa on attentional impairments in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience, 337:295-305.

Lee, H.J., Haberman, R.P., Roquet, R., & Monfils, M.-H. (2016) Extcintion and retrieval+extinction of conditioned fear differentially activate medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala in rats. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 9:369.

Kim, J.J., Choi, J.-S., Lee, H.J. (2016) Foragin in the face of fear: novel strategies for evaluating amygdala functions in rats. In Living without an Amygdala (David Amaral & Ralph Adolphs, Editors).

Smith, E.S.*, Fabian, P.**, Rosenthal, A.**, Kaddour-Djebbar, A.**, & Lee, H.J.  (2015) The roles of central amygdala D1 and D2 receptors on attentional performance in a five-choice task. Behavioral Neuroscience, doi: 10.1037/bne0000077

Olshavsky, M.E.*, Shumake, J., Rosenthal, A.**, Kaddour-Djebbar, A.**, Gonzalez-Lima, F., Setlow, B., & Lee, H.J.  (2014) Impulsivity, risk-taking, and distractability in rats exhibiting robust conditioned orienting behaviors. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 102:162-178

Olshavsky, M.E.*, Song, B., Powell, D.J.**, Jones, C.E., Monfils, M-H., & Lee, H.J.  (2013) Updating appetitive memory during reconsolidation window: critical role of enhanced cue-directed behavior and amygdala central nucleus. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 7:186. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00186

Olshavsky, M.E.*, Jones, C.E., Lee, H.J., & Monfils, M-H.  (2013) Appetitive behavioral traits and stimulus intensity influence maintenance of conditioned fear. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 7:179. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00179

Smith, E.S.*, Geissler, S.A., Schallert, T., & Lee, H.J.  (2013) The role of central amygdala dopamine in disengagement behavior. Behavioral Neuroscience, 127:164-174.

Kosten, T.A., Kim, J.J., & Lee, H.J. (2012) Early life manipulations alter learning and memory in rats. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36:1985-2006.

Lee, H.J., Wheeler D.S., & Holland, P.C. (2011) Interactions between amygdala central nucleus and the ventral tegmental area in the acquisition of conditioned cue-directed behavior in rats. European Journal of Neuroscience, 33:1876-1884.

Lee, H.J., Gallagher, M., & Holland, P.C. (2010) The central amygdala projection to the substanti nigra reflects prediction error information in appetitive conditioning. Learning & Memory, 17:531-538.

Graham, L.K., Yoon, T., Lee, H.J., & Kim, J.J. (2009) Strain and sex differences in fear conditioning: 22 kHz ultrasonice vocalizations and freezing in rats. Psychology &Neuroscience, 2:219-225

Haberman, R.P., Lee, H.J., Colantuoni, C., Koh, M.T., & Gallagher, M. (2008) Rapid encoding of new information alters the profile of plasticity-related mRNA transcripts in the hippocampal CA3 region. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 105:10601-10606.

Lee, H.J., Youn, J.M., Gallagher, M., & Holland, P.C. (2008) Temporally-limited role of substantia nigra-central amygdala connections in surprise-induced enhancement of learning. European Journal of Neuroscience, 27: 3043-3049.

Kim, J.J., Lee, H.J., Welday, A.C., Song, E.Y., Cho, J., Sharp, P.E., Jung, M.W., & Blair, H.T. (2007) Stress-induced alterations in hippocampal plasticity, place cells, and spatial memory. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 104:18297-18302.

Kerfoot, E.C., Agarwal, I., Lee, H.J., & Holland, P.C. (2007) Control of appetitive and aversive taste-reactivity responses by an auditory conditioned stimulus in a devaluation task: a FOS and behavioral analysis. Learning & Memory, 14: 581-589.

Kosten, T.A., Lee, H.J., & Kim, J.J. (2007) Neonatal handling alters learning in adult male and female rats in a task-specific manner. Brain Research, 1154:144-153.

Lee, H.J., Youn, J.M., O, M.J., Gallagher, M., & Holland, P.C. (2006) Role of substantia nigra-amygdala connections in surprise-induced enhancement of attention. Journal of Neuroscience, 26:6077-6081.

Kosten, T.A., Lee, H.J., & Kim, J.J. (2006) Early life stress impairs fear conditioning in adult male and female rats. Brain Research, 1087:142-150.

Lee, H.J., Groshek, F., Petrovich, G.D., Cantalini, J.P., Gallagher, M., & Holland, P.C. (2005)Role of amygdalo-nigral circuitry in conditioning of a visual stimulus paired with food. Journal of Neuroscience, 25: 3881-3888.

Kim, J.J., Koo, J., Lee, H.J., & Han, J.-S. (2005) Amygdalar inactivation blocks stress-induced impairments in hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation and spatial memory. Journal of Neuroscience, 25: 1532-1539.

Kosten, T.A., Miserendino, M.J.D., Bombace, J.C., Lee, H.J., & Kim, J.J. (2005) Sex-selective effects of neonatal isolation on fear conditioning and foot shock sensitivity. Behavioural Brain Research, 157:235-244.

Bizon, J.L., Lee, H.J., & Gallagher, M. (2004) Neurogenesis in a rat model of age-related cognitive decline. Aging Cell, 3: 227-234.

Kim, J.J., Lee, H.J., Han, J.S., & Packard, M.G. (2001) Amygdala is critical for stress-induced modulation of hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation and learning. Journal of Neuroscience, 21: 5222-5228.

Lee, H.J., Choi, J-S., Brown, T.H., & Kim, J.J. (2001) Amygdala N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are critical for the expression of multiple conditioned fear responses. Journal of Neuroscience, 21: 4116-4124.

Lee, H.J., Berger, S.Y., Stiedl, O., Spiess, J., & Kim, J.J. (2001) Post-training injections of catecholaminergic drugs do not modulate fear conditioning in rats and mice. Neuroscience Letters, 303: 123-126.

Lee, H. & Kim, J.J. (1998) Amygdala NMDA receptors are critical for new learning in previously fear-conditioned rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 18: 8444-8454