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Research Interest

Cortico-Spinal Interactions
Functional and Structural Neural Networks Characterization
Sensorimotor Integration

Most Recent Publications

1. Lopez-Virgen, V., Macias, M., Rodriguez-Moreno, P., Olivares-Moreno, R., de Lafuente, V., Rojas-Piloni, G., Motor cortex projections to red nucleus and pons have distinct functional roles in the mouse, Neuroscience Letters, November 2023; 807, 137280

2. López-Virgen, V., Olivares-Moreno, R., de Lafuente, V., Concha, L., Rojas-Piloni, G. , Different subtypes of motor cortex pyramidal tract neurons projects to red and pontine nuclei., Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, December 2022; 16, 1073731

3. Lopez-Castro, A-, Angeles-Valdez, D., Rojas-Piloni, G., Garza-Villarreal, E, Focal electrical stimulation on an alcohol disorder model using magnetic resonance imaging-compatible chronic neural monopolar carbon fiber electrodes, Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2022; 16, 1-11

4. Macías, M., Lopez-Virgen, V., Olivares-Moreno, R., Rojas-Piloni, G, Corticospinal neurons from motor and somatosensory cortices exhibit different temporal activity dynamics during motor learning, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2022; 16 online

5. Nava-Gómez, L., Calero-Vargas, I., Higinio-Rodríguez, F., Vázquez-Prieto, B., Olivares-Moreno, R., Ortiz-Retana, J., Aranda, P., Hernández-Chan, N., Rojas-Piloni, G., Alcauter, S., López-Hidalgo, M., Aging-associated cognitive decline is reversed by d-serine supplementation, eNeuro, January 2022; 3(3)

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1. Lopez-Virgen, V., Macias, M., Rodriguez-Moreno, P., Olivares-Moreno, R., de Lafuente, V., Rojas-Piloni, G., Motor cortex projections to red nucleus and pons have distinct functional roles in the mouse, Neuroscience Letters, November 2023; 807, 137280

2. López-Virgen, V., Olivares-Moreno, R., de Lafuente, V., Concha, L., Rojas-Piloni, G. , Different subtypes of motor cortex pyramidal tract neurons projects to red and pontine nuclei., Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, December 2022; 16, 1073731

3. Lopez-Castro, A-, Angeles-Valdez, D., Rojas-Piloni, G., Garza-Villarreal, E, Focal electrical stimulation on an alcohol disorder model using magnetic resonance imaging-compatible chronic neural monopolar carbon fiber electrodes, Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2022; 16, 1-11

4. Macías, M., Lopez-Virgen, V., Olivares-Moreno, R., Rojas-Piloni, G, Corticospinal neurons from motor and somatosensory cortices exhibit different temporal activity dynamics during motor learning, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2022; 16 online

5. Nava-Gómez, L., Calero-Vargas, I., Higinio-Rodríguez, F., Vázquez-Prieto, B., Olivares-Moreno, R., Ortiz-Retana, J., Aranda, P., Hernández-Chan, N., Rojas-Piloni, G., Alcauter, S., López-Hidalgo, M., Aging-associated cognitive decline is reversed by d-serine supplementation, eNeuro, January 2022; 3(3)

6. Alan Edrei Flores-Gaona, Gerardo Rojas-Piloni , La estructura de las revoluciones neurocientíficas, Elementos: Ciencia y Cultura, September 2021; 123, 3-9 online

7. Olivares-Moreno, R., Rodriguez-Moreno, P., Lopez-Virgen, V., Macías M., Altamira-Camacho M., Rojas-Piloni, G. , Corticospinal vs rubrospinal revisited: an evolutionary perspective for sensorimotor integration., Frontiers in Neuroscience, May 2021; 15, 686481 online

8. Ixmatlahua, D. J., Vizcarra, B., Gómez-Lira, G., Romero-Maldonado, I., Ortiz, F., Rojas-Piloni,G. , Gutiérrez, F. , Neuronal glutamatergic network electrically wired with silent but activatable gap junctions, Journal Of Neuroscience, January 2020; 40(24), 4661-4672

