Publications (16) ALEJANDRO HIGUERA MATAS publications

filter_list 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

2022

  1. 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

  2. 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. 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

2019

  1. Morphine self-administration alters the expression of translational machinery genes in the amygdala of male Lewis rats

    Journal of Psychopharmacology, Vol. 33, Núm. 7, pp. 882-893

2016

  1. Changes in D1 but not D2 dopamine or mu-opioid receptor expression in limbic and motor structures after lateral hypothalamus electrical self-stimulation: A quantitative autoradiographic study

    Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Vol. 127, pp. 17-26

  2. Unaltered cocaine self-administration in the prenatal LPS rat model of schizophrenia

    Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 69, pp. 38-48

2011

  1. Neural changes developed during the extinction of cocaine self-administration behavior

    Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 4, Núm. 10, pp. 1315-1327

2010

  1. Periadolescent exposure to cannabinoids alters the striatal and hippocampal dopaminergic system in the adult rat brain

    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 20, Núm. 12, pp. 895-906

2009

  1. Chronic periadolescent cannabinoid treatment enhances adult hippocampal PSA-NCAM expression in male Wistar rats but only has marginal effects on anxiety, learning and memory

    Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, Vol. 93, Núm. 4, pp. 482-490