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Books
2009, Chemoarchitectonic Atlas of The Rat Brain, Elsevier, San Diego
,1999, Chemoarchitectonic Atlas of the Rat Brainstem, Academic Press, San Diego, California
,Book Chapters
2012, 'Visualisation of Thermal Changes in Freely Moving Animals', in Badoer E (ed.), Visualization Techniques, Humana PressInc, pp. 269 - 281
,2012, 'Chapter 10 Periaqueductal Gray', in The Human Nervous System, Elsevier, pp. 367 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-374236-0.10010-0
,2012, 'The periaqueductal gray', in Mai JK; Paxinos G (ed.), The Human Nervous System, Academic Press, London, pp. 367 - 400
,2011, 'Central Circulatory Control: Psychological Stress and the Defense Reaction', in Central Regulation of Autonomic Functions, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306637.003.0012
,2011, 'Central circulatory control during the defence reaction and psychological stress', in Llewellyn Smith I; Verberne A (ed.), Regulation of Autonomic Function, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 220 - 237
,2009, 'Aversive emotions: emotional control of the autonomic nervous system', in Binder M; Kirokawa N; Windhorst U (ed.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 923 - 928
,2004, 'Chapter 12 Periaqueductal Gray', in The Human Nervous System, Elsevier, pp. 393 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-012547626-3/50013-2
,2004, 'The periaqueductal gray', in Paxinos G (ed.), The human nervous system, Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 393 - 423
,1995, 'Neurotransmitters as a tool for mapping the human brain', in Tracey DJ; Paxinos G; Stone J (ed.), Neurotransmitters in the human brain: Conference in Honour of Istvan Tork, Plenum Press, New York, pp. 1 - 24
,1991, 'Emerging principles of organization of the midbrain periaqueductal gray matter', in Depaulis A; Bandler R; Division NATOSA (ed.), The Midbrain periaqueductal gray matter, Plenum Pub Corp, pp. 1 - 8
,1991, 'Functional organization of midbrain periaqueductal grey neurons controlling regional vascular beds', in Depaulis A; Bandler R; Division NATOSA (ed.), The Midbrain periaqueductal gray matter, Plenum Pub Corp, pp. 67 - 100
,Journal articles
2022, 'Targeting the lateral hypothalamus with short hairpin RNAs reduces habitual behaviour following extended instrumental training in rats', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2022.107657
,2021, 'Behavioural and cardiovascular effects of orexin-A infused into the central amygdala under basal and fear conditions in rats', Behavioural Brain Research, 415, pp. 113515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113515
,2021, 'Asylum-seeking children in shutdown: Neurobiological models', Developmental Child Welfare, 3, pp. 282 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25161032211036162
,2020, 'Mitochondrial uncoupler BAM15 reverses diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice', Nature Communications, 11, pp. 2397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16298-2
,2020, 'Social defeat: Vagal reduction and vulnerability to ventricular arrhythmias', Neurobiology of Stress, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2020.100245
,2019, 'Adaptation of Respiratory-Related Brain Regions to Long-Term Hypercapnia: Focus on Neuropeptides in the RTN', Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01343
,2019, 'Vulnerability to stress consequences induced by repeated social defeat in rats: Contribution of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor in cardiovascular alterations associated to low brain derived neurotrophic factor', European Journal of Pharmacology, 861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172595
,2019, 'Functional Topography in the Rat Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla (RVLM): Distribution of Cl Neurons that Respond to Cardiovascular versus Metabolic Stimuli', FASEB JOURNAL, 33, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000496555202067&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2019, 'Regulatory T cells and their derived cytokine, interleukin-35, reduce pain in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis', Journal of Neuroscience, 39, pp. 2326 - 2346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1815-18.2019
,2018, 'Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in children and adolescents: Part I – Diagnostic formulations', Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 23, pp. 140 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104517732118
,2018, 'Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in children and adolescents: Part II – explanations to families, treatment, and group outcomes', Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 23, pp. 160 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104517730116
,2017, 'A split-luciferase reporter recognizing GFP and mCherry tags to facilitate studies of protein–protein interactions', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18122681
,2017, 'Brief optogenetic inhibition of rat lateral or ventrolateral periaqueductal gray augments the acquisition of pavlovian fear conditioning', Behavioral Neuroscience, 131, pp. 454 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bne0000217