9. Santana-Chávez, G., Rodriguez-Moreno, P., López-Hidalgo, M., Olivares-Moreno, R., Moreno-López, Y., Rojas-Piloni, G. , Operant conditioning paradigm for juxtacellular recordings in functionally identified cortical neurons during motor execution in head-fixed rats. , Journal of Neuroscience Methods, November 2019; 329, 108454

10. Olivares-Moreno, R., López-Hidalgo, M., Altamirano-Espinoza, A., González-Gallardo, A., Antaramian, A., Lopez-Virgen, V., Rojas-Piloni, G. , Mouse corticospinal system comprises different functional neuronal ensembles depending on their hodology. , BMC Neurosci, January 2019; 20, 50

11. Condes-Lara, M., Martınez-Lorenzana, G., Rojas-Piloni, G. Tello-Garcıa, I. A., Manzano-Garcıa, A., Rubio-Beltran, E. A. and Gonzalez-Hernandez, A. , Axons of Individual Dorsal Horn Neurons Bifurcated to Project in Both the Anterolateral and the Postsynaptic Dorsal Column Systems., Neuroscience, January 2018; 371, 178-190

12. Rojas-Piloni, G., Guest, J. M., Egger, R., Johnson, A. S., Sakmann, B., Oberlaender, M. , Relationships between structure, in vivo function and long-range axonal target of cortical pyramidal tract neurons. , Nature Communications, November 2017; 8(1), 870

13. Olivares-Moreno, R., Moreno-Lopez, Y., Concha, L., Martínez-Lorenzana, G., Condés-Lara, M., Cordero-Erausquin, M., Rojas-Piloni, G. , The rat corticospinal system is functionally and anatomically segregated., Brain Structure and Function, January 2017

14. Moreno-López, Y., Olivares-Moreno, R., Cordero-Erausquin, M., Rojas-Piloni, G. , Sensorimotor integration by corticospinal system, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, November 2016; 10

15. Arnold E, Thebault S, Baeza-Cruz G, Arredondo Zamarripa D, Adán N, Quintanar-Stéphano A, Condés-Lara M, Rojas-Piloni G, Binart N, Martínez de la Escalera G, Clapp C., The hormone prolactin is a novel, endogenous trophic factor able to regulate reactive glia and to limit retinal degeneration. , Journal Of Neuroscience, November 2014; 34(5), 1868-78

16. González-Hernández A, Rojas-Piloni G, Condés-Lara M. , Oxytocin and analgesia: future trends., Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, November 2014

17. González-Hernández A, Martínez-Lorenzana G, Rojas-Piloni G, Rodríguez-Jiménez J, Hernández-Linares Y, Villanueva L, Condés-Lara M. , Spinal LTP induced by sciatic nerve electrical stimulation enhances posterior triangular thalamic nociceptive responses., Neuroscience, November 2013; 234, 125

18. Mena F, González-Hernández A, Navarro N, Castilla A, Morales T, Rojas-Piloni G, Martínez-Lorenzana G, Condés-Lara M. , Prolactin fractions from lactating rats elicit effects upon sensory spinal cord cells of male rats. , Neuroscience, November 2013; 248c, 552

19. Moreno-López Y, Pérez-Sánchez J, Martínez-Lorenzana G, Condés-Lara M, Rojas-Piloni G. , presynaptic control of dorsal horn C-afferents in the rat., Plos One, November 2013; 8(7), e69063

20. Y. Moreno-López, G. Martínez-Lorenzana, M. Condés-Lara, G. Rojas-Piloni, Identification of oxytocin receptor in the dorsal horn and nociceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons, Neuropeptides, November 2013; 47(2), 117 online

21. Thébault, S., Noguez Imm, R., Muñoz-Benitez, J., Medina, D., Barcenas, E., Molero-Castillo, G., Reyes-Ortega, P., Hughes-Cano, J. A., Medrano-Gracia, L., Miranda-Anaya, M., Rojas-Piloni, G., Quiroz-Mercado, H., Hernández-Zimbrón, L. F., Fajardo-Cruz, E. D., Ferreyra-Severo, E., García-Franco, R., Mijangos, J. F. R., López-Star, E., García-Roa, M., Lansingh, V. C. , Preventable risk factors for type 2 diabetes can be detected using noninvasive spontaneous electroretinogram signals, Plos One, January 2023; 18(1), e0278388

