Caesar M. Hernandez

This study uses optogenetic inhibition to examine how medial prefrontal cortex influences intertemporal choice in young and aged rats, finding age-specific effects on reward preference.

This study investigates fear extinction memory and basolateral amygdala (BLA) synaptic dysfunction in TgF344-AD rats, finding distinct impairments in AD compared to non-pathological aging.

This study examines how aging and a ketogenic diet affect synapse-related gene expression in different hippocampal subregions, showing subregion-specific changes.

This study shows aging changes how the basolateral amygdala (BLA) influences intertemporal decision making, with BLA inactivation affecting impulsivity differently in young and aged rats.

This study uses optogenetics to show that basolateral amygdala activity at different decision-making phases influences risky choice in rats.

This study shows that a ketogenic diet reduces adiposity and reverses age-related declines in hippocampal transporter expression in aged rats.