Plataforma de Información Curricular

Research Interest

Brain circuitries for movement and action selection
Deciphering the logic of food reward: a neurobiological approach
Neurobiology of motivated behavior

Most Recent Publications

1. Perla González-Pereyra, Oswaldo Sánchez-Lobato, Mario G. Martínez-Montalvo, Diana I. Ortega-Romero, Claudia I. Pérez-Díaz, Hugo Merchant, Luis A. Tellez, Pavel E. Rueda-Orozco, Preconfigured cortico-thalamic neural dynamics constrain movement-associated thalamic activity, Nature Communications, November 2024

2. González-Pereyra P, Martínez-Montalvo MG, Ortega-Romero DI, Pérez-Díaz CI, Merchant H,Tellez LA & Rueda-Orozco PE, Preconfigured cortico-thalamic neural dynamics constrain movement-associated thalamic activity, BioRxiv, September 2023, 2023.09. 20.558667

3. Zamora-Ursulo MA, Perez-Becerra J, Tellez LA, Saderi N & Carrillo-Reid L, Reversal of pathological motor behavior in a model of Parkinson's disease by striatal dopamine uncaging, Plos One, August 2023; 18(8), e0290317

4. Sandoval-Rodríguez R, Parra-Reyes JA, Han W, Rueda-Orozco PE, Perez IO, de Araujo IE & Tellez LA, D1 and D2 neurons in the nucleus accumbens enable positive and negative control over sugar intake in mice, Cell Reports, March 2023; 42(3), 112190

5. Roberto Ruiz-González, Naima Lajud, Aldo Rafael Tejeda-Martínez, Mario Eduardo Flores-Soto, Juan José Valdez-Alarcón, Luis A.Tellez & AngélicaRoque, Antibiotic-induced microbiota depletion in normally-reared adult rats mimics the neuroendocrine effects of early life stress, Brain Research, October 2022; 1793

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1. Perla González-Pereyra, Oswaldo Sánchez-Lobato, Mario G. Martínez-Montalvo, Diana I. Ortega-Romero, Claudia I. Pérez-Díaz, Hugo Merchant, Luis A. Tellez, Pavel E. Rueda-Orozco, Preconfigured cortico-thalamic neural dynamics constrain movement-associated thalamic activity, Nature Communications, November 2024

2. González-Pereyra P, Martínez-Montalvo MG, Ortega-Romero DI, Pérez-Díaz CI, Merchant H,Tellez LA & Rueda-Orozco PE, Preconfigured cortico-thalamic neural dynamics constrain movement-associated thalamic activity, BioRxiv, September 2023, 2023.09. 20.558667

3. Zamora-Ursulo MA, Perez-Becerra J, Tellez LA, Saderi N & Carrillo-Reid L, Reversal of pathological motor behavior in a model of Parkinson's disease by striatal dopamine uncaging, Plos One, August 2023; 18(8), e0290317

4. Sandoval-Rodríguez R, Parra-Reyes JA, Han W, Rueda-Orozco PE, Perez IO, de Araujo IE & Tellez LA, D1 and D2 neurons in the nucleus accumbens enable positive and negative control over sugar intake in mice, Cell Reports, March 2023; 42(3), 112190

5. Roberto Ruiz-González, Naima Lajud, Aldo Rafael Tejeda-Martínez, Mario Eduardo Flores-Soto, Juan José Valdez-Alarcón, Luis A.Tellez & AngélicaRoque, Antibiotic-induced microbiota depletion in normally-reared adult rats mimics the neuroendocrine effects of early life stress, Brain Research, October 2022; 1793

6. Han W, Tellez LA, Perkins MH, Perez IO, Qu T, Ferreira JG, Ferreira TL, Quinn D, Zhong-Wu L, Gao X, Kaelberer MM, Bohórquez DV, Shammah-Lagnado SJ, de Lartigue G, & de Araujo IE, A Neural Circuit for Gut-Induced Reward, Cell, October 2018; 175(3), 665-678

7. Hankir MK, Seyfried F, Hintschich CA, TA Diep TA, Kleberg K, Kranz M, Deuther-Conrad W, Tellez LA, Rullmann M, Patt M, Teichert J, Hesse S, Sabri O, Brust P, Hansen HS, de Araujo IE, Krügel U & Fenske WK, Gastric Bypass Surgery Recruits a Gut PPAR-α-Striatal D1R Pathway to Reduce Fat Appetite in Obese Rats., Cell metabolism, February 2017; 25(2), 335-344

8. Han W, Tellez LA, Rangel M, Motta SC, Zhang X, Perez IO, Canteras NS, Shammah-Lagnado S, van den Pol AN & de Araujo IE, Integrated Control of Predatory Hunting by the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala, Cell, January 2017; 168(1-2), 311–324

9. Trinko JR, Land BB, Solecki WB, Wickham RJ, Tellez LA, Maldonado-Aviles J, de Araujo IE, Addy NA & DiLeone RJ. , Vitamin D3: A Role in Dopamine Circuit Regulation, Diet-Induced Obesity, and Drug Consumption., eneuro, May 2016; 3(3), 1–16

10. Tellez LA, Han W, Zhang X, Ferreira TL, Perez OI, Shammah-Lagnado SJ, van den Pol AN & de Araujo IE., Separate circuitries encode the hedonic and nutritional values of sugar, Nature Neuroscience, March 2016; 19(3), 465-470

