Contact Information
Education
B.S. in Psychology, University of Iowa
Ph.D. in Neural Science and Psychology, Indiana University-Bloomington
Grants
NIH R21 DA055105-01A1 “Neural mechanisms of sex differences in vulnerability to the effects of adolescent methamphetamine exposure" (PI's: Gulley and Juraska)
NIH R21 DA045175-01A1 “Mechanisms of metabolic and cognitive dysregulation after combined alcohol and THC use” (PI's: Gulley and Liang)
Courses Taught
PSYC 210: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
PSYC 313: Drugs, Brain and Behavior
PSYC 413: Advanced Neuropsychopharmacology
PSYC 593 (seminar): Behavioral Neuroscience of Drug Addiction
PSYC 593 (seminar): Behavioral Neuroscience of Adolescence
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Head, Psychology
Professor, Psychology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Recent Publications
Shi, L., Choi, C. Y., Carrica, L. K., Liang, N. C., & Gulley, J. M. (2025). The effects of moderate alcohol and THC co-use during male and female rat adolescence on AKT-GSK3ß signaling in adulthood. Behavioural Brain Research, 476, Article 115292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2024.115292
Brinks, A. S., Carrica, L. K., Tagler, D. J., Gulley, J. M., & Juraska, J. M. (Accepted/In press). Timing of Methamphetamine Exposure during Adolescence Differentially Influences Parvalbumin and Perineuronal Net Immunoreactivity in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Female, but Not Male, Rats. Developmental Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1159/000538608
Carrica, L. K., & Gulley, J. M. (2024). The role of sex and drug use during adolescence in determining the risk for adverse consequences of amphetamines. In Advances in Pharmacology (Vol. 99, pp. 125-144). (Advances in Pharmacology). Academic Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apha.2023.09.002
Shi, L., Kang, S., Choi, C. Y., Noonan, B. L., Carrica, L. K., Liang, N. C., & Gulley, J. M. (2024). Effects of combined exposure to ethanol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol during adolescence on synaptic plasticity in the prefrontal cortex of Long Evans rats. Neuropharmacology, 242, Article 109765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109765
Carrica, L. K., Choi, C. Y., Walter, F. A., Noonan, B. L., Shi, L., Johnson, C. T., Bradshaw, H. B., Liang, N. C., & Gulley, J. M. (2023). Effects of combined use of alcohol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol on working memory in Long Evans rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 449, Article 114475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114475