Dr. Sergio D. Iñiguez
Professor Iñiguez's research program evaluates the developmental neurobiology of stress-induced illnesses, such as anxiety and depression, using simple non-human murine models. To do this, his preclinical laboratory adopts a multidisciplinary approach (behavioral, molecular, and pharmacological) to examine how exposure to social stress and/or psychotropic agents (i.e., fluoxetine, ketamine) influence responses to drugs of abuse, as well as memory-related performance, in a developmental and sex-specific manner.
UTEP Faculty Profile
Sample Publications:
1. Rodriguez M, Themann A, Garcia-Carachure I, Lira O, Robison AJ, Cushing B, Iñiguez SD. (2024). Chronic social defeat stress in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): a preclinical model for the study of depression-related phenotypes. Journal of Affective Disorders, 351:833-842. PMID: 38341153.
2. Themann A, Rodriguez M, Garcia-Carachure I, Lira O, Iñiguez SD. (2022). Adolescent fluoxetine exposure increases ERK-related signaling within the prefrontal cortex of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Oxford Open Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1093/oons/kvac015.
3. Iñiguez SD, Flores-Ramirez FJ, Themann A, Lira O. (2021). Adolescent fluoxetine exposure induces persistent gene expression changes in the hippocampus of adult male C57BL/6 mice. Molecular Neurobiology. PMID:33241493.
4. Garcia-Carachure I, Flores-Ramirez FJ, Castillo SA, Themann A, Arenivar MA, Preciado-Piña J, Zavala AR, Lobo MK, Iñiguez SD. (2020). Enduring effects of adolescent ketamine exposure on cocaine- and sucrose-induced reward in male and female C57BL/6 mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. PMID: 32165718.
5. Warren BL, Mazei-Robison MS, Robison AJ, Iñiguez SD. (2020). Can I get a Witness? Using vicarious social defeat stress to study mood-related illnesses in traditionally understudied populations. Biological Psychiatry. PMID: 32228871.
Contact Information
Email: sdiniguez@utep.edu
Phone: 1-915-747-5769
Fax: 1-915-747-6553
Psychology 203
Personal Information
Ph.D., Florida State University (2011)
Professor and Associate Chair
Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory
Courses
PSYC 4345 Behavioral Neuroscience
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