11. Han W, Tellez LA, Niu J, Medina S, Ferreira TL, Zhang X, Su J, Jenny Tong J, Schwartz GJ, van den Pol AN & de Araujo IE., Striatal Dopamine Links Gastrointestinal Rerouting to Altered Sweet Appetite. , Cell metabolism, January 2016; 23(1), 103–112

12. Pulido NO, Silva DA, Tellez LA, Pérez-Hernández G, García-Hernández E, Sosa-Peinado A & Fernández-Velasco DA. , On the molecular basis of the high affinity binding of basic amino acids to LAOBP, a periplasmic binding protein from Salmonella typhimurium., Journal of Molecular Recognition, February 2015; 28(2), 108-116

13. Domingos AI, Sordillo A, Dietrich MO, Liu ZW, Tellez LA, Vaynshteyn J, Ferreira JG, Ekstrand MI, Horvath TL, de Araujo IE & Friedman JM. , Hypothalamic melanin concentrating hormone neurons communicate the nutrient value of sugar., eLife sciences, December 2013; 2(e01462), 1-15

14. Ren X, Tellez LA & de Araujo IE. , Enantiomer-specific selection of amino acids., Amino Acids, December 2013; 45(6), 1353-1364

15. Tellez LA, Ren X, Han W, Medina S, Ferreira JG, Yeckel CW& de Araujo IE. , Glucose utilization rates regulate intake levels of artificial sweeteners., JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, November 2013; 591(22), 5727-5744.

16. Tellez LA, Medina S, Han W, Ferreira JG, Licona-Limón P, Ren X, Lam TT, Schwartz GJ & de Araujo IE., A gut lipid messenger links excess dietary fat to dopamine deficiency. , Science, August 2013; 341(6147), 800-802

17. Tellez LA, Ferreira JG, Medina S, Land BB, DiLeone RJ & de Araujo IE. , Flavor-independent maintenance, extinction, and reinstatement of fat self-administration in mice., Biological Psychiatry, May 2013; 73(9), 851-859

18. Tellez LA, Perez IO, Simon SA & Gutierrez R. , Transitions between sleep and feeding states in rat ventral striatum neurons., Journal Of Neurophysiology, September 2012; 108(6), 1739-1751

19. de Araujo IE, Ferreira JG, Tellez LA, Ren X & Yeckel CW. , The gut-brain dopamine axis: a regulatory system for caloric intake., Physiology And Behavior, June 2012; 106(3), 394-399

20. Dietrich MO, Bober J, Ferreira JG, Tellez LA, Mineur YS, Souza DO, Gao XB, Picciotto MR, Araujo I, Liu ZW & Horvath TL. , AgRP neurons regulate development of dopamine neuronal plasticity and nonfood-associated behaviors., Nature Neuroscience, June 2012; 15(8), 1108-1110.

21. Londoño M, Tellez LA & Gutierrez R. , Physiological Low Doses of Leptin and Cholecystokinin Induces Body Weight-Loss in Juvenile and Lean, but not in Adult-Obese Rats., International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, March 2012; 18(1), 77-88

22. Ferreira JG, Tellez LA, Ren X, Yeckel CW & de Araujo IE. , Regulation of fat intake in the absence of flavour signalling, JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, February 2012; 590(4), 953-972

23. Blancas-Mejia LM, Tellez LA, del Pozo-Yauner L, Becerril B, Sanchez-Ruiz JM & Fernández-Velasco DA. , Thermodynamic and kinetic characterization of a germ line human lambda6 light-chain protein: the relation between unfolding and fibrillogenesis., Journal of Molecular Biology, March 2009; 386(4), 1153-1166

24. Tellez LA, Blancas-Mejia LM, Carrillo-Nava E, Mendoza-Hernández, G, Cisneros DA & Fernández-Velasco DA. , Thermal unfolding of Triosephosphate isomerase from Entamoeba histolytica: Dimer dissociation leads to extensive unfolding., Biochemestry, November 2008; 47, 11665–11673

25. Gutierrez R, Tellez LA & Bermúdez-Rattoni F. , Blockade of cortical muscarinic, but not NMDA receptors prevents the novel taste from becoming familiar., European Journal Of Neuroscience, April 2003; 17(8), 1556-1562

Most Recent Advised Theses

1. Marlene García Guillén (estudiante), Participación de la señalización dopaminérgica en la regulaciónde la ingesta y la representación del estado interno, Modalidad: Tesis, Licenciatura en Neurociencias, Licenciatura, ENES-J, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2025-01-31, Tellez Lima Luis Alberto (Director)

2. Daniela Trejo Saavedra (estudiante), Circuitos estriatales para la selección y ejecución de secuencias de acciones, Modalidad: Por proyecto de investigación, Maestría en Ciencias (Neurobiología), Maestría, Instituto de Neurobiología, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2023-01-25, Tellez Lima Luis Alberto (Director)

3. Mariana Ambriz Flores (estudiante), Papel de las neuronas D1 y D2 del estriado dorsal durante la navegación espacial”., Modalidad: Tesis, Licenciatura en Químico Fármaco Biotecnología, Licenciatura, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Valle de México, campus Querétaro, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2021-11-22, Tellez Lima Luis Alberto (Director)

4. Rafael Sandoval Rodríguez (estudiante), Caracterización de la Propiedades Reforzantes de Distintos Macronutrientes y sus Combinaciones: Una Aproximación Neuroconductual, Modalidad: Por proyecto de investigación, Maestria en Ciencias ( Neurobiología), Maestría, INB, Instituto de Neurobiología, campus UNAM Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2021-08-20, Tellez Lima Luis Alberto (Director)