{"id":94,"date":"2018-01-09T15:47:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T15:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/champagne\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:41:49","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/orsinilab\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group window\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Publications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-1ef39ef7\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2026<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kahanek, P., Opachich, Z., Csitkovits, I., Kelly, M., Orsini, C.A. (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42289238\/\">Contributions of the interaction between mu-opioid receptors and dopamine receptors in the regulation of risky decision making.<\/a> <em>Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Truckenbrod, L.M., Carlos, N.R., Kelly, M., Garner, M., Streifer, M., Gore, A.C<strong>.,<\/strong> Orsini, C.A. (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41588114\/\">The role of ovarian hormones in risk aversion in female rats.<\/a> <em>Neuropsychopharmacology.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rae, R.J., et al. (large multi-site author group including <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>), Kelberman, M.A.. Sex differences in neuromodulatory subcortical systems and implications for Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. Alzheimer&#8217;s &amp; Dementia, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-587fdea7\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2025<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tieman, M.A., Gandy, H.M., Dufala, H.A., Orsini, C.A., Newman, L.A., McQuail, J.A. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40935308\/\">Individual differences in stress coping are linked to working memory performance in male and female F344 rats.<\/a> <em>Physiology &amp; Behavior.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelly M., Garner M., Cooper E.M., Orsini C.A. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39710058\/\">Cholinergic regulation of decision making under risk of punishment.<\/a> <em>Neurobiology of Learning and Memory<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-ae3f4bc2\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2024<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wheeler A-R., Truckenbrod L.M., Boehnke A., Kahanek P., Orsini C.A. (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39039141\/\">Sex differences in sensitivity to dopamine receptor manipulations of risk-based decision making in rats.<\/a> <em>Neuropsychopharmacology<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Truckenbrod, L.M., Setlow, B., <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> Sex differences in risk\/reward decision making. Book chapter, in Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, 2nd Ed. (Vol. 2), Elsevier, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cahill, L., <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> Where the study of sex influences has been, and where it is going. Book chapter, in Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, 2nd Ed. (Vol. 2), Elsevier, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Kim, J.H., Arguello, A.A.. Molecular underpinnings of relapse-like behavior: drug context and development. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 17, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-fe915577\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2023<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wheeler, A-R., Truckenbrod, L.M., Cooper, E.M., Betzhold, S.M., Setlow, B, <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37612455\/\">Effects of Fentanyl Self-administration on Risk-Taking Behavior in Male Rats<\/a>.<em> Psychopharmacology.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Truckenbrod, L.M. Betzhold, S.M., Wheeler, A-R., Shallcross, J., Singhal, S., Harden, S., Schwendt, M., Frazier, C.J., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B., <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37286352\/\">Circuit- and cell-specific contributions to decision making involving risk of explicit punishment in male and female rats.<\/a>\u00a0<em>The Journal of Neuroscience.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.,<\/strong> Pyon, W.S*., Dragone, R.J., Faraji, M. Wheeler, A-R., Pompilus, M., Febo, M., Setlow, B., Bizon, J.L. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36596593\/\">Age-related changes in risky decision making and associated neural circuitry in a rat model.<\/a> <em>eNeuro. *indicates co-first author.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Truckenbrod, L.M., Cooper, E., <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36539558\/\">Cognitive relationships underlying risky decision making in male and female rats.<\/a> <em>Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Truckenbrod, L.M., Cooper, E.M., Wheeler, A-R., <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37965568\/\">Cocaine intake correlates with risk-taking behavior and affects estrous cycling in female Sprague-Dawley rats<\/a>. <em>Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-91141295\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2022<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.,<\/strong> Brown, T.W., Hodges, T.E., Alonso-Caraballo, Y., Winstanley, C.A., Becker, J.B. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36351834\/\">Neural\u00a0 mechanisms mediating sex differences in motivation for reward: food and drugs of abuse.<\/a>\u00a0 <em>The Journal of Neuroscience<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A., <\/strong>Truckenbrod, L.M., Wheeler, A-R. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35661794\/\">Regulation of sex differences in risk-based decision making by gonadal hormones: insights from rodent models.<\/a> <em>Behavioral Processes.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blaes, S.L., Betzhold, S.M., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B., <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35298207\/\">Cocaine-induced changes in risk taking\u00a0 in males and females depends on age at which cocaine self-administration occurs.<\/a> <em>Behavioral Neuroscience.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-c545a751\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2021<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Garman. T.S., Setlow, B., <strong>Orsini, C.A. <\/strong>(2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33227243\/\">The effects of a high-fat diet on impulsive choice in rats.