selected publications academic article Jones, J. R., Chaturvedi, S., Granados-Fuentes, D., & Herzog, E. D. (2021). Circadian neurons in the paraventricular nucleus entrain and sustain daily rhythms in glucocorticoids. Nature Communications. 12(1), 5763. Myung, J., Nakamura, T. J., Jones, J. R., Silver, R., & Ono, D. (2021). Editorial: Development of Circadian Clock Functions. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15, 735007. Jones, J. R., Simon, T., Lones, L., & Herzog, E. D. (2018). SCN VIP Neurons Are Essential for Normal Light-Mediated Resetting of the Circadian System. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(37), 7986-7995. Mazuski, C., Abel, J. H., Chen, S. P., Hermanstyne, T. O., Jones, J. R., Simon, T., Doyle, F. J., & Herzog, E. D. (2018). Entrainment of Circadian Rhythms Depends on Firing Rates and Neuropeptide Release of VIP SCN Neurons. Neuron. 99(3), 555-563.e5. Tackenberg, M. C., Jones, J. R., Page, T. L., & Hughey, J. J. (2018). Tau-independent Phase Analysis: A Novel Method for Accurately Determining Phase Shifts. World of Information Business Intelligence Reports. Albania. 33(3), 223-232. Li, S., Jones, J. R., & de Lecea, L. (2016). Hypocretins, Neural Systems, Physiology, and Psychiatric Disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports. 18(1), 7. Eban-Rothschild, A., Rothschild, G., Giardino, W. J., Jones, J. R., & de Lecea, L. (2016). VTA dopaminergic neurons regulate ethologically relevant sleep-wake behaviors. Nature Neuroscience. 19(10), 1356-1366. Jones, J. R., & McMahon, D. G. (2016). The core clock gene Per1 phases molecular and electrical circadian rhythms in SCN neurons. PeerJ. 4, e2297-e2297. Jones, J. R., Tackenberg, M. C., & McMahon, D. G. (2015). Manipulating circadian clock neuron firing rate resets molecular circadian rhythms and behavior. Nature Neuroscience. 18(3), 373-375. Brancaccio, M., Enoki, R., Mazuski, C. N., Jones, J., Evans, J. A., & Azzi, A. (2014). Network-mediated encoding of circadian time: the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) from genes to neurons to circuits, and back. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(46), 15192-15199. chapter Jones, J. R., Tackenberg, M. C., & McMahon, D. G. (2021). Optogenetic Methods for the Study of Circadian Rhythms. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). Brown, S. A. (Eds.), CIRCADIAN CLOCKS. (pp. 325-336). Springer Nature. institutional repository document Wahba, L. R., Perez, B., Nikhil, K. L., Herzog, E. D., & Jones, J. R. (2022). Circadian rhythms in multiple behaviors depend on sex, neuropeptide signaling, and ambient light Mazuski, C., Abel, J. H., Chen, S. P., Hermanstyne, T. O., Jones, J. R., Simon, T., Doyle, F. J., & Herzog, E. D. (2018). Entrainment of circadian rhythms depends on firing rates and neuropeptide release of VIP SCN neurons Jones, J. R., Simon, T., Lones, L., & Herzog, E. D. (2018). Circadian clock neurons mediate time-of-day dependent responses to light
principal investigator on Decoding a circadian output circuit from genes to behavior awarded by Whitehall Foundation - (Palm Beach, Florida, United States) 2022 - 2025
teaching activities BIOL291 Research Instructor BIOL405 Compar Endocrinology Instructor BIOL435 Reg & Behav Neurosc Lab Instructor BIOL491 Hnr-research Instructor BIOL691 Research Instructor NRSC485 Directed Studies Instructor NRSC491 Hnr-research Instructor NRSC691 Research Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University - (Nashville, Tennessee, United States) 2015 B.Sc. in Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Dallas - (Richardson, Texas, United States) 2009