22. Godínez-Chaparro, B. Martínez-Lorenzana, G. Rodríguez-Jiménez, J. Manzano-García, A. Rojas-Piloni, G. Condés-Lara, M. González-Hernández, A. , The potential role of serotonergic mechanisms in the spinal oxytocin-induced antinociception, Neuropeptides, November 2016

23. González-Hernández, A., Martínez-Lorenzana, G., Rodríguez-Jiménez, J., Rojas-Piloni, G., Condés-Lara, M. , Intracisternal injection of palmitoylethanolamide inhibits the peripheral nociceptive evoked responses of dorsal horn wide dynamic range neurons, Journal Of Neural Transmission, November 2015; 122(3), 369-374

24. Condés-Lara M, Martínez-Lorenzana G, Rubio-Beltrán E, Rodríguez-Jiménez J, Rojas-Piloni G, González-Hernández A., Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus stimulation enhances c-Fos expression in spinal and supraspinal structures related to pain modulation., Neuroscience Research, September 2015; 98, 59-63

25. Gerardo Rojas-Piloni, Javier Rodríguez-Jiménez, Guadalupe Martínez-Lorenzana, Miguel Condés-Lara, Dorsal horn antinociception mediated by the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus and locus coeruleous: a comparative study, Brain Research, September 2012; 1461, 41-50

26. Miguel Condés-Lara, Gerardo Rojas-Piloni, Guadalupe Martínez-Lorenzana, Diego Condés Diez-Martínez, Javier Rodríguez-Jiménez, Functional interactions between the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus and raphe magnus. A comparative study of an integrated homeostatic analgesic mechanism , Neuroscience, September 2012; 209, 196-207

27. Rojas-Piloni, G., Martínez-Lorenzana, G., Condés-Lara, M. and Rodríguez-Jiménez, J., Direct sensorimotor corticospinal modulation of dorsal horn neuronal C-fiber responses in the rat. , Brain Research, 2010; 1351, 104-114

28. Rojas-Piloni, G., Mejía-Rodríguez, R., Martínez-Lorenzana, G. and Condés-Lara, M. , Oxytocin, but not vassopressin, modulates nociceptive responses in dorsal horn neurons. , Neuroscience Letters, 2010; 476, 32-35

29. Condés-Lara, M., Rojas-Piloni, G., Martínez-Lorenzana, G., and Rodríguez-Jiménez, J., PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC OXYTOCINERGIC CELLS RESPONDING TO NOXIOUS STIMULATION AND PROJECTING TO THE SPINAL DORSAL HORN REPRESENT A HOMEOSTATIC ANALGESIC MECHANISM., European Journal Of Neuroscience, 2009; 30, 1056-1063

30. DeLaTorre S., Rojas-Piloni, G., Martínez-Lorenzana, G., Rodríguez-Jiménez, J., Villanueva, L. and Condés-Lara, M., PARAVENTRICULAR OXYTOCINERGIC HYPOTHALAMIC PREVENTION OR INTERRUPTION OF LONG-TERM POTENTIATION IN DORSAL HORN NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL EVIDENCE., Pain, 2009; 144, 320-328

31. Rojas-Piloni, G., El dilema del prisionero: una visión darwinista sobre la moral y la ética. , Elementos: Ciencia y Cultura, 2009; 74, 23-28

32. Condés-Lara M,Rojas-Piloni G, Martínez-Lorenzana G, López-Hidalgo M, Rodríguez-Jiménez J., HYPOTHALAMOSPINAL OXYTOCINERGIC ANTINOCICEPTION IS MEDIATED BY GABAERGIC AND OPIATE NEURONS THAT REDUCE A-DELTA AND C FIBER PRIMARY AFFERENT EXCITATION OF SPINAL CORD CELLS., Brain Research, January 2009; 1247, 38-49

33. Condés-Lara, M., Martínez-Lorenzana, G., Rodríguez-Jiménez, J. and Rojas-Piloni, G., PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS STIMULATION MODULATES NOCICEPTIVE RESPONSES IN DORSAL HORN WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE NEURONS., Neuroscience Letters, January 2008; (444), 199-202

