List of works - Carlos M Contreras

2-Heptanone increases the firing rate of the basal amygdala: role of anterior olfactory epithelial organs

scientific article

A Fatty Acids Mixture Reduces Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Infant Rats Mediated by GABAA Receptors

scientific article published on 17 December 2017

A few electroconvulsive shocks produce more reliable effects of firing rate in lateral septal neurons than repetitive treatment in the rat.

scientific article published in January 1993

A review of clinical and experimental observations about antidepressant actions and side effects produced by Hypericum perforatum extracts

scientific article published on November 2003

A single session of emotional stress produces anxiety in Wistar rats.

scientific article

Action of antidepressants on the septal nuclei of the rat.

scientific article published on November 1989

Acute restraint stress produces behavioral despair in weanling rats in the forced swim test

scientific article published on 25 June 2009

Allopregnanolone microinjected into the lateral septum or dorsal hippocampus reduces immobility in the forced swim test: participation of the GABAA receptor.

scientific article published in October 2009

Allopregnanolone reduces immobility in the forced swimming test and increases the firing rate of lateral septal neurons through actions on the GABAA receptor in the rat.

scientific article published on 13 March 2006

Amniotic fluid elicits appetitive responses in human newborns: fatty acids and appetitive responses

scientific article published on 7 February 2012

Amniotic fluid or its fatty acids produce actions similar to diazepam on lateral septal neurons firing rate

scientific article published on 24 June 2013

An alarm pheromone reduces ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens shell responsivity

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

An early lesion of the lateral septal nuclei produces changes in the forced swim test depending on gender.

scientific article

Anticonvulsant properties of Ipomoea stans.

scientific article

Antidepressant-like effects of pregnancy and progesterone in Wistar rats as measured in the differential reinforcement of the low-rate 72 s task.

scientific article published in September 2000

Anxiolytic-like actions of fatty acids identified in human amniotic fluid

scientific article published on 30 April 2013

Anxiolytic-like effects of human amniotic fluid and its fatty acids in Wistar rats.

scientific article published in October 2011

Chronic clomipramine increases firing rate in lateral septal nuclei of the rat.

scientific article published in October 1990

Chronic treatment with desipramine induces an estrous cycle-dependent anxiolytic-like action in the burying behavior, but not in the elevated plus-maze test

scientific article published in May 1999

Chronic, but not acute, clomipramine or fluoxetine treatment reduces the spontaneous firing rate in the mesoaccumbens neurons of the rat.

scientific article published in January 2003

Clomipramine enhances the excitatory actions of dorsal raphe nucleus stimulation in lateral septal neurons in the rat.

scientific article published in January 1993

Clomipramine increases firing rate in lateral septal neurons related with hippocampus

scientific article published in July 1993

Clomipramine increases the responsiveness of raphe-cortical neurons in the rat.

scientific article published in January 1993

Cognitive impairment in diabetes and poor glucose utilization in the intracellular neural milieu

scientific article

Crude preparations of Dioon spinulosum dyer neurotoxicity: methylazoxymethanol produces petil mal seizures in susceptible individuals

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

Defensive burying test in postweaning rats: use of a small round chamber.

scientific article published in December 2013

Desipramine restricts estral cycle oscillations in swimming

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Diazepam increases the number of punished responses in a conflict-operant paradigm during late proestrus and estrus in the Wistar rat.

scientific article

Differential progesterone effects on defensive burying and forced swimming tests depending upon a gradual decrease or an abrupt suppression schedules.

scientific article published in January 2006

Electroconvulsive shock decreases excitatory responses to serotonin in the caudate nucleus of the rat.

scientific article

Fluoxetine and stress inversely modify lateral septal nucleus-mpfc neuronal responsivity

scientific article published on 08 June 2018

Interaction of desipramine with steroid hormones on experimental anxiety.

scientific article published in February 2000

Interhemispheric changes in alpha rhythm related to time perception

scientific article published in April 1985

Intraaccumbens dopaminergic lesion suppresses desipramine effects in the forced swim test but not in the neuronal activity of lateral septal nucleus

scientific article published in August 2003

Lateral septal neuronal firing rate increases during proestrus-estrus in the rat.

