Email

rsalas@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Psychiatry Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

BCM-Smith Medical Research Bldg (Office)

Room: BCMA-A277
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from Baylor College Of Medicine

01/2009 - Houston, Texas United States

Ph.D. from Baylor College Of Medicine

01/1999 - Houston, TX United States

Professional Interests

• Brain Imaging
• Neuropharmacology
• Reward/disappointment brain processing
• microbiome, brain connectivity, and inflammation

Professional Statement

Dr. Ramiro Salas’ research focuses on human brain imaging, specifically to study drug addiction, depression, anxiety, autism, and other brain-related problems. Dr. Salas laboratory strives to find relationships between brain imaging parameters, genetic and clinical data to advance toward improved psychiatric diagnostics and personalized treatment.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Salas R, Baldwin P, de Biasi M, Montague PR "BOLD Responses to Negative Reward Prediction Errors in Human Habenula." Front Hum Neurosci. 2010
• Savjani RR, Velasquez KM, Thompson-Lake DG, Baldwin PR, Eagleman DM, De La Garza R, Salas R "Characterizing white matter changes in cigarette smokers via diffusion tensor imaging`." Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014
• Gu X, Lohrenz T, Salas R, Baldwin PR, Soltani A, Kirk U, Cinciripini PM, Montague PR "Belief about nicotine selectively modulates value and reward prediction error signals in smokers." Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2015
• Viswanath H, Velasquez KM, Savjani R, Molfese DL, Curtis K, Molfese PJ, Eagleman DM, Baldwin PR, Frueh BC, Fowler JC, Salas R "Interhemispheric insular and inferior frontal connectivity are associated with substance abuse in psychiatric population." Neuropharmacology. 2015

Languages

Spanish