
Líneas de Investigación
• Angiopatía Cerebral Amieloide
• Neuroinflamación asociado a la enfermedad de Alzheimer
• Neurodegeneración
Proyectos Vigentes
Publicaciones
Early-Life Exposure to Non-Absorbable Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics Affects the Dopamine Mesocorticolimbic Pathway of Adult Rats in a Sex-Dependent Manner. Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jun 30;13:837652. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.837652. eCollection 2022.
Effects of Early Life Exposure to Sex Hormones on Neurochemical and Behavioral Responses to Psychostimulants in Adulthood: Implications in Drug Addiction. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jun 12;23(12):6575. doi: 10.3390/ijms23126575.
Estrogen, Cognitive Performance, and Functional Imaging Studies: What Are We Missing About Neuroprotection?. Front Cell Neurosci. 2022 May 12;16:866122. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.866122. eCollection 2022.
Neonatal programming with sex hormones: Effect on expression of dopamine D1 receptor and neurotransmitters release in nucleus accumbens in adult male and female rats. Eur J Pharmacol. 2021 Apr 24:174118. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174118
Do your gut microbes affect your brain dopamine? González-Arancibia C, Urrutia-Piñones J, Illanes-González J, Martínez-Pinto J, Sotomayor-Zárate R, Julio-Pieper M, Bravo JA. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2019 May;236(5):1611-1622. doi: 10.1007/s00213-019-05265-5. Epub 2019 May 17. Review.
Programming of Dopaminergic Neurons by Early Exposure to Sex Hormones: Effects on Morphine-Induced Accumbens Dopamine Release, Reward, and Locomotor Behavior in Male and Female Rats. Velásquez VB, Zamorano GA, Martínez-Pinto J, Bonansco C, Jara P, Torres GE, Renard GM, Sotomayor-Zárate R. Front Pharmacol. 2019 Mar 26;10:295. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00295. eCollection 2019.
Prenatal metformin treatment improves ovarian function in offspring of obese rats. Álvarez D, Ceballo K, Olguín S, Martínez-Pinto J, Maliqueo M, Fernandois D, Sotomayor-Zárate R, Cruz G. J Endocrinol. 2018 Dec 1;239(3):325-338. doi: 10.1530/JOE-18-0352.
Neonatal exposure to oestradiol increases dopaminergic transmission in nucleus accumbens and morphine-induced conditioned place preference in adult female rats. Bonansco C, Martínez-Pinto J, Silva RA, Velásquez VB, Martorell A, Selva MV, Espinosa P, Moya PR, Cruz G, Andrés ME, Sotomayor-Zárate R. J Neuroendocrinol. 2018 Jul;30(7):e12574. doi: 10.1111/jne.12574.
Neonatal programming with testosterone propionate reduces dopamine transporter expression in nucleus accumbens and methylphenidate-induced locomotor activity in adult female rats. Dib T, Martínez-Pinto J, Reyes-Parada M, Torres GE, Sotomayor-Zárate R. Behav Brain Res. 2018 Jul 2;346:80-85. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.12.001. Epub 2017 Dec 6.
Neonatal exposure to estradiol valerate reprograms the rat ovary androgen receptor and anti-Müllerian hormone to a polycystic ovary phenotype. Martínez-Pinto J, Piquer B, Tiszavari M, Lara HE. Reprod Toxicol. 2018 Jan;75:127-135. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2017.10.005. Epub 2017 Oct 18.