Publications
*Mentored Student Coauthors
- *Martinez, M., *Espinoza, V.E., *Garcia, V., Uribe, K.P., *Negishi, K., Estevao, I.L., Carcoba, L.M., O’Dell, L.E., Khan, A.M., Mendez, I.A. (2023). Withdrawal from repeated nicotine vapor exposure increases somatic signs of physical dependence, anxiety-like behavior, and brain reward thresholds in adult male rats. Neuropharmacology.
- *Espinoza, V.E., *Giner, P., *Liano, I., Mendez, I.A., O’Dell, L.E. (2022). Sex Differences in approach behavior toward a port that delivers nicotine plumes in an electronic nicotine delivery system. Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
- *Giner, P., *Maynez-Anchondo, L., Liley, A.E., Uribe, K.P., Simon, N.W., Mendez, I.A. (2022) Increased Risky Choice and Reduced CHRNB2 Expression in Adult Male Rats Exposed to Nicotine Vapor. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(3), 1231. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031231
- *Flores, R.J., Alshbool, F.Z., *Giner, P., O’Dell, L.E. Mendez, I.A. (2021). Exposure to nicotine vapor causes short-term increases in impulsive choice in rats. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab141.
- Carcoba, L.M., *Uribe, K.P., *Ortegon, S., Mendez, I.A., DeBiasi, M., O’Dell, L.E. (2021). Amino acid systems in the interpeduncular nucleus modulate nicotine withdrawal in a sex-dependent manner. Journal of Neuroscience Research. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24826
- Padilla, M.E., Frietze, G.A, Hartman, J., Mendez, I.A. (2020). Assessing the impact of faculty research profile videos on students' perceptions towards research at a school of pharmacy. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.
- *Flores, R.J., *Cruz, B., *Uribe, K.P., Correa, V.L., *Arreguin, M.C., Carcoba, L.M., Mendez, I.A., and O’Dell, L.E. (2020). Estradiol promotes and progesterone reduces anxiety-like behavior produced by nicotine withdrawal in rats. Neuroendocrinology. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104694.
- Mittal, N., Minasyan, A. Romaneschi, N., Hakimian, J., Gonzalez-Fernandez, G., Albert, R., Desai, N., Mendez, I.A., Schallert, T., Ostlund, S.B., Walwyn, W. (2017). Beta-arrestin 1 regulation of reward-motivated behaviors and glutamatergic function. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185796.
- Mendez, I.A., Carcoba, L., Wellman, P.J. and Cepeda-Benito, A., (2016). Meal patterns and body weight during and after continuous nicotine treatment in male rats as a function of high-fat diet. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 24(6), 477-484. http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/pha/24/6/477/.
- Mendez, I.A., Maidment, N.T., Murphy, N.P. (2016). Parsing the hedonic and motivational influences of nociceptin on feeding using licking microsctructure analysis in mice. Behavioral Pharmacology. 27(6), 516-527. http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=00008877-201609000-00004&LSLINK=80&D=ovft.
- Mendez, I.A., Ostlund, S.B., Maidment, N.T., Murphy, N.P. (2015). Involvement of endogenous enkephalins and β-endorphin in feeding and diet-induced obesity. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40(9), 2103-2112. http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v40/n9/full/npp201567a.html.
- Mendez, I.A., Damborsky, J.C., Gilbert, R., Winzer-Serhan, U.H., Bizon, J. and Setlow, B. (2013). α4β2* and α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor binding predicts choice preference in two cost benefit decision making tasks. Neuroscience. 230, 121-131. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306452212010962.
- Mendez, I.A., Gilbert, R., Bizon, J. and Setlow, B. (2012).Effects of acute administration of nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic agonists and antagonists on different forms of cost-benefit decision making. Psychopharmacology, 224(4), 489-499. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-012-2777-y.
- Wallis, D., Hill, D.S., Mendez, I.A., Abbott, L.C., Finnell, R.H., Wellman, P.J. and Setlow, B. (2012). Initial characterization of the Lphn3 mutant mouse; relevance to ADHD and addiction. Brain Research, 1463, 85-92. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000689931200813X.
- Mitchell, M.R., Mendez, I.A., Vokes, C.M., Damborsky, J.C., Winzer-Serhan, U.H., and Setlow B. (2012). Effects of developmental nicotine exposure on decision-making in adulthood. Behavioral Pharmacology, 23(1), 34-42. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253892/.
- Simon, N.W., Beas, B.S., Montgomery, K.S., Mitchell, M.R., LaSarge, C.L., Mendez, I.A., Banuelos, C., Vokes, C., Taylor, A.B., Haberman, R.P., Bizon, J.L., Setlow, B. (2011). Dopaminergic modulation of risky decision-making. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(48), 17460-17470. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307370/.
- Mendez, I.A., Simon, N.W., Hart, N., Mitchell, M.R., Nation, J.R., Wellman, P.J. and Setlow, B. (2010). Self-administered cocaine causes lasting increases in impulsive choice in a delay discounting task. Behavioral Neuroscience, 24(4), 470-477. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976632/. *Most cited experimental article in Behavioral Neuroscience in 2010.
- Simon, N.W., LaSarge, C.L., Montgomery, K.S., Williams, M.T., Mendez, I.A., Setlow, B., and Bizon, J.B. (2010). Good things come to those who wait: attenuated discounting of delay rewards in aging. Neurobiology of Aging, 31(5),853-862. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866647/.
- Setlow, B., Mendez, I.A., Mitchell, M., Simon, N.W. (2009). Effects of chronic administration of drugs of abuse on discounting of delayed rewards (impulsive choice) in animal models Behavioural Pharmacology, 20(5-6), 380-389. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874684/.
- Mendez, I.A., Williams, M.T., Bhavsar, A., Lu, A., Bizon, J., and Setlow, B. (2009). Long-lasting sensitization of reward-directed behavior by amphetamine. Behavioral Brain Research, 201(1), 74-79. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680778/.*Referenced by Dr. Kent Berridge in Faculty of 1000 Biology.
- Simon, N.W., Mendez, I.A., and Setlow, B. (2009). Effects of prior Amphetamine exposure on approach strategy in appetitive Pavlovian condition. Psychopharmacology, 202(4), 699-709. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-008-1353-y.
- Mendez, I.A., Montgomery, K.A., LaSarge, C.L., Simon, N.W., Bizon, J.L., and Setlow, B. (2008). Long-term effects of prior cocaine exposure on Morris water maze performance. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 89(2), 185-191. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2258220/.
- Mendez, I.A. and Trujillo, K.A. (2008). Effects of NMDA receptor antagonists on opiate analgesia tolerance and locomotor sensitization in rats. Psychopharmacology, 196(3), 497-509. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00213-007-0984-8.
- Simon, N.W., Mendez, I.A., and Setlow, B. (2007). Cocaine exposure causes long-term increases in impulsive choice behavior. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121(3), 543-549. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2581406/.
- Cepeda-Benito, A., Reynoso, J.T., Davis, K.W., Susabda, K.A., Mendez, I.A., and Harraid, J.H. (2005). Inter-dose interval effects on the development of contextual tolerance to nicotine's analgesic effects in rats (Rattus norvegicus). Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14(2), 180-189. Abstract available at: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/pha/14/2/180/.