Select Publications
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, 'Emotional Control of the Autonomic Nervous System', in Encyclopedia of Neuroscience Volumes 1 11, pp. V3-V3-928, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-008045046-9.02001-5
, 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, '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
, 2019, 'Functional Topography in the Rat Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla (RVLM): Distribution of Cl Neurons that Respond to Cardiovascular versus Metabolic Stimuli', FASEB JOURNAL, 33
, 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