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Most Recent Publications

1. Pérez-Rubio G., Pérez-Rodríguez M., Fernández-López J., Ramírez-Venegas A., García-Colunga J., Ávila-Moreno F., Camarena A., Sansores R., Falfán-Valencia R., SNPs in NRXN1 and CHRNA5 are associated to smoking and regulation of GABAergic and glutamatergic pathways. , Pharmacogenomics , July 2016; 17(10), 1145-1158

2. García-Colunga J, Targowska-Duda KM, Arias HR., Functional and structural interactions between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors., Neurotransmitter , April 2016; 3(e1293), 1-11

3. Elizabeth Vázquez-Gómez, Andy Hernández-Abrego, Jassiel Mejía-Piedras, Jesús García-Colunga, Regulation of hippocampal GABAergic transmission by fluoxetine and its metabolite norfluoxetine, Receptors, November 2024; 3, 1-12

4. Ayala-Rodríguez JD, García-Colunga J. , Maternal separation modifies spontaneous synaptic activity in the infralimbic cortex of stress-resilient male rats. , Plos One, November 2023; 18(11), 20

5. Arias HR, Targowska‐Duda KM, García‐Colunga J, Ortells MO. , Is the Antidepressant Activity of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Mediated by Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors?, Molecules, April 2021; 26(8), 2149

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1. Pérez-Rubio G., Pérez-Rodríguez M., Fernández-López J., Ramírez-Venegas A., García-Colunga J., Ávila-Moreno F., Camarena A., Sansores R., Falfán-Valencia R., SNPs in NRXN1 and CHRNA5 are associated to smoking and regulation of GABAergic and glutamatergic pathways. , Pharmacogenomics , July 2016; 17(10), 1145-1158

2. García-Colunga J, Targowska-Duda KM, Arias HR., Functional and structural interactions between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors., Neurotransmitter , April 2016; 3(e1293), 1-11

3. Elizabeth Vázquez-Gómez, Andy Hernández-Abrego, Jassiel Mejía-Piedras, Jesús García-Colunga, Regulation of hippocampal GABAergic transmission by fluoxetine and its metabolite norfluoxetine, Receptors, November 2024; 3, 1-12

4. Ayala-Rodríguez JD, García-Colunga J. , Maternal separation modifies spontaneous synaptic activity in the infralimbic cortex of stress-resilient male rats. , Plos One, November 2023; 18(11), 20

5. Arias HR, Targowska‐Duda KM, García‐Colunga J, Ortells MO. , Is the Antidepressant Activity of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Mediated by Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors?, Molecules, April 2021; 26(8), 2149

6. Duarte Y, Rojas M, Canan J, Pérez EG, González-Nilo F, García-Colunga J., Different classes of antidepressants inhibit the rat α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by interacting within the ion channel: a functional and structural study. , Molecules, February 2021; 26(4), 998

7. Jeyaraj SE, Sivasangari K, García-Colunga J, Rajan KE. , Environmental enrichment enhances sociability by regulating glutamate signaling pathway through GR by epigenetic mechanisms in amygdala of Indian field mice Mus booduga. , General And Comparative Endocrinology, January 2021; 300, 113641

8. Arias HR, Jin XT, Gallino S, Peng C, Feuerbach D, García-Colunga J, Elgoyhen AB, Drenan RM, Ortells MO. , Selectivity of (±)-citalopram at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and different inhibitory mechanisms between habenular alpha3beta4* and alpha9alpha10 subtypes. , Neurochemistry International, December 2019; 131(1), 1-14

9. Arias HR, Vázquez-Gómez E, Hernández-Abrego A, Gallino S, Feuerbach D, Ortells MO, Elgoyhen AB, García-Colunga J. , Tricyclic antidepressants inhibit hippocampal alpha7* and alpha9/alpha10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by different mechanisms. , International Journal Of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, December 2018; 100(1), 1-10

10. López JJ, García-Colunga J, Pérez EG, Fierro A. , Methylpiperidinium Iodides as Novel Antagonists for alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. , Frontiers in Pharmacology, December 2018; 9(744), 1-12

11. Hernández-Abrego A., Vázquez-Gómez E. García-Colunga J. , Effects of the antidepressant mirtazapine and zinc on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. , Neuroscience Letters, February 2018; 665(1), 246-251

12. López JJ, Pérez EG, García-Colunga J., Dual effects of a 2-benzylquinuclidinium derivative on α7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in rat hippocampal interneurons. , Neuroscience Letters, October 2015; 607, 35-39.