34. Gerardo Rojas Piloni, Guadalupe Martinez-Lorenzana, DelaTorre Salvador, Miguel Condés-Lara, NOCICEPTIVE SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT AND POST-SYNAPTIC DORSAL COLUMN NEURONS ARE MODULATED BY PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC ACTIVATION., European Journal Of Neuroscience, January 2008; (28), 546-558

35. Martínez-Lorenzana G., Espinosa-López L., Carranza M., ARÁMBURO C., Paz-Tres C., Rojas-Piloni G., and Condés-Lara M., PVN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION PROLONGS WITHDRAWAL LATENCIES AND RELEASES OXYTOCIN IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, PLASMA, AND SPINAL CORD TISSUE IN INTACT AND NEUROPATHIC RATS., Pain, January 2008; 140, 265-273

36. Gerardo Rojas-Piloni, LAS ABSTRACCIONES EN EL DESARROLLO CIENTIFICO O EL DESARROLLO DE LAS ABSTRACCIONES CIENTIFICAS., Elementos: Ciencia y Cultura, January 2007; 68(0), 39-43

37. Rojas-Piloni G., Dickenson A.H., Condés- Lara M., SUPERFICIAL DORSAL HORN NEURONS WITH DOUBLE SPIKE ACTIVITY IN THE RAT., Neuroscience Letters, January 2007; 419(0), 147-152

38. Condés-Lara, M., Rojas-Piloni, G., Martínez-Lorenzana, M., Rodríguez-Jiménez, J., López-Hidalgo, M. and Freund-Mercier, M. J., Paraventricular hypothalamic influences on spinal nociceptive processing., Brain Research, 2006; 1081, 126-137

39. Miranda-Cárdenas, Y., Rojas-Piloni, G., Martínez-Lorenzana, M., Rodríguez-Jiménez, J., López-Hidalgo, M., Freund-Mercier, M. J. and Condes-Lara, M., Oxytocin and electrical stimulation of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus produce antinociceptive effects that are reversed by an oxytocin antagonist., Pain, 2006; 122, 182-189

40. Manjarrez, E., Rojas-Piloni, G., Pérez, H., Méndez, I., Hernández-Paxtián, Z. and Flores, A., STOCHASTIC RESONANCE IN THE SPINAL CORD AND SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX OF THE CAT., Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, January 2003; 5110(0), 102-113

41. MANJARREZ, E., ROJASPILONI, J. G., MENDEZ, I. AND FLORES, A., STOCHASTIC RESONANCE WITHIN THE SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM EFFECTS OF NOISE ON EVOKED FIELD POTENTIALS ELICITED BY TACTILE STIMULI., Journal Of Neuroscience, January 2003; 23(0), 1997-2001

42. MANJARREZ, E., PEREZ, H., ROJASPILONI, J. G., VELEZ, D. MARTINEZ, L. AND FLORES, A., ABSENCE OF COHERENCE BETWEEN CERVICAL AND LUMBAR SPINAL CORD DORSAL SURFACE POTENTIALS IN THE ANAESTHETIZED CAT., Neuroscience Letters, January 2002; 328(0), 37-40

43. MANJARREZ, E., ROJASPILONI, G., MARTINEZ, L., VAZQUEZ, D., VELEZ, D., MENDEZ, I. AND FLORES, A., AMPLITUDE OF SOMATOSENSORY CORTICAL EVOKED POTENTIALS IS CORRELATED WITH SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY OF SPINAL NEURONES IN THE CAT., Neuroscience Letters, January 2002; 323(0), 187-190

44. MANJARREZ, E., ROJASPILONI, G., MENDEZ, I., MARTINEZ, L., VELEZ, D., VAZQUEZ, D. AND FLORES, A., INTERNAL STOCHASTIC RESONANCE IN THE COHERENCE BETWEEN SPINAL AND CORTICAL NEURONAL ENSEMBLES IN THE CAT., Neuroscience Letters, January 2002; 326(0), 93-96

45. MANJARREZ, E., ROJASPILONI, G. VAZQUEZ, D. AND FLORES, A., CORTICAL NEURONAL ENSEMBLES DRIVEN BY DORSAL HORN SPINAL NEURONES WITH SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY IN THE CAT., Neuroscience Letters, January 2002; 318(0), 145-148

