*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. Sci Rep 14: 18632.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69597-9

*Fuini E,  Chang A,  Ortiz RJ, Nasseef T,  Edwards J, Latta M, Gonzalez E, Woodward TJ, Bradshaw HB, Axe B, CavallaroN,  Kulkarni P, Ferris CF (2024): Dose-dependent changes in global brain activity and functional connectivity following exposure to psilocybin: a BOLD MRI study in awake rats (In Review)

*Ortiz RJ, Gutierrez GG, Norman VN, Prosser RA, Baker CA (2024): Design, development, and validation of a 3D printed microfluidic perfusion system for studying circadian physiology via ex vivo slice culture (In Prep)

*Ortiz RJ, Brown J, Cushing BS, Lavretsky P (2024): ddRAD-seq reveals population structure and long-term demographic histories of North American Microtus vole species (In Prep)

*Ortiz RJ, P, Kulkarni, Ferris CF, Cushing BS (2024): Difference in resting state functional connectivity in and between the olfactory and social core of male rats and mice in comparison to socially monogamous male prairie voles (In Prep)

*Ortiz RJ, Stetzik L, Lavretsky P, Cushing BS (2024): Comparative genomic analysis of two phenotypically distinct prairie vole populations and F1 hybrids using ddRADseq (In prep) 

*Iriah SC, Rodriguez N, Febo M, Ortiz RJ, Chang A, Morrissette M, Strandwitz P, Kulkarni P, C.F. Ferris CF (2024): The microbiome’s influence on the neurobiology of opioid addiction and brain connectivity (In Review)
Scientific Reports

*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 (In Review)
Neuroscience Insights

*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