*Ortiz RJ, Gutierrez GG, Norman VN, Prosser RA, Baker CA (2025): Bubble perfusion brain slice culture with single-droplet stimulus delivery in 3D printed microfluidic device. ACS Measurement Science Au
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.5c00028
*Bens, N, Chang A, Ortiz R, Leaston J, Kulkarni P, Hightower R, Prom S, O’Hare N, Ebong E, Ferris, CF (2025): Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Mild Repetitive Head Injury in Awake Rats: Modeling the Human Experience and Clinical Condition
Neuroscience Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-025-01438-9
*Brengel EK, Axe B, Maheswari A, Abeer MI, Ortiz RJ, Woodward TJ, Walhof R, Utama R, Sawada C, Balaji S, Kulkarni PP, Bradshaw HB, Gitcho M A, Ferris CF (2025): Psilocybin as a Treatment for Repetitive Mild Head Injury: Evidence from Neuroradiology and Molecular Biology. Frontiers in Neuroscience
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1554049
*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, 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
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1554049
*Wang Y, Ortiz R, Chang A, Nasseef T, Rubalcaba N, Munson C, Ghaw A, Balaji S, Kwon Y, Athreya D, Kedharnath S, Kulkarni P P and Ferris CF (2025) 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
https://doi.org/10.3389/fradi.2025.1510850
*Balaji S, Woodward TJ, Richter E, Chang A, Ortiz R, Kulkarni PP, et al. (2024): Palmitoylethanolamide causes dose-dependent changes in brain function and the lipidome. Front Neurosci
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1506352
*Harris-Blum L, Smith Z, Ortiz RJ, Athreya D, Chang A, Kulkarni PP, Ferris CF (2024): Developmental changes in brain structure and function following exposure to oral LSD during adolescence. Scientific Reports
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69597-9
*Colarusso B, Ortiz R, Yeboah J, Chang A, Gupta M, Kulkarni P, Ferris CF (2024): APOE4 rat model of Alzheimer’s disease: sex differences, genetic risk and diet. BMC Neuroscience
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-024-00901-z
*Ghaw A, Chunduri A, Chang A, Ortiz RJ, Kozlowska M, Kulkarni PP, Ferris CF (2024): Dose-dependent LSD effects on cortical/thalamic and cerebellar activity: brain oxygen level–dependent fMRI study in awake rats.
Brain Communications
https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae194
*Ghaw A, Chunduri A; Chang A, Ortiz, RJ; Kozlowska M, Kulkarni P, Ferris, Craig (2024): Dose-dependent changes in cortical/thalamic and cerebellar activity following exposure to LSD: a BOLD functional MRI study in awake rats. Brain Communications.
https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae194
*Brems B, Sullivan E, Connolly J, Zhang J, Chang A, Ortiz R, Cantwell L, Kulkarni P, Thakur G, Ferris CF (2023), Dose-dependent effects of GAT107, a novel allosteric agonist-positive allosteric modulator for the α7 nicotinic cholinergic receptor: A BOLD phMRI and connectivity study on awake rats. Frontiers Brain Imaging Methods. Front. Brain Imaging Methods Neurosci.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1196786
*Sadaka A, Canuel J, Febo M, Johnson C, Bradshaw H, Ortiz RJ, Ciumo F, Kulkarni P, Gitcho M, Ferris CF (2023) Effects of Inhaled Cannabis High in THC or CBD on the Aging Brain: A Translational MRI and Behavioral Study. Front. Aging Neurosci.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1055433
*Kenkel WM, Ortiz RJ, Yee JR, Kulkarni PP, Carter CS, Cushing BS, Ferris CF (2023): Neuroanatomical and Functional Consequences of Oxytocin Treatment at Birth. Psychoneuroendocrinology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106025
*Ash H, Chang A, Ortiz RJ, Kulkarni PP, Rauch B, Colman R, Ferris CF, Ziegler TE (2022) Structural and functional variations in the prefrontal cortex are associated with learning in pre-adolescent common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Behavioural Brain Research
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113920
*Coleman JR, Madularu D, Ortiz RJ, Athanassiou M, Knudsen A, Alkislar I, et al. (2022): Changes in brain structure and function following chronic exposure to inhaled vaporised cannabis during periadolescence in female and male mice: A multimodal MRI study. Addict Biol 27. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13169
Dissertation: Transgenerational Differences Between Two Culturally Distinct Prairie Vole Populations (2021): University of Texas at El Paso
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4439&context=open_etd
*Ortiz RJ, Walger AE, Yee JR, Wagler AE, Kulkarni PP, Cai X, Ferris CF, Cushing BS (2021): Functional connectivity differences between two culturally distinct prairie vole populations: insights into the prosocial network.
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.11.007
*Demaree J, Ortiz RJ, Cai X, Aggarwal D, Senthilkumar I, Lawson C, Kulkarni P, Cushing BS, Ferris CF (2021): Exposure to methylphenidate during peri-adolescence decouples the prefrontal cortex and enhances cerebellar connectivity: A multimodal MRI study. American Journal of Translational Research 13: 8480–8495
*Sadaka A, Ozuna A, Ortiz RJ, Kulkarni P, Bradshaw H, Hohmann A, Makriyannis, Cushing BS, Ferris CF (2021): Cannabidiol has a unique effect on global brain activity: A pharmacological, functional
MRI study in awake mice. Journal of Translational Medicine
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-253550/v1
*Ortiz R, Yee JR, Kulkarni PP, Solomon NG, Keane B, Cai X, et al. (2020): Differences in diffusion weighted imaging and resting-state functional connectivity between two culturally distinct populations of prairie vole. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.08.014
*Perry AN, Ortiz RJ, Hernandez KR, Cushing BS, (2019): Effects of methamphetamine on alloparental behavior in male and female prairie voles. Physiology and Behavior
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.09.012
*Balivada S, Ganta C, Zhang Y, Pawar H, Ortiz R, Becker K, Kenney M (2017): Microarray analysis of 
aging-associated immune system alterations in the Rostral Ventral Lateral Medulla of F344 rats. Physiological Genomics
https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00131.2016