Search Results - "Valdivia, Spring"
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Acute high fat diet consumption activates the mesolimbic circuit and requires orexin signaling in a mouse model
Published in PloS one (23-01-2014)“…Overconsumption of palatable energy-dense foods has negative health implications and it is associated with obesity and several eating disorders. Currently,…”
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Dual and Opposing Functions of the Central Amygdala in the Modulation of Pain
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (08-10-2019)“…Pain perception is essential for survival and can be amplified or suppressed by expectations, experiences, and context. The neural mechanisms underlying…”
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An inhibitory circuit from central amygdala to zona incerta drives pain-related behaviors in mice
Published in eLife (21-10-2022)“…Central amygdala neurons expressing protein kinase C-delta (CeA-PKCδ) are sensitized following nerve injury and promote pain-related responses in mice. The…”
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P2X7 receptor activation awakes a dormant stem cell niche in the adult spinal cord
Published in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience (18-12-2023)“…The ependyma of the spinal cord is a latent stem cell niche that is reactivated by injury, generating new cells that migrate to the lesion site to limit the…”
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Short-term cold exposure activates TRH neurons exclusively in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and raphe pallidus
Published in Neuroscience letters (19-06-2012)“…► Cold exposure activates TRH neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. ► Cold exposure activates TRH neurons of the raphe pallidus in the ventral…”
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Inter-individual Variability for High Fat Diet Consumption in Inbred C57BL/6 Mice
Published in Frontiers in nutrition (Lausanne) (09-05-2019)“…Since inbred C57BL/6 mice are known to show inter-individual phenotypic variability for some traits, we tested the hypothesis that inbred C57BL/6 mice display…”
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Escalation in high fat intake in a binge eating model differentially engages dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area and requires ghrelin signaling
Published in Psychoneuroendocrinology (01-10-2015)“…Highlights • Four daily accesses to HFD for 2 h induce hyperphagia with an escalating profile. • Four daily accesses to HFD for 2 h induce differential…”
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Divergent Neuronal Circuitries Underlying Acute Orexigenic Effects of Peripheral or Central Ghrelin: Critical Role of Brain Accessibility
Published in Journal of neuroendocrinology (01-08-2014)“…Ghrelin is an octanoylated peptide hormone that potently and rapidly increases food intake. The orexigenic action of ghrelin involves the hypothalamic arcuate…”
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Pre-prandial plasma liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP2) concentration in humans is inversely associated with hunger sensation in a ghrelin independent manner
Published in European journal of nutrition (01-04-2024)“…Purpose The liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP2) is a newly recognized peptide hormone that acts via the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR)…”
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Growth hormone secretagogue receptor signaling in the supramammillary nucleus targets nitric oxide-producing neurons and controls recognition memory in mice
Published in Psychoneuroendocrinology (01-05-2022)“…Ghrelin is a stomach-derived hormone that acts via the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR). Recent evidence suggests that some of ghrelin’s actions may…”
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Cell-Type Specificity of Neuronal Excitability and Morphology in the Central Amygdala
Published in eNeuro (01-01-2021)“…Central amygdala (CeA) neurons expressing protein kinase Cδ (PKCδ ) or somatostatin (Som ) differentially modulate diverse behaviors. The underlying features…”
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Considerations about rodent models of binge eating episodes
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Neuroanatomical and functional characterization of CRF neurons of the amygdala using a novel transgenic mouse model
Published in Neuroscience (19-03-2015)“…Highlights • We report and validate a novel CRF-hrGFP transgenic mouse line. • GFP+ cells are present in the extended amygdala, mostly in the IPAC but also…”
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