13. Hernández-Morales, García-Colunga J., Nicotine induces intracellular Ca2+ increases in cultured hippocampal astrocytes by nAChR-dependent and -independent pathways., Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology, December 2014; 4, 40-46

14. Vázquez-Gómez E, Arias HR, Feuerbach D, Miranda-Morales M, Mihailescu S, Targowska-Duda KM, Jozwiak K, García-Colunga J., Bupropion-induced inhibition of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in heterologous cells and neurons from dorsal raphe nucleus and hippocampus, Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, December 2014; 740, 103-111

15. Reyes-Haro D., Mora-Loyola E, Soria-Ortiz B, García-Colunga J. , Regional density of glial cells in the rat corpus callosum, Biological Research, January 2013; 46, 27-32

16. López-Hidalgo M, Salgado-Puga K, Alvarado-Martínez R, Medina AC, Prado-Alcalá RA, García-Colunga J., Nicotine Uses Neuron-Glia Communication to Enhance Hippocampal Synaptic Transmission and Long-term Memory., Plos One, November 2012; 7(11), e49998

17. García-Colunga J., Godoy-García U., Vázquez-Gómez E., Interaction of bupropion and zinc with neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors., Neuropharmacology, December 2011; 61(8), 1202-1209 online

18. Montiel-Herrera M., Zaske A. M., García-Colunga J., Martinez-Torres A., Miledi, R., Ion Currents Induced by ATP and Angiotensin II in Cultured Follicular Cells of Xenopus laevis., Molecules & Cells, November 2011; 32(5), 397-404 online

19. Montiel-Herrera, M. and García-Colunga, J. , Current profiles of astrocytes from the corpus callosum of newborn and 28-day-old rats. , Neuroscience Letters, November 2010; 485(3), 198-193 online

20. Vázquez-Gómez M. E., García-Colunga, J., Neuronal nicotinic receptors are modulated by zinc., Neuropharmacology, March 2009; 56(7), 1035-1040

21. Hernández-Morales, M., García-Colunga, J., Effects of nicotine on K+ currents and nicotinic receptors in astrocytes of the hippocampal CA1 region. , Neuropharmacology, February 2009; 56(6), 975-983

22. Montiel-Herrera M., Miledi R., García-Colunga J., MEMBRANE CURRENTS ELICITED BY ANGIOTENSIN II IN ASTROCYTES FROM THE RAT CORPUS CALLOSUM., Glia, January 2006; 53(0), 366-371

23. García-Colunga J., Reyes-Haro D., García-Godoy I. U., Miledi R., ZINC MODULATION OF SEROTONIN UPTAKE IN THE ADULT RAT CORPUS CALLOSUM., Journal Of Neuroscience Research, January 2005; 80(0), 145-149

24. Reyes-Haro D., Miledi R., García-Colunga J., POTASSIUM CURRENTS IN PRIMARY CULTURED ASTROCYTES FROM THE RAT HABEAS CALLOSUM., Journal Of Neurocytology, January 2005; 34(0), 411-420

25. López-Valdés, H. y García-Colunga, J., La participación de los receptores de acetilcolina nicotínicos en trastornos del sistema nervioso central., Salud Mental, September 2003; 26, 66-72

26. LOPEZ VALDES, H. Y GARCIA COLUNGA, J., LA PARTICIPACION DE LOS RECEPTORES DE ACETILCOLINA NICOTINICOS EN TRASTORNOS DEL SISTEMA NERVIOSO CENTRAL., Salud Mental, January 2003; 26(3), 66-72

27. Reyes-Haro D., García-Alcocer G., Miledi R., García-Colunga J., UPTAKE OF SEROTONIN BY ADULT RAT CORPUS CALLOSUM IS PARTIALLY REDUCED BY COMMON ANTIDEPRESSANTS., Journal Of Neuroscience Research, January 2003; 74(0), 97-102

28. López-Valdés H. E., García-Colunga J., Miledi R., EFFECTS OF CLOMIPRAMINE ON NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS., European Journal Of Pharmacology, January 2002; 444(0), 13-19

29. Rangel-González F. J., García-Colunga J., Miledi R., INHIBITION OF NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS BY LA3+., European Journal Of Pharmacology, January 2002; 441(0), 15-21

30. García-Alcocer G., García-Colunga J., Martínez-Torres A., Miledi R., CHARACTERISTICS OF GLYCINE RECEPTORS EXPRESSED BY EMBRYONIC RAT BRAIN MRNAS., Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, January 2001; 98(0), 2781-2785