<\/a> <em>Physiology &amp; Behavior.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hernandez, C.M., <strong>Orsini, C.A.,<\/strong> Blaes, S.L., Bizon. J.L., Febo, M., Bruijnzeel, A.W., Setlow B. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33295231\/\">Effects of repeated adolescent exposure to cannabis smoke on cognitive outcomes in adulthood.<\/a> <em>Journal of Psychopharmacology.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A<\/strong>., Blaes, S.L., Hernandez, C.M., Wheeler, A-R., Ten Eyck, T.W., Garman, T.S., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32919406\/\">Regulation of risky decision making by gonadal hormones in male and female rats.<\/a> <em>Neuropsychopharmacology.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-438095fb\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2020<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hernandez, C.M., <strong>Orsini, C.A<\/strong>., Wheeler, A.-R., Ten Eyck, T.W., Setlow, B., Bizon, J.L. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32985975\/\">Testicular hormones mediate robust sex differences in impulsive choice.<\/a> <em>eLife.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.,<\/strong> Simon, N.W. (2020).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32687693\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reward\/punishment-based decision making in rodents.<\/a> <em>Current Protocols in Neuroscience Research.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.,<\/strong> Blaes, S.L., Dragone, R.J., Betzhold, S.M., Finner, A., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2020).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31676462\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Distinct relationships between risk taking and cocaine self-administration in under short-and long-access conditions.<\/a> <em>Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology &amp; Biological Psychiatry, <\/em>98:109791.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setlow, B., Blaes, S.L., Burns, M.R., Dragone, R.J., <strong>Orsini, C.A<\/strong>. (2020).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cobeha.2019.10.012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using rodent models to understand interactions between gambling and substance use.<\/a> <em>Current Opinion in Behavioral\u00a0 Sciences, <\/em>31:37-41.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-9cf00ca1\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2019<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A., <\/strong>Blaes, S.L., Setlow, B., Simon, N.W. (2019).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31273694\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recent Updates in Modeling Risky Decision Making in Rodents.<\/a> In <em>Psychiatric Disorders: Methods and Protocols.<\/em> Firas H. Kobeissy, Editor. Springer Nature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hernandez, C.M., <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Labiste, C.C., Wheeler, A-R, Ten Eyck, T.W., Bruner, M.M., Harden, S., Frazier, C.J., Setlow, B., Bizon, J.L. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31017572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optogenetic inactivation of the basolateral\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 amygdala during distinct task epochs young and aged rats performing a delay discounting task.<\/a> <em>eLife<\/em>, 8:e46174. PMCID: PMC6472996.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blaes, S.L.,\u00a0<strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Bruner, M.M., Wall, S.C., Stubbs, T., Ferguson, S.N., Holik, H., Febo, M., Bruijnzeel, A.W., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2019).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30521850\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enhancing effects of acute exposure to cannabis smoke\u00a0 on working memory performance.<\/a> <em>Neurobiology of Learning and Memory<\/em>, 157:151-162. PMCID: PMC6563837.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Hernandez, C.M., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2019).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30341621\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deconstructing value-based decision making via temporally-selective manipulation of neural activity: insights from rodent models.<\/a> <em>Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience<\/em>, 19:459-476. PMCID: PMC6472996.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-989ecb14\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2018<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blaes, S.L.,\u00a0<strong>Orsini, C.A.*,<\/strong> Mitchell, M.R., Spurrell, M.S., Betzhold, S., Vera, K., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30394882\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monoaminergic modulation of decision making under risk of punishment in a rat\u00a0\u00a0 model.<\/a> <em>Behavioral Pharmacology<\/em>. 29:745-761. PMCID: PMC6291248. <em>*contributed equally.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Colon-Perez, L.M., Heshmati, S.C., Setlow, B., Febo, M (2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30073194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Functional connectivity of chronic cocaine use reveals progressive neuroadaptations in neocortical, striatal and limbic networks.<\/a> <em>eNeuro<\/em>, PMCID: PMC6071197.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.,<\/strong> Heshmati, S.C., Garman, T.S., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B (2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30009836\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contributions of medial prefrontal cortex to decision making involving risk of punishment.<\/a> <em>Neuropharmacology,\u00a0 <\/em>139:205-216. PMCID: PMC6108435.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deng, J.V., <strong>Orsini, C.A., <\/strong>Shimp, K.G., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29155278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MeCP2 expression in a rat model of risky decision making.<\/a><em>\u00a0Neuroscience, <\/em>369:212-221. PMCID: PMC5766376.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-8c57add0\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2017<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mitchell, M.R., <strong>Orsini, C.A.,<\/strong> &amp; Setlow, B. Cocaine and intertemporal decision making.