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
Carrica, L. K., & Gulley, J. M. (2026). Ontogeny of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Expression in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex: Effects of Methamphetamine Exposure. Developmental Neuroscience, 48(3), 182-192. https://doi.org/10.1159/000546689
Brinks, A. S., Carrica, L. K., Tagler, D. J., Gulley, J. M., & Juraska, J. M. (2025). 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, 47(1), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1159/000538608
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
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