31. García-Colunga J., González-Herrera M., Miledi R., MODULATION OF Α2Β4 NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS BY ZINC., Neuroreport, January 2001; 12(0), 147-150

32. López-Valdés H. E., García-Colunga J., ANTAGONISM OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS BY INHIBITORS OF SEROTONIN UPTAKE., Molecular Psychiatry, January 2001; 6(0), 511-519

33. Morgado-Valle C., García-Colunga J., Miledi R., Díaz-Muñoz M., A motif present in the main cytoplasmic loop of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and catalases, Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, January 2001; 268(0), 967-972

34. García-Colunga J., Miledi R., BLOCKAGE OF MOUSE MUSCLE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS BY SEROTONERGIC COMPOUNDS., Experimental Physiology, January 1999; 84(0), 847-864

35. García-Colunga J., Miledi R., MODULATION OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS BY STRYCHNINE., Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, January 1999; 96(0), 4113-4118

36. García-Colunga J., Valdiosera R., García U., P-TYPE CALCIUM CURRENT IN CRAYFISH PEPTIDERGIC NEURONS., Journal Of Experimental Biology, January 1999; 202(0), 429-440

37. García-Colunga J., Awad J. N., Miledi R., BLOCKAGE OF MUSCLE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS BY 8HYDROXY2(DINPROPILAMINI)TETRALIN (8OHDPAT)., Biomedical Research, January 1997; 18(0), 307-311

38. García-Colunga J., Awad J. N., Miledi R., BLOCKAGE OF MUSCLE AND NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS BY FLUOXETINE (PROZAC)., Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, January 1997; 94(0), 2041-2044

39. García-Colunga J., Miledi R., OPPOSITE EFFECTS OF LANTHANUM ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS., Neuroreport, January 1997; 8(0), 3293-3296

40. García-Colunga J., Miledi R., SEROTONERGIC MODULATION OF MUSCLE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS OF DIFFERENT SUBUNIT COMPOSITION., Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, January 1996; 93(0), 3990-3994

41. GARCIA COLUNGA, J. Y MILEDI, R., EFFECTS OF SEROTONERGIC AGENTS ON NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS., Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, January 1995; 92(7), 2919-2923

42. GARCIA, U., GARCIA COLUNGA, J., ARECHIGA, H., DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF GAMMAAMINOBUTIRIC ACID, GLYCINE AND TAURINE ON CENTRAL SYNAPSES OF CRUSTACEANS., Proceedings Of The West Pharacological Society, January 1991; 34(0), 215-218

Most Recent Advised Theses

1. Alexis Marco Antonio Arreola Vargas (estudiante), Estudio de los cambios en la actividad sináptica en el hipocampo de ratas adolescentes sometidas a aislamiento social. , Modalidad: Informe académico, Licenciatura en Biología , Licenciatura, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Xochimilco, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2024-03-14, García Colunga José Jesús (Director)

2. Jassiel Mejía Piedras. (estudiante), CAMBIOS EN LA MODULACIÓN DE LAS CORRIENTES POSTSINÁPTICAS POR RECEPTORES NICOTÍNICOS EN LA CORTEZA PREFRONTAL DE RATAS ADOLESCENTES CON CONDUCTAS TIPO DEPRESIVAS., Modalidad: Tesis, Maestría en Ciencias, Neurobiología., Maestría, Instituto de Neurobiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM Campus Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2023-11-03, García Colunga José Jesús (Director)

3. Anna Karol Moreno Ruelas. (estudiante), Modulación de receptores nicotínicos α7 en el hipocampo por citalopram. , Modalidad: Tesina, Técnico Superior Universitario en Química., Técnico, Química, Universidad Tecnológica de Corregidora, Querétaro, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2022-08-22, García Colunga José Jesús (Director)

4. Diana Lizbeth De Jesús Martínez. (estudiante), Estudio de los cambios en la conducta tipo ansiosa y en la transmisión sináptica GABAérgica mediadas por el receptor 5-HT3 del hipocampo de ratas macho adolescentes sometidas a estrés por derrota social. , Modalidad: Tesis, Ingeniería en Biotecnología., Licenciatura, Química, Universidad Tecnológica de Corregidora, Querétaro, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2022-04-13, García Colunga José Jesús (Director)

5. Diana García Cerrillo (estudiante), Efecto del antidepresivo escitalopram en el receptor de acetilcolina nicotínico alpha 7 y sobre la actividad sináptica del hipocampo., Modalidad: Obtención de grado, Maestría en Ciencias, Neurobiología., Maestría, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2021-10-22, García Colunga José Jesús (Director)