scientific article published in January 2000

Lateralization of spike and wave complexes produced by hallucinogenic compounds in the cat

scientific article published on 01 June 1986

Mimosa pudica may possess antidepressant actions in the rat.

scientific article published on November 1999

Myristic acid in amniotic fluid produces appetitive responses in human newborns

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

Myristic acid produces anxiolytic-like effects in Wistar rats in the elevated plus maze

scientific article

Naloxone and phencyclidine: interacting effects on the limbic system and behavior.

scientific article published in December 1981

Participation of GABAA chloride channels in the anxiolytic-like effects of a fatty acid mixture

scientific article published on 19 September 2013

Participation of the lateral septal nuclei (LSN) in the antidepressant-like actions of progesterone in the forced swimming test (FST).

scientific article published in August 2002

Petit mal and grand mal seizures produced by toluene or benzene intoxication in the cat.

scientific article published on March 1979

Polygraphic study in man to differentiate sleep-inducing action of hypnotics

scientific article published on 01 January 1972

Progesterone modifies the responsivity of the amygdala-mPFC connection in male but not female Wistar rats.

scientific article

Psychopharmacologic analysis of an alleged oneirogenic plant: Calea zacatechichi

scientific article published in December 1986

Raphe-septal neurons changes in sensitivity to desipramine following an early septal lesion in the rat.

scientific article

Reciprocal interactions between the basolateral amygdala and infralimbic and prelimbic regions of the mPFC: Actions of diazepam

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Responsivity of lateral septum-mPFC connections in alloxan-induced hyperglycemia

scientific article published on 18 April 2019

Sedative actions of Ternstroemia sylvatica in the male rat.

scientific article

Sleep deprivation is a less potent agent than clomipramine in increasing firing rate in lateral septal neurons in the rat.

scientific article published in January 1993

Spike and wave complexes produced by four hallucinogenic compounds in the cat.

scientific article published in December 1984

Spontaneous firing rate of lateral septal neurons decreases after forced swimming test in Wistar rat

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Stressors can affect immobility time and response to imipramine in the rat forced swim test.

scientific article published on 25 September 2008

Testosterone reduces cumulative burying in female Wistar rats with minimal participation of estradiol.

scientific article

The combination of several antidepressants is not synergistic on the firing of lateral septal neurons in the rat

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

The lowest effective dose of fluoxetine in the forced swim test significantly affects the firing rate of lateral septal nucleus neurones in the rat.

scientific article published in December 2001

Urine from stressed rats increases immobility in receptor rats forced to swim: role of 2-heptanone.

scientific article

Widespread blunting of hypothalamic and amygdala-septal activity and behavior in rats with long-term hyperglycemia

scientific article

List of works by Carlos M Contreras

2-Heptanone increases the firing rate of the basal amygdala: role of anterior olfactory epithelial organs

A Fatty Acids Mixture Reduces Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Infant Rats Mediated by GABAA Receptors

A few electroconvulsive shocks produce more reliable effects of firing rate in lateral septal neurons than repetitive treatment in the rat.

A review of clinical and experimental observations about antidepressant actions and side effects produced by Hypericum perforatum extracts

A single session of emotional stress produces anxiety in Wistar rats.

Action of antidepressants on the septal nuclei of the rat.

Acute restraint stress produces behavioral despair in weanling rats in the forced swim test

Allopregnanolone microinjected into the lateral septum or dorsal hippocampus reduces immobility in the forced swim test: participation of the GABAA receptor.

Allopregnanolone reduces immobility in the forced swimming test and increases the firing rate of lateral septal neurons through actions on the GABAA receptor in the rat.

Amniotic fluid elicits appetitive responses in human newborns: fatty acids and appetitive responses

Amniotic fluid or its fatty acids produce actions similar to diazepam on lateral septal neurons firing rate

An alarm pheromone reduces ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens shell responsivity

An early lesion of the lateral septal nuclei produces changes in the forced swim test depending on gender.

Anticonvulsant properties of Ipomoea stans.

Antidepressant-like effects of pregnancy and progesterone in Wistar rats as measured in the differential reinforcement of the low-rate 72 s task.

