Juan A Salinas
Assistant Professor of Instruction — Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Interests
Neurobiology of learning & memory, hormonal modulation of memory storage, and behavioral pharmacology
Biography
Dr. Salinas obtained his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Department of Psychobiology in 1994 at University of California - Irvine. The focus of his research over the last seven years has been the neurobiology and neuropharmacology of learning and memory in general, with a particular interest in the neural basis of learning about failed expectations of reward as a model system for studying how multiple memory systems in the mammalian brain interact to guide and direct behavior.
Courses
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43890 • Spring 2014
Meets MWF 4:00PM-5:00PM BUR 106
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43230 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM BUR 106
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43240-43242 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM BUR 106
SB
PSY S308 • Biopsychology
87715 • Summer 2012
Meets MTWTHF 1:00PM-2:30PM NOA 1.102
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43080 • Spring 2012
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM BUR 106
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43100 • Spring 2012
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 106
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43025-43027 • Fall 2011
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM BUR 106
SB
PSY S308 • Biopsychology
87755 • Summer 2011
Meets MTWTHF 1:00PM-2:30PM NOA 1.126
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43600 • Spring 2011
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM UTC 2.102A
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43610 • Spring 2011
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM UTC 2.102A
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
42990-42991 • Fall 2010
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM BUR 106
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
42993 • Fall 2010
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM WEL 3.502
SB
PSY S332 • Behavioral Neuroscience
87245 • Summer 2010
Meets MTWTHF 1:00PM-2:30PM NOA 1.126
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43740 • Spring 2010
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM UTC 3.110
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43755 • Spring 2010
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM UTC 2.102A
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43940 • Fall 2009
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM BUR 116
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43950-43965 • Fall 2009
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM WEL 1.308
SB
PSY F308 • Biopsychology
86837 • Summer 2009
Meets MTWTHF 11:30AM-1:00PM CPE 2.210
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
42975 • Spring 2009
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM UTC 3.110
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
42985 • Spring 2009
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM UTC 2.102A
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
44025-44047 • Fall 2008
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM ART 1.102
SB
PSY 332 • Behavioral Neuroscience
44180 • Fall 2008
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM NOA 1.124
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43880 • Spring 2008
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM BEL 328
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43895 • Spring 2008
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM UTC 4.134
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43920 • Spring 2008
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM UTC 4.134
SB
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
44102 • Spring 2008
Meets MWF 3:00PM-4:00PM NOA 1.102
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
44880-44903 • Fall 2007
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM UTC 3.110
SB
PSY 308 • Biopsychology
44925 • Fall 2007
Meets MWF 2:00PM-3:00PM NOA 1.124
SB
PSY 332 • Behavioral Neuroscience
45020 • Fall 2007
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM UTC 3.112
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
45100 • Fall 2007
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM SEA 2.108
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43530 • Spring 2007
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM WEL 1.308
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
43560 • Spring 2007
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM UTC 3.132
SB
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
43740 • Spring 2007
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM SEA 3.250
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
44680-44685 • Fall 2006
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM BEL 328
SB
PSY 332 • Behavioral Neuroscience
44810 • Fall 2006
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM UTC 3.110
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
44875 • Fall 2006
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM SEA 2.108
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
42795 • Spring 2006
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM WEL 1.308
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
42805 • Spring 2006
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM JES A121A
SB
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
43040 • Spring 2006
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM SEA 3.250
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
42830-42835 • Fall 2005
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM ART 1.102
SB
PSY 308 • Biopsychology
42875 • Fall 2005
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM CPE 2.214
SB
PSY 332 • Behavioral Neuroscience
42960 • Fall 2005
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM NOA 1.126
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
41270 • Spring 2005
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM WEL 1.308
SB
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
41540 • Spring 2005
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM SEA 3.250
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
42355-42380 • Fall 2004
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM ART 1.102
SB
PSY 332 • Behavioral Neuroscience
42515 • Fall 2004
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM GRG 102
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
39810-39830 • Spring 2004
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM BEL 328
SB
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
40070 • Spring 2004
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM SEA 3.250
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
40785 • Fall 2003
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM ART 1.102
SB
PSY 332 • Behavioral Neuroscience
41055 • Fall 2003
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM CPE 2.218
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
40020 • Spring 2003
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM BUR 106
SB
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
40310 • Spring 2003
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM SEA 3.250
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
40695 • Fall 2002
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM ART 1.102
SB
PSY 332 • Behavioral Neuroscience
40860 • Fall 2002
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM NOA 1.126
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
40180 • Spring 2002
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM MEZ 136
C2
PSY 394P • Integrative Systems Neurosci
40320 • Spring 2002
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM MEZ 402
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
40920 • Fall 2001
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM BAT 7
SB
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
41160 • Fall 2001
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM BAT 104
C2
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
39695 • Spring 2001
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM ART 1.102
SB
PSY 301 • Introduction To Psychology
40645 • Fall 2000
Meets MWF 12:00PM-1:00PM BAT 7
SB
PSY 341K • Learning And The Brain-W
40875 • Fall 2000
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM MEZ 402
C2
Publications
Selected Publications
Salinas, J.A. & White, N.M. (in press). Contributions of the hippocampus, amygdala and dorsal striatum to the response elicited by reward reduction. Behavioral Neuroscience.
White, N.M. & Salinas, J.A. (1998). Pharmacological Approaches to the study of learning and memory. In J. Martinez & R. Kesner, (Eds.), Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, San Diego: Academic Press.
Salinas, J.A., Introini-Collison, I. B., Dalmaz, C., & McGaugh, J.L. (1997). Posttraining Intraamygdala infusions of oxotremorine and propranolol modulate storage of memory for reductions in reward magnitude. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory. 68, 51-59
Salinas, J.A., Parent, M.B., & McGaugh, J.L. (1996). Ibotenic acid lesions of the amygdala basolateral complex or central nucleus differentially affect the response to reductions in reward. Brain Research, 742, 283-293,
Salinas, JA. & McGaugh, J.L. (1996). The amygdala modulates memory for changes in reward magnitude: Involvement of the amygdaloid GABAergic system. Behavioural Brain Research, 80, 87-98.
Coleman-Mesches, K., Salinas, J.A., & McGaugh, J.L. (1996). Unilateral amygdala inactivation after training attenuates memory for reduced reward. Behavioural Brain Research, 77, 175-180.
Salinas, J.A., Williams, C.L., & McGaugh, J.L. (1996). Peripheral post-training administration of 4-OH amphetamine enhances
Retention of a reduction in reward magnitude. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, 65, 192-195.