Publications

Selected work organized by theme, reflecting research across mechanistic neuroscience, developmental psychopathology, computational measurement, and treatment response.

2026Research SquarePreprint

Speech-Derived Digital Markers of Treatment Response and Improvement Trajectories in Pediatric Anxiety

Zhang Z, Fitzgerald KD, Chang S, Monk CS, Phan K, Iturra-Mena AM.

2026Biological PsychiatryAbstract

Tracking Therapeutic Change Using Voice Analytics in Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Iturra-Mena A, Bel-Gaete V, Chang S, Carmona J, Fitzgerald K.

2025Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and NeuroimagingPeer-reviewed

Pretreatment dACC and dlPFC Activation Moderate Outcomes of Exposure-Focused CBT in Pediatric Anxiety

Díaz DE, Norman LJ, Russman Block SR, Iturra-Mena AM, Phan KL, Monk CS, Fitzgerald KD.

2025JAACAP OpenPeer-reviewed

Exposure-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders: Superiority Over a Relaxation-Based Comparator and Predictors of Response

Bilek EL, Iturra-Mena AM, Becker HC, Phan KL, Monk CS, Fitzgerald KD.

Editors' Best of 2025
2025JAACAP OpenPeer-reviewed

Data-Driven Identification of Brain-Behavioral and Sociodemographic Predictors of Anxiety Severity in Children Using Machine Learning

Iturra-Mena AM, Wall M, Chen SYH, Moser JS, Muzik M, Rosenblum K, Fitzgerald KD.

Editors' Best of 2025
2025Child Psychiatry & Human DevelopmentPeer-reviewed

Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: Baseline Prevalence, Comorbidity, and Implications in a Clinically Anxious Pediatric Sample

Rueppel M, Becker HC, Iturra-Mena AM, Bilek EL, Monk CS, Phan KL, Fitzgerald KD.

2024Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and NeuroimagingPeer-reviewed

Anxiety Symptoms in Young Children Are Associated With a Maladaptive Neurobehavioral Profile of Error Responding

Iturra-Mena AM, Moser J, Díaz DE, Chen SYH, Rosenblum K, Muzik M, Fitzgerald KD.

2024International Journal of NeuropsychopharmacologyPeer-reviewed

Identification of Conserved Frontal Neurophysiological Markers of Cognitive Flexibility in Humans and Rats

Linton SR, Lees T, Iturra-Mena A, Kangas BD, Nowicki G, Lobien R, Vitaliano G, Bergman J, Carlezon WA Jr, Pizzagalli DA.

2023International Journal of NeuropsychopharmacologyPeer-reviewed

Nociceptin Receptor Antagonism Modulates Electrophysiological Markers of Reward Learning

Iturra-Mena AM, Kangas BD, Pizzagalli DA.

2023NeuropsychopharmacologyPeer-reviewed

Electrophysiological Signatures of Reward Learning in the Rodent Touchscreen-Based Probabilistic Reward Task

Iturra-Mena AM, Kangas BD, Luc OT, Potter D, Pizzagalli DA.

2019Frontiers in Behavioral NeurosciencePeer-reviewed

Impact of Stress on Gamma Oscillations in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens During Spontaneous Social Interaction

Iturra-Mena AM, Aguilar-Rivera M, Arriagada-Solimano M, Pérez-Valenzuela C, Fuentealba P, Dagnino-Subiabre A.

2018Journal of NeuroendocrinologyPeer-reviewed

Effects of Prenatal Stress on Anxiety- and Depressive-Like Behaviours Are Sex-Specific in Prepubertal Rats

Iturra-Mena AM, Arriagada-Solimano M, Luttecke-Anders A, Dagnino-Subiabre A.

2024Anxiety & Depression ConferenceAbstract

Associations Between Error-Related Frontal EEG Synchrony and Internalizing Symptoms in Young Children

Chen SYH, Iturra-Mena AM, Fitzgerald KD.

2023NeuropsychopharmacologyAbstract

A Machine Learning Approach to Integrate Clinical Studies for the Identification of Multimodal Predictors of Child Internalizing Psychopathology

Iturra-Mena AM, Wall M, Fitzgerald KD.

2022Biological PsychiatryAbstract

Neurophysiological Indexes of Cognitive Control in Humans and Rats and Their Lack of Modulation by Methylphenidate

Linton S, Iturra-Mena AM, Nowicki G, Lobien R, Kangas B, Bergman J, Pizzagalli D.

2024Biological PsychiatryAbstract

Translational Studies of Behavioral and Electrophysiological Markers of Reward Learning

Pizzagalli D, Iturra-Mena AM, Kangas B.