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Overview

Ramiro Salas is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, contributing extensively to all three fields. Within these disciplines, their work emphasizes subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, pharmacology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics explored in their research include functional brain connectivity studies, treatment of major depression, mental health research topics, suicide and self-harm studies, neural and behavioral psychology studies, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and issues related to health, environment, and cognitive aging.

Their frequent publication venues reflect their interdisciplinary approach, with numerous articles appearing in the following journals:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Chronic Stress
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Salas has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, underscoring a network of ongoing scientific partnerships. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Michelle A. Patriquin
  • Savannah N. Gosnell
  • Sanjay J. Mathew
  • Hyuntaek Oh
  • Thomas R. Kosten

Among their recent papers are articles published between 2020 and 2021, which cover various aspects of neuroscience and psychiatry. Notable publications include:

  • "Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity," 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Impact of the KCNQ2/3 Channel Opener Ezogabine on Reward Circuit Activity and Clinical Symptoms in Depression: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial," 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Mega-analysis methods in ENIGMA: The experience of the generalized anxiety disorder working group," 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Cortical and subcortical brain structure in generalized anxiety disorder: findings from 28 research sites in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group," 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Habenula Connectivity and Intravenous Ketamine in Treatment-Resistant Depression," 2020, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Nicotine Decreases Food Intake Through Activation of POMC Neurons

    Yann S. Mineur;Alfonso Abizaid;Yan Rao;Ramiro Salas

  • Electronic cigarettes disrupt lung lipid homeostasis and innate immunity independent of nicotine.

    Matthew C. Madison;Cameron T. Landers;Bon Hee Gu;Cheng Yen Chang

  • Nicotinic receptors in the habenulo-interpeduncular system are necessary for nicotine withdrawal in mice.

    Ramiro Salas;Renea Sturm;Jim Boulter;Mariella De Biasi

  • Decreased Signs of Nicotine Withdrawal in Mice Null for the β4 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit

    Ramiro Salas;Fredalina Pieri;Mariella De Biasi

  • Evaluating the suitability of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antibodies for standard immunodetection procedures

    N. Moser;N. Mechawar;I. Jones;A. Gochberg-Sarver

  • The Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit α5 Mediates Short-Term Effects of Nicotine in Vivo

    Ramiro Salas;Avi Orr-Urtreger;Ron S. Broide;Arthur Beaudet

  • Corelease of Dopamine and Serotonin from Striatal Dopamine Terminals

    Fu-Ming Zhou;Yong Liang;Ramiro Salas;Lifen Zhang

  • Altered Anxiety-Related Responses in Mutant Mice Lacking the β4 Subunit of the Nicotinic Receptor

    Ramiro Salas;Fredalina Pieri;Beryl Fung;John A. Dani

  • The role of the habenula in drug addiction.

    Kenia Marisela Velasquez;David Lucas Molfese;Ramiro Salas

  • The medial habenula: still neglected

    Humsini Viswanath;Asasia Q Carter;Philip Rupert Baldwin;David Lucas Molfese

  • BOLD Responses to Negative Reward Prediction Errors in Human Habenula.

    Ramiro Salas;Philip R. Baldwin;Mariella de Biasi;P. Read Montague

  • Perceptions about e-cigarette safety may lead to e-smoking during pregnancy

    Selina Baeza-Loya;Selina Baeza-Loya;Humsini Viswanath;Asasia Carter;David L. Molfese

  • The α3 and β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits are necessary for nicotine-induced seizures and hypolocomotion in mice

    Ramiro Salas;Kimberly D Cook;Laura Bassetto;Mariella De Biasi

  • Influence of Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors over Nicotine Addiction and Withdrawal

    Mariella De Biasi;Ramiro Salas

  • The Nucleus Accumbens and Ketamine Treatment in Major Depressive Disorder.

    Chadi G Abdallah;Andrea Jackowski;Ramiro Salas;Ramiro Salas;Swapnil Gupta

  • Insula and amygdala resting-state functional connectivity differentiate bipolar from unipolar depression.

    E. Ambrosi;D. B. Arciniegas;A. Madan;K. N. Curtis;K. N. Curtis

  • Prefrontal Connectivity and Glutamate Transmission: Relevance to Depression Pathophysiology and Ketamine Treatment.

    Chadi G. Abdallah;Chadi G. Abdallah;Christopher L. Averill;Christopher L. Averill;Ramiro Salas;Ramiro Salas;Lynnette A. Averill;Lynnette A. Averill

  • Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity.

    I. Zwir;I. Zwir;C. Del-Val;M. Hintsanen;K. M. Cloninger

  • Hippocampal volume and the rapid antidepressant effect of ketamine.

    Chadi G Abdallah;Ramiro Salas;Andrea Jackowski;Philip Baldwin

  • The Gut Microbiota Is Associated With Psychiatric Symptom Severity and Treatment Outcome Among Individuals With Serious Mental Illness

    A. Madan;A. Madan;D. Thompson;James Chris Fowler;N. J. Ajami

  • Decreased withdrawal symptoms but normal tolerance to nicotine in mice null for the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit

    Ramiro Salas;Adam Main;David Gangitano;Mariella De Biasi

  • Increased Sensitivity to Nicotine-Induced Seizures in Mice Expressing the L250T α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Mutation

    Ron S. Broide;Ramiro Salas;Daoyun Ji;Richard Paylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariella De Biasi
Mariella De Biasi University of Pennsylvania
Sanjay J. Mathew
Sanjay J. Mathew Baylor College of Medicine
John A. Dani
John A. Dani University of Pennsylvania
P. Read Montague
P. Read Montague Virginia Tech
Gretchen J. Diefenbach
Gretchen J. Diefenbach Yale University
Carla Sharp
Carla Sharp University of Houston
Xiaosi Gu
Xiaosi Gu Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chadi G. Abdallah
Chadi G. Abdallah Baylor College of Medicine
David M. Eagleman
David M. Eagleman Stanford University
Jon G. Allen
Jon G. Allen Baylor College of Medicine

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