Licenciada en Ciencias ,Universidad de Chile 1995.
Magister ,Universidad de Chile 1995.
Doctora en Ciencias Biomédicas ,Universidad de Chile 2005.
Categoría académica:
Profesora Asociada Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas ICBM ,Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile
Linea de Investigación
Mesenchymal stem cells-secretome: Protection in neonatal hypoxia-reoxygenation. Mechanisms and translational studies.
Asphyxia at birth primes CNS development and increase the vulnerability to subsequent postnatal insults
Nanoinmunoterapia para esclerosis múltiple: nueva estrategia terapéutica para la entrega directa de inmunomoduladores en el sistema central.
Modulation if neurogenesis by perinatal asphyxia: role of dopamine and regulators of G-proteins (GRS).
Long-term changes in brain neurocircuitries produced by perinatal asphyxia: is Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 (PARP-1) Inhibition a strategy for neuroprotection?
Neurogénesis postnatal inducida por injurias cerebrales y su modulación por vías de señalización asociadas al factor de crecimiento de fibroblasto básico (bFGF)
Publicaciones :
Activated mesenchymal stem cell administration inhibits chronic alcohol drinking and suppresses relapse-like drinking in high-alcohol drinker rats,ADDICTION BIOLOGY 2019.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND N-ACETYL CYSTEINE INHIBIT CHRONIC ETHANOL INTAKE AND ABOLISH RELAPSE BINGE DRINKING: PRECLINICAL STUDIES,ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 2018.
Targeting Sentinel Proteins and Extrasynaptic Glutamate Receptors: a Therapeutic Strategy for Preventing the Effects Elicited by Perinatal Asphyxia?,NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH 2018.
Regionally Impaired Redox Homeostasis in the Brain of Rats Subjected to Global Perinatal Asphyxia: Sustained Effect up to 14 Postnatal Days,NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH 2018.
Intravenous administration of anti-inflammatory mesenchymal stem cell spheroids reduces chronic alcohol intake and abolishes binge-drinking,SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2018.
Commonality of Ethanol and Nicotine Reinforcement and Relapse in Wistar-Derived UChB Rats: Inhibition by N-Acetylcysteine,ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 2018.
Gold nanorods/siRNA complex administration for knockdown of PARP-1: a potential treatment for perinatal asphyxia,INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE 2018.
Acquisition, Maintenance and Relapse-Like Alcohol Drinking: Lessons from the UChB Rat Line,FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2017.
Models of progressive neurological dysfunction originating early in life,PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2017.
Modulation of Postnatal Neurogenesis by Perinatal Asphyxia: Effect of D-1 and D-2 Dopamine Receptor Agonists,NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH 2017.
ALCOHOL INTAKE: FROM INITIATION TO MAINTENANCE AND RELAPSE BINGE-DRINKING. MECHANISMS AND TRANSLATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES,ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM 2017.
Intracerebral Stem Cell Administration Inhibits Relapse-like Alcohol Drinking in Rats,ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM 2017.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL-DERIVED SPHEROIDS INHIBIT CHRONIC AND RELAPSE-LIKE ETHANOL INTAKE AND REDUCE OXIDATIVE STRESS,ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM 2017.
Vulnerability to a Metabolic Challenge Following Perinatal Asphyxia Evaluated by Organotypic Cultures: Neonatal Nicotinamide Treatment,NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH 2017.
Pharmacological models and approaches for pathophysiological conditions associated with hypoxia and oxidative stress,PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS 2016.
Effects of oxidative stress induced by perinatal asphyxia on catalase activity in the hippocampus of neonatal rats,EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 2016.
Effect of perinatal asphyxia on tuberomammillary nucleus neuronal density and object recognition memory: A possible role for histamine?,BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH 2016.
Short- and long-term consequences of perinatal asphyxia: Looking for neuroprotective strategies,Perinatal Programming of Neurodevelopment 2015.
Perinatal Asphyxia Leads to PARP-1 Overactivity, p65 Translocation, IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha Overexpression, and Apoptotic-Like Cell Death in Mesencephalon of Neonatal Rats: Prevention by Systemic Neonatal Nicotinamide Administration,NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH 2015.
Salsolinol, free of isosalsolinol, exerts ethanol-like motivational/sensitization effects leading to increases in ethanol intake,ALCOHOL 2015.
Perinatal asphyxia: CNS development and deficits with delayed onset,FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE 2014.
KNOCKDOWN OF HCN CHANNELS INTO THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA REDUCES ETHANOL CONSUMPTION IN UCHB DRINKING RATS,ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 2014.
Gene specific modifications unravel ethanol and acetaldehyde actions,FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2013.
Further Studies on the Hypothesis of PARP-1 Inhibition as a Strategy for Lessening the Long-Term Effects Produced by Perinatal Asphyxia: Effects of Nicotinamide and Theophylline on PARP-1 Activity in Brain and Peripheral Tissue,NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH 2012.