Publications
Preprints
Castrellon, J.J., Young, J.S., Dang, L.C., Cowan, R.L., Zald, D.H., Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2019). Mesolimbic dopamine D2 receptors and neural representations of subjective value. BioRxiv. Preprint Link
In press
Juarez, E.J., Castrellon, J.J., Green, M.A., Crawford, J.L., Seaman, K.L., Smith, C.T., Dang, L.C., Matuskey, D., Morris, E., Cowan, R.L., Zald, D.H., Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2019, In press). Reliability of the correlative triad among aging, dopamine, and cognition. Psychology and Aging. Preprint Link
2019
Seaman, K.L., Smith, C.T., Juarez, E.J., Dang, L.C., Castrellon, J.J., Burgess, L.L., San Juan, M.D., Kundzicz, P.M., Cowan, R.L., Zald, D.H., Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2019). Differential regional decline in dopamine receptor availability across adulthood: Linear and nonlinear effects of age. Human Brain Mapping. Link
Castrellon, J.J., Seaman K.L., Crawford, J.L., Young, J.S., Smith, C.T., Dang, L.C., Hsu, M., Cowan, R.L., Zald, D.H., Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2019). Individual differences in dopamine are associated with reward discounting in clinical groups but not in healthy adults. Journal of Neuroscience. PDF Cover
2018
Dang, L.C., Samanez-Larkin, G.R., Castrellon, J.J., Perkins, S.F., Cowan, R.L., Zald, D.H. (2018). Individual differences in dopamine D2 receptor availability correlate with reward valuation. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. PDF
Seaman, K.L., Brooks, N., Karrer, T., Castrellon, J.J., Perkins, S.F., Dang, L.C., Hsu, M., Zald, D.H., Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2018). Neural subjective value representation during physical effort, probability, and time discounting are stable across adulthood. Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience. PDF
Dang, L.C., Samanez-Larkin, G.R., Smith, C.T., Castrellon, J.J., Perkins, S.F., Cowan, R.L., Claassen, D.O., Zald, D.H. (2018). FTO affects food cravings and interacts with age to influence age-related decline in food cravings. Physiology & Behavior. PDF
2017
Dang, L.C., Samanez-Larkin, G.R., Castrellon, J.J., Perkins, S.F., Cowan, R.L., Newhouse, P.A., Zald, D.H. (2017) Spontaneous eye blink rate (EBR) is uncorrelated with dopamine D2 receptor availability and unmodulated by dopamine agonism in healthy adults. eNeuro. PDF
Barber, S.J., Castrellon, J.J., Opitz, P., & Mather, M. (2017). Younger and older adults collaborative recall of shared and unshared emotional pictures. Memory & Cognition, 1-15. PDF
Dang, L.C., Castrellon, J.J., Perkins, S.F., Le, N.T., Cowan, R.L., Zald, D.H., Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (2017) Reduced effects of age on dopamine D2 receptor levels in physically active adults. NeuroImage, 148, 123–129. PDF
2016
Dang, L.C., Samanez-Larkin, G.R., Castrellon, J.J., Perkins, S.F., Cowan, R.L., Zald, D.H. (2016) Associations between dopamine D2 receptor availability and BMI depend on age. NeuroImage, 138, 176–183. PDF