,2017, 'Effects of chemogenetic excitation or inhibition of the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray on the acquisition and extinction of Pavlovian fear conditioning', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 144, pp. 186 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.07.006
,2017, 'The respiratory control of carbon dioxide in children and adolescents referred for treatment of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 26, pp. 1207 - 1217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-017-0976-0
,2017, 'Orexin, Stress and Central Cardiovascular Control. A Link with Hypertension?', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 74, pp. 376 - 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.06.044
,2017, 'Orexin and central modulation of cardiovascular and respiratory function', , 33, pp. 157 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/7854_2016_46
,2016, 'Olfactory ensheathing cells but not fibroblasts reduce the duration of autonomic dysreflexia in spinal cord injured rats', Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 201, pp. 17 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2016.08.015
,2016, 'Peripheral and central neuroinflammatory changes and pain behaviors in an animal model of multiple sclerosis', Frontiers in Immunology, 7, pp. 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00369
,2016, 'Long-lasting Bradypnea induced by repeated social defeat', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 311, pp. R352 - R364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00021.2016
,2016, 'The organization of defensive behavior elicited by optogenetic excitation of rat lateral or ventrolateral periaqueductal gray', Behavioral Neuroscience, 130, pp. 406 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bne0000151
,2016, 'Contribution of orexin to the neurogenic hypertension in BPH/2J mice', Hypertension, 67, pp. 959 - 969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.07053
,2016, 'Contribution of Orexin to the Neurogenic Hypertension in BPH/2J Mice', HYPERTENSION, 67, pp. 959 - 969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.07053
,2015, 'Both Ox1R and Ox2R orexin receptors contribute to the cardiorespiratory response evoked from the perifornical hypothalamus', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 42, pp. 1059 - 1067, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1440-1681.12461
,2015, 'Spontaneously hypertensive rats have more orexin neurons in their medial hypothalamus than normotensive rats', Experimental Physiology, 100, pp. 388 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2014.084137
,2015, 'Both Ox1r and Ox2r orexin receptors contribute to the cardiovascular and locomotor components of the novelty stress response in the rat', Neuropharmacology, 89, pp. 146 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.09.012
,2015, 'Fear and the Defense Cascade: Clinical Implications and Management', Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 23, pp. 263 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000065
,2015, 'Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a surrogate measure of respiratory frequency: Validity and robustness to activity in rats', Journal of Applied Physiology, 118, pp. 238 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00799.2014
,2015, 'Is there a link between orexin signalling, cardiovascular responses to stress and essential hypertension?', Autonomic Neuroscience, 192, pp. 26 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2015.07.330
,2015, 'Prehypertensive juvenile spontaneously hypertensive rats have more orexin neurons than normotensive Wistar Kyoto rats', Autonomic Neuroscience, 192, pp. 93 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2015.07.127
,2015, 'Stress, anxiety and central neural modulation of cardiovascular stress response in rats', Autonomic Neuroscience, 192, pp. 37 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2015.07.370
,2013, 'Orexin, orexin receptor antagonists and central cardiovascular control', Frontiers in Neuroscience, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2013.00257
,2013, 'Orexins, orexin receptors and cardiovascular regulation during psychological stress', Autonomic Neuroscience, 177, pp. 23 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2013.05.024
,2012, 'Blockade of orexin receptors with Almorexant reduces cardiorespiratory responses evoked from the hypothalamus but not baro- or chemoreceptor reflex responses.', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 303, pp. R1101 - R1022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00263.2012
,2012, 'Orexin microinjection in the medullary raphe increases heart rate and arterial pressure but does not reduce tail skin blood flow in the awake rat', Neuroscience, 202, pp. 209 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.11.073
,2012, 'Stress-induced hyperthermia is not mediated by brown adipose tissue in mice', Journal of Thermal Biology, 37, pp. 125 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.11.010
,2011, 'A reassessment of stress-induced "analgesia" in the rat using an unbiased method', Pain, 152, pp. 676 - 686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2010.12.019
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