New York University
Center for Neural Science and Psychology Department

Ph.D., Biological Psychology
University of Michigan

M.S., Biological Psychology
University of Michigan

B.S. in Psychology, Minor in English
University of Iowa

Email: cr96 (add @nyu.edu)

Publications

Recently submitted/in preparation

Rabinak, C.A. & Maren, S. (in preparation). The basolateral amygdala is not necessary for US inflation after Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats.

Rabinak, C.A. & Maren, S. (in preparation). Protein synthesis within the central nucleus of the amygdala is necessary for reconsolidation of Pavlovian fear memories.

Peer-reviewed publications

Chang, C., Knapska, E., Orsini, C.A., Rabinak, C.A., Zimmerman, J.M., and Maren, S. (in press). Fear extinction in rodents. Current Protocols in Neuroscience.

Rabinak, C.A. & Maren, S. (in press). Amygdala. Encyclopedia of Psychology.

Rabinak, C.A. & Maren, S. (2008). Associative structure of fear memory after basolateral amygdala lesions in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 122:1284-94.

Rabinak, C.A., Zimmerman, J.M., Chang, C., and Orsini, C.A. (2008). Bidirectional changes in the intrinsic excitability of infralimbic neurons reflect a possible regulatory role in the acquisition and extinction of Pavlovian conditioned fear. Journal of Neuroscience, 28:7245-7247.

Zimmerman, J.M., Rabinak, C.A., McLaughlin, I. & Maren, S. (2007). The central nucleus of the amygdala is essential for acquiring and expressing conditional fear after overtraining. Learning & Memory, 14:634-644.

Freeman, J.H., Jr. & Rabinak, C.A. (2005). Eyeblink conditioning in rats using pontine stimulation as a conditioned stimulus. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 39:180-191.

Freeman, J.H., Jr., Rabinak, C.A., & Campolattaro, M.M. (2005). Pontine stimulation overcomes developmental limitations in the neural mechanisms of eyeblink conditioning. Learning & Memory, 12:255-259.

Freeman, J.H. Jr., Nicholson, D.A., Muckler, A., Rabinak, C.A., and DiPietro, N. (2003). Ontogeny of eyeblink conditioned response timing in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117:283-291.

Conference Presentations

Rabinak, C.A. & Maren, S. (2008, November). The basolateral amygdala is not necessary for US inflation after Pavlovian fear conditioning in rats.. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

Rabinak, C.A. & Maren, S. (2008, September). Protein synthesis within the central nucleus of the amygdala is necessary for consolidation Pavlovian fear memories in rats with basolateral amygdala lesions. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pavlovian Society, Weehawken, N.J.

Rabinak, C.A. & Maren, S. (2007, November). Protein synthesis within the central nucleus of the amygdala is necessary for reconsolidation of Pavlovian fear memories. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Fuller, C.L, Rabinak, C.A., Lichtenwalner, R.J., Velander, A.J., Burant, C.F., Maren, S., & Parent, J.M. (2006, October). Targeted genetic ablation of neural progenitors in the adult mouse hippocampus. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA.

Rabinak, C.A. & Maren, S. (2005, November). Associative structure of fear memory after basolateral amygdala lesions in rats. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

Zimmerman, J.M., Rabinak, C.A., & Maren, S. (2005, November). The central nucleus of the amygdala is essential for expressing conditional fear after basolateral complex lesions. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

Freeman, J.H. and Rabinak, C.A. (2004, October). Pontine stimulation overcomes developmental limitations in the neural mechanisms of eyeblink conditioning. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Rabinak, C.A., and Freeman, J.H. Jr. (2003, September). Eyeblink conditioning in rats using pontine stimulation as a conditioned stimulus. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pavlovian Society, Bloomington, IN.