\u201d (2017). In <em>The Neuroscience of Cocaine: Mechanisms and Treatments. <\/em>V. Preedy, Editor. Elsevier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A., <\/strong>Hernandez, C., Singhal, S., Kelly, K.B., Frazier, C.J., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2017).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29079687\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optogenetic inhibition reveals distinct roles for basolateral amygdala activity at discrete\u00a0timepoints during risky decision making.<\/a>\u00a0<em>The Journal of Neuroscience, <\/em>48:11537-11548. PMCID: PMC5707761.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hernandez, C.M., Vetere, L., <strong>Orsini, C.A<\/strong>., McQuail, J.M., Burke, S., Mauer, D., Setlow, B., Bizon, J.L. (2017).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28946018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relationships between intertemporal choice and prefrontal cortical-mediated cognitive deficits in aged rats.<\/a> <em>Neurobiology of Aging, <\/em>60:141-152. PMCID: PMC5669385.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Mitchell, M.R., Heshmati, S.C., Spurrell, M. Bizon, J.B., Setlow, B. (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28057530\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Effects of nucleus accumbens amphetamine administration on performance in a delay discounting task. <\/a><em>Behavioural Brain Research, <\/em>321:130-136, PMCID: PMC5272779<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Setlow B. (2017).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27870448\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sex differences in animal models of decision making.<\/a> <em>Journal of Neuroscience Research, <\/em>95:260-269, PMCID: PMC5120608.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-d7ff73da\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2016<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Setlow, B., DeJesus, M., Galaviz, S., Loesch, K., Sacchettini, J.C., Ioerger, T., Wallis, D. (2016).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27247960\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Behavioral and transcriptomic profiling of mice null for Lphn3, a gene implicated in ADHD and addiction.<\/a> <em>Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine<\/em>, 4:322-343, PMCID: PMC4867566.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Willis, M., Gilbert, R.J., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2016).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26653713\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sex differences in a rat model of risky decision making.<\/a> <em>Behavioral Neuroscience<\/em>, 130:50-61, PMCID: PMC4738105.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-cca4cf8a\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2015<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Moorman, D., Young, J., Setlow, B., Floresco, S.B. (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/26072028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neural mechanisms regulating different forms of risk-related decision-making: Insights from animal models<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews<\/em>, 58:147-167, PMID: 26072028.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Trotta, R.T., Bizon, J.L. Setlow, B. (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25632115\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dissociable roles for the basolateral amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex in decision-making under risk of punishment.<\/a>\u00a0<em>Journal of Neuroscience<\/em>, 35:1368-1379, PMCID: PMC4308589.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-c2f6e387\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2014<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Ginton, G., Shimp, K.G., Avena, N.M, Gold, M.S., Setlow, B. (2014).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24667154\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food consumption and weight gain after cessation of chronic amphetamine administration.<\/a> <em>Appetite<\/em>, 78:76-80, PMCID: PMC4041868.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-40693d8f\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2013<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Yan, C., Maren, S. (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24379767\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ensemble coding of context-dependent fear memory in the amygdala.<\/a>\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience<\/em>, 7:1-8, PMCID: PMC3861741.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-03a1195a\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2012<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> &amp; Maren, S. (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22230704\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neural and cellular mechanisms of fear and extinction memory formation.<\/a>\u00a0<em>Neuroscience and Biobehavioral\u00a0Reviews<\/em>, 36:1773-1802, PMCID: PMC3345303.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Badrinarayan, A., Prater, K.E. &amp; <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22723682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The role of the central amygdala in selecting circuits and responses. <\/a><em>Journal of Neuroscience<\/em>, 32:8431-8433, PMCID: PMC3457702.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-2c4ec398\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2011<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong> &amp; Maren, S. (2011).\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22114293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hippocampal and prefrontal projections to the basal amygdala mediate contextual regulation of fear after extinction.<\/a>\u00a0<em>Journal of Neuroscience<\/em>, 23, p. 17269-17277, PMCID: 3241946.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-1edd761a\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2010<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leighton, J., Bird, G., <strong>Orsini, C.A<\/strong>., Heyes, C.. Social attitudes modulate automatic imitation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46:905-910, 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-dcc0f093\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">2009<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rabinak, C.A., <strong>Orsini, C.A.<\/strong>, Zimmerman, J.M. &amp; Maren, S. 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