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• Laguna et al. Differences in Verbal Memory, Visuospatial Ability, and Cognitive Inhibition Among Young Women Using Drospirenone and Ethinyl Estradiol Oral Contraceptives Versus Naturally Cycling Controls. Acta Neuropsychiatrica (2026)
• Cwetsch et al. (2026) Bidirectional interaction between protocadherin 8 and the transcription factor Dbx1 regulates cerebral cortex development. Development.
• Pathway-specific ultrastructure of thalamocortical synapses in mouse somatosensory area S2. Martin-Correa et al. Journal of Neuroscience (2025).
• Ammar et al. Exposure to low-dose CuO nanoparticles improves fear extinction memory and enhance intrinsic excitability in the infralimbic cortex of male mice, Life Sciences 2025
• Mesa-Lombardo y cols. Impaired modulation of the trigeminal caudal nucleus by the locus coeruleus in diabetic mice: the role of GABAergic and glycinergic neurons. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2025
• Carrera-Cañas et al. Hypocretin/orexin peptide release occurs mostly extrasynaptically, is self-controlled, and specifically enhanced in female rats. Experimental Neurology 2025.
• Córdoba-Claros et al. Projection motifs and wiring logic of medial pulvinar thalamocortical axons in the marmoset monkey. The Journal of Neuroscience (2025)
• Hyperphosphorylated tau in Alzheimer's disease disseminates along pathways predicted by the Structural Model for Cortico-cortical Connections. Uceda-Heras et al., J Comp Neurol. 2024.
• Brain state identification and neuromodulation to promote recovery of consciousness. Vand de Lande et al. Brain Communications (2024)
• Tibolone treatment after traumatic brain injury exerts a sex-specific and Y chromosome-dependent regulation of methylation and demethylation enzymes and estrogen receptors in the cerebral cortex. Pinto-Benito et al., Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2024.
• Differential response of injured and healthy retinas to syngeneic and allogeneic transplantation of a clonal cell line of immortalized olfactory ensheathing glia: a double-edged sword. Norte-Muñoz M Neural Regen Res (2024)
• Beyond barrels: diverse thalamocortical projection motifs in the mouse ventral posterior complex. Rubio-Teves M et al., The Journal of Neuroscience (2024)
• Generation of functional neurons from adult human mucosal olfactory ensheathing glia by direct lineage conversion. Portela-Lomba y cols. Cell Death & Disease (2024)
• Neonatal inhibition of androgen activity alters the programming of body weight and orexinergic peptides differentially in male and female rats. Carrillo et al., Brain Research Bulletin, 2024
• Micropopulation mapping of the mouse parafascicular nucleus connections reveals diverse input–output motifs. Gonzalo-Martin y cols. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (2024)
• Ruiz-Gabare y cols. Intron retention as a productive mechanism in human MAPT: RNA species generated by retention of intron 3. eBioMedicine. 2024
• Waxholm Space atlas of the rat brain: a 3D atlas supporting data analysis and integration. Kleven et al. Nature Methods. 2023
• Relationship of PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 vascular expression with diabetic neuropathy. Frontiers in Physiology 2023
• Analyzing Thalamocortical Tract-Tracing Experiments in a Common Reference Space. Neuroinformatics (2023)
• The arousal-related "central thalamus" stimulation site simultaneously innervates multiple high-level frontal and parietal areas. Morais y cols. Journal of Neuroscience (2023).
• High-resolution tractography protocol to investigate the pathways between human mediodorsal thalamic nucleus and prefrontal cortex, Liu y cols., The Journal of Neuroscience (2023)
• Cerebellar and basal ganglia inputs define three main nuclei in the mouse ventral motor thalamus. Alonso-Martinez et al. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (2023)
• Santos-Toscano R, et al. (2023) Interaction of gonadal hormones, dopaminergic system, and epigenetic regulation in the generation of sex differences in substance use disorders: A systematic review. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 71:101085.
• Ganchala, et al., Kif21B mediates the effect of estradiol on the morphological plasticity of mouse hippocampal neurons. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 2023, 16:1143024.
• The neurobiology of insulin-like growth factor I: From neuroprotection to modulation of brain states. Molecular Psychiatry. Núñez y cols., Molecular Psychiatry (2023)
• Locus coeruleus inhibition of vibrissal responses in the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis are reduced in a diabetic mouse model. Mesa-Lombardo y cols., Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2023).
• Ganchala et al. Kif21B mediates the effect of estradiol on the morphological plasticity of mouse hippocampal neurons. Front Mol Neurosci. 2023
• Maroto IB y cols.(2023) Control of a hippocampal recurrent excitatory circuit by cannabinoid receptor interacting protein Gap43. Nature Communications. 14:2303. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38026-2.
• Thalamic control of sensory processing and spindles in a biophysical somatosensory thalamoreticular circuit model of wakefulness and sleep. Iavarone y cols .Cell Rep. 2023
• Small molecules fail to induce direct reprogramming of adult rat olfactory ensheathing glia to mature neurons. Portela-Lomba y cols. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (2023)
• Mapping the primate thalamus: historical perspective and modern approaches for defining nuclei. García-Cabezas y cols. Brain Structure and Function (2023)
• Organizational Effects of Estrogens and Androgens on Estrogen and Androgen Receptor Expression in Pituitary and Adrenal Glands in Adult Male and Female Rats. Grassi y cols. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy., (2022)
• The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus as a central hub for the estrogenic modulation of neuroendocrine function and behavior. Grassy u cols., Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 2022
• Plasticity of the hypocretinergic/orexinergic system after a chronic treatment with suvorexant in rats. Carrera-Cañas y cols. (2022) Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
• A combinatorial input landscape in the "higher-order relay" posterior thalamic nucleus. Casas-Torremocha et al., Journal of Neuroscience (2022)
• Microtia Ear Reconstruction with Patient-Specific 3D Models-A Segmentation Protocol. Rodríguez-Arias JP y cols. J. Clin. Med 2022
• Homology of neocortical areas in rats and primates based on cortical type analysis: An update of the Hypothesis on the Dual Origin of the Neocortex. Brain Structure and Function, García-Cabezas et al. Brain Structure & Function
• Reproducible protocol to obtain and measure first-order relay human thalamic white-matter tracts. Liu y cols., Neuroimage, 2022.
• Endocannabinoid and Nitric Oxide-Dependent IGF-I-Mediated Synaptic Plasticity at Mice Barrel Cortex. Noriega-Prieto y cols. Cells (2022).
• Clascá, F. A Brief History of Thalamus Research. In M. Halassa (Ed.), The Thalamus; (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
• Clascá, F. (2022). Thalamic Output Pathways. In M. Halassa (Ed.), The Thalamus (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
• M. Perez-Rando et al. Impact of stress on inhibitory neuronal circuits, our tribute to Bruce McEwen. Neurobiology of Stress (2022)
• What’s in a Gene? The Outstanding Diversity of MAPT. Ruiz Gabarre y Cols. Cells (2022)