Anxiolytic-like actions of fatty acids identified in human amniotic fluid

Anxiolytic-like effects of human amniotic fluid and its fatty acids in Wistar rats.

Chronic clomipramine increases firing rate in lateral septal nuclei of the rat.

Chronic treatment with desipramine induces an estrous cycle-dependent anxiolytic-like action in the burying behavior, but not in the elevated plus-maze test

Chronic, but not acute, clomipramine or fluoxetine treatment reduces the spontaneous firing rate in the mesoaccumbens neurons of the rat.

Clomipramine enhances the excitatory actions of dorsal raphe nucleus stimulation in lateral septal neurons in the rat.

Clomipramine increases firing rate in lateral septal neurons related with hippocampus

Clomipramine increases the responsiveness of raphe-cortical neurons in the rat.

Cognitive impairment in diabetes and poor glucose utilization in the intracellular neural milieu

Crude preparations of Dioon spinulosum dyer neurotoxicity: methylazoxymethanol produces petil mal seizures in susceptible individuals

Defensive burying test in postweaning rats: use of a small round chamber.

Desipramine restricts estral cycle oscillations in swimming

Diazepam increases the number of punished responses in a conflict-operant paradigm during late proestrus and estrus in the Wistar rat.

Differential progesterone effects on defensive burying and forced swimming tests depending upon a gradual decrease or an abrupt suppression schedules.

Electroconvulsive shock decreases excitatory responses to serotonin in the caudate nucleus of the rat.

Fluoxetine and stress inversely modify lateral septal nucleus-mpfc neuronal responsivity

Interaction of desipramine with steroid hormones on experimental anxiety.

Interhemispheric changes in alpha rhythm related to time perception

Intraaccumbens dopaminergic lesion suppresses desipramine effects in the forced swim test but not in the neuronal activity of lateral septal nucleus

Lateral septal neuronal firing rate increases during proestrus-estrus in the rat.

Lateralization of spike and wave complexes produced by hallucinogenic compounds in the cat

Mimosa pudica may possess antidepressant actions in the rat.

Myristic acid in amniotic fluid produces appetitive responses in human newborns

Myristic acid produces anxiolytic-like effects in Wistar rats in the elevated plus maze

Naloxone and phencyclidine: interacting effects on the limbic system and behavior.

Participation of GABAA chloride channels in the anxiolytic-like effects of a fatty acid mixture

Participation of the lateral septal nuclei (LSN) in the antidepressant-like actions of progesterone in the forced swimming test (FST).

Petit mal and grand mal seizures produced by toluene or benzene intoxication in the cat.

Polygraphic study in man to differentiate sleep-inducing action of hypnotics

Progesterone modifies the responsivity of the amygdala-mPFC connection in male but not female Wistar rats.

Psychopharmacologic analysis of an alleged oneirogenic plant: Calea zacatechichi

Raphe-septal neurons changes in sensitivity to desipramine following an early septal lesion in the rat.

Reciprocal interactions between the basolateral amygdala and infralimbic and prelimbic regions of the mPFC: Actions of diazepam

Responsivity of lateral septum-mPFC connections in alloxan-induced hyperglycemia

Sedative actions of Ternstroemia sylvatica in the male rat.

Sleep deprivation is a less potent agent than clomipramine in increasing firing rate in lateral septal neurons in the rat.

Spike and wave complexes produced by four hallucinogenic compounds in the cat.

Spontaneous firing rate of lateral septal neurons decreases after forced swimming test in Wistar rat

Stressors can affect immobility time and response to imipramine in the rat forced swim test.

Testosterone reduces cumulative burying in female Wistar rats with minimal participation of estradiol.

The combination of several antidepressants is not synergistic on the firing of lateral septal neurons in the rat

The lowest effective dose of fluoxetine in the forced swim test significantly affects the firing rate of lateral septal nucleus neurones in the rat.

Urine from stressed rats increases immobility in receptor rats forced to swim: role of 2-heptanone.

Widespread blunting of hypothalamic and amygdala-septal activity and behavior in rats with long-term hyperglycemia