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James J. Chrobak is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Neuroscience, with a strong focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Signal Processing as key subfields.

Their work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and Related Disorders
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Speech and Audio Processing

Chrobak has published in a variety of venues, highlighting diverse interests in both theoretical and applied neuroscience. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • Frontiers in Sleep
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Chrobak demonstrate a range of topics and experimental approaches:

  • "Effects of the dopamine depleting agent tetrabenazine on detailed temporal parameters of effort-related choice responding," 2022, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • "Memory retention following acoustic stimulation in slow-wave sleep: a meta-analytic review of replicability and measurement quality," 2023, Frontiers in Sleep
  • "Correlations across timing cues in natural vocalizations predict biases in judging synthetic sound burst durations," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Correlations across timing cues in natural vocalizations predict biases in judging synthetic sound burst durations," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Theta oscillations vary with local response rate and are moderated by the dopamine-depleting agent, tetrabenazine, during effort-based behavior," 2025, Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience

Throughout their career, Chrobak has collaborated frequently with several researchers, contributing to joint publications and advancing interdisciplinary projects. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Heather L. Read
  • Ian H. Stevenson
  • Matthew Bradford Jané
  • Sashank Pisupati
  • L Tonelli

Best Publications

  • Temporal structure in spatially organized neuronal ensembles: a role for interneuronal networks.

    György Buzsáki;James J Chrobak

  • HIGH-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS IN THE OUTPUT NETWORKS OF THE HIPPOCAMPAL-ENTORHINAL AXIS OF THE FREELY BEHAVING RAT

    James J. Chrobak;Gyorgy Buzsáki

  • Gamma Oscillations in the Entorhinal Cortex of the Freely Behaving Rat

    J. J. Chrobak;G. Buzsáki

  • Hippocampal theta activity following selective lesion of the septal cholinergic systeM

    M.G. Lee;J.J. Chrobak;A. Sik;R.G. Wiley

  • Selective Activation of Deep Layer (V-VI) Retrohippocampal Cortical Neurons during Hippocampal Sharp Waves in the Behaving Rat

    JJ Chrobak;G Buzsaki

  • Physiological patterns in the hippocampo-entorhinal cortex system.

    James J. Chrobak;András Lörincz;György Buzsáki

  • Intraseptal administration of muscimol produces dose-dependent memory impairments in the rat.

    James J. Chrobak;Robert W. Stackman;Thomas J. Walsh

  • Nucleus accumbens adenosine A2A receptors regulate exertion of effort by acting on the ventral striatopallidal pathway.

    Susana Mingote;Laura Font;Andrew M. Farrar;Regina Vontell

  • AF64A-induced working memory impairment: behavioral, neurochemical and histological correlates.

    James J. Chrobak;Israel Hanin;D.E. Schmechel;Thomas J. Walsh

  • Septotemporal variation in dynamics of theta: speed and habituation.

    James R Hinman;Stephanie C Penley;Lauren L Long;Monty Armando Escabi

  • Oscillatory and Intermittent Synchrony in the Hippocampus: Relevance to Memory Trace Formation

    G. Buzsáki;A. Bragin;J. J. Chrobak;Z. Nádasdy

  • Operational dynamics in the hippocampal-entorhinal axis.

    James J Chrobak;György Buzsáki

  • Forebrain circuitry involved in effort-related choice: Injections of the GABAA agonist muscimol into ventral pallidum alter response allocation in food-seeking behavior.

    A.M. Farrar;L. Font;M. Pereira;S. Mingote

  • AF64A (ethylcholine aziridinium ion), a cholinergic neurotoxin, selectively impairs working memory in a multiple component T-maze task.

    James J. Chrobak;Israel Hanin;Thomas J. Walsh

  • Opioid and GABA modulation of accumbens-evoked ventral pallidal activity

    J. J. Chrobak;T. C. Napier

  • Entorhinal cortex of the monkey: VII. intrinsic connections.

    James J. Chrobak;David G. Amaral;David G. Amaral

  • Possible physiological role of the perforant path-CA1 projection

    György Buzsáki;Markku Penttonen;Anatol Bragin;Zoltán Nádasdy

  • Antagonism of GABAergic transmission within the septum disrupts working/episodic memory in the rat.

    J.J. Chrobak;T.C. Napier

  • Revealing Past Memories: Proactive Interference and Ketamine-Induced Memory Deficits

    James J. Chrobak;James R. Hinman;Helen R. Sabolek

  • Theta and Gamma Coherence Along the Septotemporal Axis of the Hippocampus

    Helen R Sabolek;Stephanie C Penley;James R Hinman;Jamie G Bunce

  • Depletion of brain norepinephrine with DSP-4 does not alter acquisition or performance of a radial-arm maze task

    James J. Chrobak;Diane L. DeHaven;Thomas J. Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

György Buzsáki
György Buzsáki New York University
T. Celeste Napier
T. Celeste Napier Rush University Medical Center
Markku Penttonen
Markku Penttonen University of Jyväskylä
Glenn D. Rosen
Glenn D. Rosen Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Anatol Bragin
Anatol Bragin University of California, Los Angeles
David G. Amaral
David G. Amaral University of California, Davis
Attila Sik
Attila Sik University of Birmingham
Robert W. Stackman
Robert W. Stackman Florida Atlantic University
Joseph J. LoTurco
Joseph J. LoTurco University of Connecticut

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