Cristina E Maria-Rios

Neuroscience · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2016

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Memory and Neural Mechanisms Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Publications

Citations

193

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2016

In context

Among 553 mid career Neuroscience PIs within our index

Citations: 193cohort median 667

Publications / year (recent): 0.8cohort median 2.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 55% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 8 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Individual Variation in Intrinsic Neuronal Properties of Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell Medium Spiny Neurons in Male Rats Prone to Sign- or Goal-Track
eNeuro · 2025
Individual Variation in Intrinsic Neuronal Properties of Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell Medium Spiny Neurons in Animals Prone to Sign- or Goal-Track
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
Effects of predictive and incentive value manipulation on sign- and goal-tracking behavior
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory · 2023
Subregional Differences in Medium Spiny Neuron Intrinsic Excitability Properties between Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell in Male Rats
eNeuro · 2023
Manipulation of Predictive and Incentive Value Have Divergent Effects on Sign- and Goal-Tracking Behavior
Biological Psychiatry · 2021
Mechanisms of Shared Vulnerability to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience · 2020
Effects of predictive and incentive value manipulation on sign- and goal-tracking behavior
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2019
Corrigendum to “aPKC-mediated persistent increase in AMPA/NMDA ratio in the VTA participates in the neuroadaptive signal necessary to induce NAc synaptic plasticity after cocaine administration” [Neuroscience 392 (2018) 129–140]
Neuroscience · 2019
Protein and surface expression of HCN2 and HCN4 subunits in mesocorticolimbic areas after cocaine sensitization
Neurochemistry International · 2019
aPKC-Mediated Persistent Increase in AMPA/NMDA Ratio in the VTA Participates in the Neuroadaptive Signal Necessary to Induce NAc Synaptic Plasticity After Cocaine Administration
Neuroscience · 2018
VTA Lamotrigine microinfusions accelerate the development of cocaine sensitisation
The FASEB Journal · 2016

Publishes in

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
eNeuro×2
Neuroscience×2
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience×1
Psychopharmacology×1

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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