Publications (68) ALEJANDRO HIGUERA MATAS publications

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2026

  1. Adolescent cannabinoid vapour exposure sex-dependently alters the relationship between vulnerability traits and ethanol self-administration and modifies naltrexone actions on ethanol intake in rats

    Neuropharmacology, Vol. 288

  2. Shared and reinforcer-specific alterations in the CRH and noradrenergic systems following short- and long-term withdrawal from cocaine, heroin, and sucrose self-administration

    Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 147

2025

  1. A Hidden Mark of a Troubled Past: Neuroimaging and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal Interactive Effects of Maternal Immune Activation and Adolescent THC Exposure Suggestive of Increased Neuropsychiatric Risk

    Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, Vol. 5, Núm. 3

  2. Compulsive Coping Behavior, Developed Predominantly by Sign-Trackers, Is Exacerbated by Chronic Atomoxetine

    Biological Psychiatry

2024

  1. Lack of interactions between prenatal immune activation and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during adolescence in behaviours relevant to symptom dimensions of schizophrenia in rats

    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, Vol. 129, pp. 110889

2023

  1. Interaction between maternal immune activation and peripubertal stress in rats: impact on cocaine addiction-like behaviour, morphofunctional brain parameters and striatal transcriptome

    Translational Psychiatry, Vol. 13, Núm. 1

  2. The long-term effects of adolescent Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol on brain structure and function assessed through neuroimaging techniques in male and female rats

    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 74, pp. 47-63

2022

  1. Editorial: Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Reward: Theoretical and Technical Perspectives and Their Implications for Psychopathology

    Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

  2. Effects of heroin self-administration and forced withdrawal on the expression of genes related to the mTOR network in the basolateral complex of the amygdala of male Lewis rats

    Psychopharmacology, Vol. 239, Núm. 8, pp. 2559-2571

  3. Esquizofrenia y adicción: el problema del huevo y la gallina

    Neurociencia del comportamiento: del laboratorio a la vida real (Aula Magna), pp. 231-269

  4. Ex vivo 1H-MRS brain metabolic profiling in a two-hit model of neurodevelopmental disorders: Prenatal immune activation and peripubertal stress

    Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 243, pp. 232-240

  5. The interactions of alcohol and cocaine regulate the expression of genes involved in the GABAergic, glutamatergic and endocannabinoid systems of male and female rats

    Neuropharmacology, Vol. 206

2021

  1. Cocaine-induced Fos expression in the rat brain: Modulation by prior Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during adolescence and sex-specific effects

    Brain Research, Vol. 1764

  2. The Basolateral Amygdala to Nucleus Accumbens Core Circuit Mediates the Conditioned Reinforcing Effects of Cocaine-Paired Cues on Cocaine Seeking

    Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 89, Núm. 4, pp. 356-365

  3. Δ 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol during adolescence reprograms the nucleus accumbens transcriptome, affecting reward processing, impulsivity, and specific aspects of cocaine addiction-like behavior in a sex-dependent manner

    International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 24, Núm. 11, pp. 920-933

2020

  1. Central nucleus of the amygdala as a common substrate of the incubation of drug and natural reinforcer seeking

    Addiction Biology, Vol. 25, Núm. 2

  2. Comparative analysis of the modulation of perineuronal nets in the prefrontal cortex of rats during protracted withdrawal from cocaine, heroin and sucrose self-administration

    Neuropharmacology, Vol. 180

  3. Maternal immune activation is associated with a lower number of dopamine receptor 3-expressing granulocytes with no alterations in cocaine reward, resistance to extinction or cue-induced reinstatement

    Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, Vol. 193

  4. The effects of combined intravenous cocaine and ethanol self-administration on the behavioral and amino acid profile of young adult rats

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 15, Núm. 3

  5. The role of the mTOR pathway in models of drug-induced reward and the behavioural constituents of addiction

    Journal of Psychopharmacology, Vol. 34, Núm. 11, pp. 1176-1199