Browsing Articles publicats (Medicina Experimental) by Author "Desfilis, Ester"
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A 3D MRI‐based atlas of a lizard brain
Hoops, Daniel; Desfilis, Ester; Ullmann, Jeremy F.P.; Janke, Andrew L.; Stait‐Gardner, Timothy; Devenyi, Gabriel A.; Price, William S.; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª; Whiting, Martin J.; Keogh, J. Scott (Wiley, 2018)Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an established technique for neuroanatomical analysis, being particularly useful in the medical sciences. However, the application of MRI to evolutionary neuroscience is still in its ... -
Combinatorial expression of Lef1, Lhx2, Lhx5, Lhx9, Lmo3, Lmo4, and Prox1 helps to identify comparable subdivisions in the developing hippocampal formation of mouse and chicken
Abellán Ródenas, Antonio; Desfilis, Ester; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª (Frontiers, 2014)We carried out a study of the expression patterns of seven developmental regulatory genes (Lef1, Lhx2, Lhx9, Lhx5, Lmo3, Lmo4, and Prox1), in combination with topological position, to identify the medial pallial derivatives, ... -
Dynamic expression of tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA and protein in neurons of the striatum and amygdala of mice, and experimental evidence of their multiple embryonic origin
Bupesh, Munisamy; Vicario Andrade, Alba; Abellán Ródenas, Antonio; Desfilis, Ester; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª (Springer Berlin, 2013)Emotional and motivational dysfunctions observed in Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, and drug addiction are associated to an alteration of the mesocortical and mesolimbic dopaminergic pathways, which include axons ... -
Evolution of Pallial Areas and Networks Involved in Sociality: Comparison Between Mammals and Sauropsids
Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª; Abellán Ródenas, Antonio; Desfilis, Ester (Frontiers Media, 2019)Birds are extremely interesting animals for studying the neurobiological basis of cognition and its evolution. They include species that are highly social and show high cognitive capabilities. Moreover, birds rely more on ... -
Evolutionary and developmental contributions for understanding the organization of the basal ganglia
Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª; Abellán Ródenas, Antonio; Vicario Andrade, Alba; Desfilis, Ester (Karger, 2014-04-24)Herein we take advantage of the evolutionary developmental biology approach in order to improve our understanding of both the functional organization and the evolution of the basal ganglia, with a particular focus on the ... -
Expression of regulatory genes in the embryonic brain of a lizard and implications for understanding pallial organization and evolution
Desfilis, Ester; Abellán Ródenas, Antonio; Sentandreu, Vicente; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª (Wiley, 2017)The comparison of gene expression patterns in the embryonic brain of mouse and chicken is being essential for understanding pallial organization. However, the scarcity of gene expression data in reptiles, crucial for ... -
Genetic identification of the central nucleus and other components of the central extended amygdala in chicken during development
Vicario Andrade, Alba; Abellán Ródenas, Antonio; Desfilis, Ester; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª (Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-09-10)In mammals, the central extended amygdala shows a highly complex organization, and is essential for animal survival due to its implication in fear responses. However, many aspects of its evolution are still unknown, and ... -
Investigación biomédica y dilemas morales
Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª; Desfilis, Ester (Col·legi Oficial de Metges de Lleida, 2015-11-15)Los avances en el campo de la investigación biomédica se están produciendo a un ritmo vertiginoso, y esto ha llevado a una necesaria discusión sobre las perspectivas éticas de su posible aplicación en humanos y al nacimiento ... -
L'origen de l'home: Darwin i la psicologia
Desfilis, Ester (Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2021-09-13)The purpose of this article is to review the psychological evidence presented by Darwin in The Origin of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, as well as the complex reciprocal relationships between evolutionism and ... -
Natural-mente: no existen dos narices iguales
Desfilis, Ester (2017-05-01)La forma en què sentim una carícia, un so, un color, un sabor o una olor és igual per a tots? Els sistemes sensorials de distintes espècies són diferents, varien respecte al tipus d'energia (per exemple, hi ha animals ... -
Neural architecture of the vertebrate brain: implications for the interaction between emotion and cognition
Pessoa, Luiz; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª; Hof, Patrick R.; Desfilis, Ester (Elsevier, 2019)Cognition is considered a hallmark of the primate brain that requires a high degree of signal integration, such as achieved in the prefrontal cortex. Moreover, it is often assumed that cognitive capabilities imply “superior” ... -
Precise Mapping of Otp Expressing Cells Across Different Pallial Regions Throughout Ontogenesis Using Otp-Specific Reporter Transgenic Mice
Morales, Lorena; González Alonso, Alba; Desfilis, Ester; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª (Frontiers Media, 2022)Taking advantage of two Otp-specific reporter lines of transgenic mice (Otp-eGFP and Otp-Cre; Rpl22-HA), we identify and describe different Otp cell populations across various pallial regions, including the pallial amygdala, ... -
Refocusing Neuroscience: Moving Away from Mental Categories and Toward Complex Behaviors
Pessoa, Luiz; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª; Desfilis, Ester (The Royal Society, 2021)Mental terms—such as perception, cognition, action, emotion, as well as attention, memory, decision-making—are epistemically sterile. We support our thesis based on extensive comparative neuroanatomy knowledge of the ... -
The olfactory amygdala in amniotes: an evo-devo approach
Abellán Ródenas, Antonio; Desfilis, Ester; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª (Wiley, 2013)In tetrapods, the medial amygdala is a forebrain center that integrates olfactory and/or vomeronasal signals with the endocrine and autonomic systems, playing a key role in different social behaviors. The vomeronasal system ... -
The Secrets of the Brain. An evolutionary perspective on neuroscience
Desfilis, Ester; Medina Hernández, Loreta Mª (Universitat de València, 2016-05-15)