Publications

Papers and preprints spanning imitative vocal learning, cortico-basal ganglia circuits, neuromodulation, and action control.

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Peer-reviewed publications

  1. Schreiner, D.C., Brudner, S.N., Li, A., Pearson, J.M., & Mooney, R.D. (2026). A synaptic locus of song learning. Nature.
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  2. Qi, J., Schreiner, D.C., Martinez, M., Pearson, J.M., & Mooney, R.D. (2025). Dual neuromodulatory dynamics underlie birdsong learning. Nature, 1-9.
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  3. Schreiner, D.C., Wright, A., Baltz, E.T., Wang, T., Cazares, C., & Gremel, C.M. (2023). Chronic alcohol exposure alters action control via hyperactive premotor corticostriatal activity. Cell Reports, 42(7).
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  4. Cazares, C., Schreiner, D.C., Valencia, M.L., & Gremel, C.M. (2022). Orbitofrontal cortex populations are differentially recruited to support actions. Current Biology, 32(21), 4676-4687.e5.
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  5. Schreiner, D.C., Cazares, C., Renteria, R., & Gremel, C.M. (2022). Information normally considered task-irrelevant drives decision-making and affects premotor circuit recruitment. Nature Communications, 13(1), 2134.
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  6. Schreiner, D.C., Yalcinbas, E.A., & Gremel, C.M. (2021). A push for examining subjective experience in value-based decision-making. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 41, 45-49.
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  7. Cazares, C., Schreiner, D.C., & Gremel, C.M. (2021). Different effects of alcohol exposure on action and outcome related orbitofrontal cortex activity. eNeuro.
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  8. Renteria, R., Cazares, C., Baltz, E.T., Schreiner, D.C., Yalcinbas, E.A., Steinkellner, T., Hnasko, T.S., & Gremel, C.M. (2021). Mechanisms for differential recruitment of orbitostriatal transmission during actions and outcomes following chronic alcohol exposure. eLife, 10, e67065.
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  9. Schreiner, D.C., Renteria, R., & Gremel, C.M. (2019). Fractionating the all or none definition of goal-directed and habitual decision-making. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 98(6), 998-1006.
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  10. Schreiner, D.C., & Gremel, C.M. (2018). Orbital frontal cortex projections to secondary motor cortex mediate exploitation of learned rules. Scientific Reports, 8(1).
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  11. *Kavanagh, K.A., *Schreiner, D.C., Levis, S.C., O'Neill, C.E., & Bachtell, R.K. (2015). Role of adenosine receptor subtypes in methamphetamine reward and reinforcement. Neuropharmacology, 89, 265-273.
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    *Equal contribution

  12. O'Neill, C.E., Levis, S.C., Schreiner, D.C., Amat, J., Maier, S.F., & Bachtell, R.K. (2015). Effects of adolescent caffeine consumption on cocaine sensitivity. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40(4), 813-821.
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