Publications before 2015

Peer-reviewed Publications

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• Chang, C.-H. and Grace, A. A. (2015), Dopaminergic Modulation of Lateral Amygdala Neuronal Activity: Differential D1 and D2 Receptor Effects on Thalamic and Cortical Afferent Inputs, Int J Neuropsychopharm 18(8), pii: pyv015. 

• Chang, C.-H. and Grace, A. A. (2014), Amygdala-ventral pallidum pathway decreases dopamine activity following chronic mild stress in rats, Biol Psychiatry 76(3): 223-230.

• Chang, C.-H. and Grace, A. A. (2013), Amygdala b-noradrenergic receptors modulate delayed downregulation of dopamine activity following restraint, J Neurosci 33(4):1441-1450.

• Chang, C.-H. and Maren, S. (2011), Medial prefrontal cortex activation facilitates re-extinction of fear in rats, Learn Mem 18: 221-225.

• Chang, C.-H., Berke, J.D. and Maren, S. (2010), Single-unit activity in the medial prefrontal cortex during immediate and delayed extinction of fear in rats, PLoS ONE 5(8): e11971.

• Chang, C.-H. and Maren, S. (2010), Strain difference in the effect of infralimbic cortex lesions on fear extinction in rats, Behavioral Neuroscience 124: 391-397.

• Chang, C.-H. and Maren, S. (2009), Early extinction after fear conditioning yields a context-independent and short-term suppression of conditional fear in rats, Learn Mem 16: 62-68.

• Maren, S and Chang, C.-H. (2006), Recent fear is resistant to extinction, PNAS 103: 18020-18025.

• Garcia, R., Chang, C.-H., and Maren, S. (2006), Electrolytic lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex do not interfere with long-term memory of extinction of conditioned fear, Learn Mem 13: 14-17.

• Chang, C.-H., Liang, K.-C. and Yen, C.-T. (2005), Inhibitory Avoidance Learning Altered Ensemble Activity of Amygdaloid Neurons in Rats, Eur. J. Neurosci 21: 210-218.

Book Chapters

• Liang, K.-C., Yen, C.-T., Chang, C.-H. and Chen, C.-C. (2007) , Involvement of the amygdala in two forms of inhibitory avoidance tasks. In Onozuka M and CT Yen Eds:" New development in brain imaging", Springer, Tokyo.

Commentaries and Invited Articles

• Chang, C.-H. and Grace, A. A. (2013), Some dopamine neurons may be more impulsive than others: Why differences in receptors and transporters can affect dopamine function in Parkinson's disease, Mov Disord 28(10): 1319-1320. 

• Chang, C.-H., Knapska, E, Orsini, C.A., Rabinak, C.A., Zimmerman, J.M., and Maren, S. (2009), Fear extinction in rodents, Current Protocols in Neuroscience: 8.23.1-8.23.17. 

• Rabinak, C.A, Zimmerman, J.M, Chang, C.-H., and Orsini, C.A. (2008), Bidirectional changes in the intrinsic excitability of infralimbic neurons reflect a possible regulatory role in the acquisition and extinction of Pavlovian conditioned fear. J Neurosci 28: 7245-7247.

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