Selected Publications

Melanocortin-3 Receptor Is a Pharmacological Target for the Regulation of Anorexia
Patrick Sweeney, Michelle N. Bedenbaugh, Jose Maldonado, Pauline Pan, Katelyn Fowler, Savannah Y. Williams, Luis E. Gimenez, Masoud Ghamari-Langroudi, Griffin Downing, Yijun Gui, Colleen K. Hadley, Stephen T. Joy, Anna K. Mapp, Richard B. Simerly, and Roger D. Cone (2021). Science Translational Medicine, 13(590), eabd6434.

Delineation of an Insula-BNST Circuit Engaged by Struggling Behavior That Regulates Avoidance in Mice
Joseph R. Luchsinger, Tracy L. Fetterly, Kellie M. Williford, Gregory J. Salimando, Marie A. Doyle, Jose Maldonado, Richard B. Simerly, Danny G. Winder, and Samuel W. Centanni (2021). Nature Communications, 12(1): 3561. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23674-z. PMID: 34117229; PMCID: PMC8196075.

Cellular Scaling Rules for the Brain of Artiodactyla Include a Highly Folded Cortex With Few Neurons (Open Access)
Rodrigo Kazu Siqueira, Jose Maldonado, Bruno Mota, Paul Manger, and Suzana Herculano (2014). Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 8:128.

The Elephant Brain in Numbers (Open Access)
Suzana Herculano, Kamilla Avelino, Kleber Neves, Jairo Porfirio, Debora Messeder, Larissa Mattos Feijo, Jose Maldonado, and Paul Manger (2014). Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 8:46.

Juvenile Neurogenesis Makes Essential Contributions to Adult Brain Structure and Plays a Sex-Dependent Role in Fear Memories (Open Access)
Jose Maldonado, Jesse Cushman, A. Denise Garcia, Tetsuya Imura, Guoping Fan, Michael Fanselow, and Michael V. Sofroniew (2012). Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 6:3.