selected publications

• article

  • Citalopram reduces glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the auditory cortex via activation of 5-HT1A receptors.  NeuroReport.  30:1316-1322. 2019-01-01
  • Interleukin 6 Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in a Social Defeat-Susceptible Prefrontal Cortex Circuit.  Neuroscience.  414:280-296. 2019-01-01
  • A new theory of depression based on the serotonin/kynurenine relationship and the hypothalamicpituitary-adrenal axis [Nueva teoría sobre la depresión: un equilibrio del ánimo entre el sistema nervioso y el inmunológico, con regulación de la serotonina-quinurenina y el eje hipotálamo-hipófiso-suprarrenal].  Biomedica.  38:437-450. 2018-01-01
  • Interleukin 6 trans-signaling regulates basal synaptic transmission and sensitivity to pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice.  Synapse.  71:-. 2017-01-01
  • Locus ceruleus norepinephrine release: A central regulator of cns spatio-temporal activation?.  Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience.  8:-. 2016-01-01
  • Activation of 5-HT receptors inhibits GABAergic transmission by pre-and post-synaptic mechanisms in layer II/III of the juvenile rat auditory cortex.  Synapse.  69:115-127. 2015-01-01
  • Activation of the anti-inflammatory reflex blocks lipopolysaccharide-induced decrease in synaptic inhibition in the temporal cortex of the rat.  Journal of Neuroscience Research.  93:859-865. 2015-01-01
  • Vagal nerve stimulation blocks interleukin 6-dependent synaptic hyperexcitability induced by lipopolysaccharide-induced acute stress in the rodent prefrontal cortex.  Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.  43:149-158. 2015-01-01
  • Pre- and postsynaptic effects of norepinephrine on γ-aminobutyric acid-mediated synaptic transmission in layer 2/3 of the rat auditory cortex.  Synapse.  66:20-28. 2012-01-01
  • The stress-induced cytokine interleukin-6 decreases the inhibition/excitation ratio in the rat temporal cortex via trans-signaling.  Biological Psychiatry.  71:574-582. 2012-01-01
  • Dynamic modulation of short-term synaptic plasticity in the auditory cortex: The role of norepinephrine.  Hearing Research.  271:26-36. 2011-01-01
  • Layer-specific noradrenergic modulation of inhibition in cortical layer II/III.  Cerebral Cortex.  21:212-221. 2011-01-01
  • Effect of the environment on the dendritic morphology of the rat auditory cortex.  Synapse.  64:97-110. 2010-01-01
  • Norepinephrine homogeneously inhibits α-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4- isoxazole-propionate- (AMPAR-) mediated currents in all layers of the temporal cortex of the rat.  Neurochemical Research.  34:1896-1906. 2009-01-01
  • Environmental enrichment selectively increases glutamatergic responses in layer II/III of the auditory cortex of the rat.  Neuroscience.  145:832-840. 2007-01-01
  • Muscarinic M2 and M1 receptors reduce GABA release by Ca2%2b channel modulation through activation of PI3K/ Ca2%2b-independent and PLC/Ca2%2b-dependent PKC.  Journal of Neurophysiology.  98:952-965. 2007-01-01

• chapter

  • Regulation of cortical functions by the central noradrenergic system: Emerging properties from an old friend.  Monoaminergic Modulation of Cortical Excitability. 197-207. 2007-01-01
• Layer- and area-specific actions of norepinephrine on cortical synaptic transmission.  Brain Research. 163-176. 2016-01-01