46. Condés-Lara, M., Rojas-Piloni, G., Martínez-Lorenzana, M., Rodríguez-Jiménez, J., López-Hidalgo, M. and Freund-Mercier, M. J., Paraventricular hypothalamic influences on spinal nociceptive processing. , Brain Research, 2001; 1081, 126-137

47. Manjarrez, E., Rocha, T., Rojas-Piloni, G., Méndez, I., Vélez, D and Flores, A., NO donor SIN-I potentiates monosynaptic reflexes in the cat spinal cord., Neuroreport, 2001; 12, 2667-2671

48. MANJARREZ, E., ROCHA, T., ROJASPILONI, G., MENDEZ, I. AND FLORES, A., NITRIC OXIDE MODULATES SPONTANEOUS CORD DORSUM POTENTIALS IN THE CAT SPINAL CORD., Neuroscience Letters, January 2001; 309(0), 5-8

49. MANJARREZ, E., ROCHA, T., ROJASPILONI, G., MENDEZ, I., VELEZ, D AND FLORES, A., NO DONOR SINI POTENTIATES MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEXES IN THE CAT SPINAL CORD., Neuroreport, January 2001; 12(0), 2667-2671

50. ROJASPILONI, J. G. Y EGUIBAR, J. R., PAVLOV Y LOS REFLEJOS CONDICIONADOS., Elementos: Ciencia y Cultura, January 2001; 41(0), 51-56

51. MANJARREZ, E., ROJASPILONI, J. G., JIMENEZ, I. AND RUDOMIN, P., MODULATION OF SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION FROM SEGMENTAL AFFERENTS BY SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY OF DORSAL HORN SPINAL NEURONES IN THE CAT., Journal Of Physiology-London, January 2000; 529(0), 445-460

52. ROJASPILONI, G., DURAN, I. Y CUEVAROLON, R., LA ACTIVIDAD DE LAS CELULAS EXCITADORAS E INHIBIDORAS DE LA MEDULA ROSTROVENTROMEDIAL ESTA MODULADA POR LA ESTIMULACION VAGINOCERVICAL., Revista de la Sociedad Española del Dolor, January 2000; 7(0), 361-369

53. ROJASPILONI, J. G., DURAN, I. AND CUEVAROLON, R, THE ACTIVITY OF ON AND OFF CELLS AT THE ROSTROVENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA IS MODULATED BY VAGINOCERVICAL STIMULATION., Pain, January 1998; 74(0), 29-34

54. DURAN, I., ROJASPILONI, J. G. AND CUEVAROLON, R., FACILITATION AND INHIBITION OF THE URETHROGENITAL REFLEX IN SPINAL CORDTRANSECTED RATS., Brain Research, January 1997; 775(0), 1-10

Most Recent Advised Theses

1. Juliana Vaqueiro Loza (estudiante), Las neuronas corticorubrales y corticopontinas de la corteza motora primaria tienen distintos papeles funcionales, Modalidad: Tesis, Maestría en Ciencias (Neurobiología), Maestría, INB, Instituto de Nerobiología, Campus UNAM Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2023-10-20, Rojas Piloni José Gerardo (Director)

2. Verónica Elizabeth López Virgen (estudiante), Las neuronas corticorubrales y corticopontinas de la corteza motora primaria tienen distintos papeles funcionales, Modalidad: Obtención de grado, Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Doctorado, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM, Instituto de Neurobiologia, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2023-06-20, Rojas Piloni José Gerardo (Director)

3. Ingrid Andrea Sánchez Loeza (estudiante), Perfiles de distribución y densidad de neuronas de proyección de la corteza V sensoriomotora en la rata mediante trazado retrógrado, Modalidad: Tesis, Ingenieria en Biotecnología, Licenciatura, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Departamento de Bioingenierías, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2022-06-27, Rojas Piloni José Gerardo (Director)

4. Moises Altamira Camacho (estudiante), Caracterización de ensambles neuronales en la región CA1 del hipocampo durante una tarea de navegación espacial, Modalidad: Por proyecto de investigación, Maestria en Ciencias (Neurobiologia), Maestría, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2020-09-29, Rojas Piloni José Gerardo (Director)

5. Paola Andrea Rodríguez Moreno (estudiante), Caracterizacion funcional de las neuronas de la corteza sensoriomotora que participan en la preparación y ejecución de movimientos voluntarios en la rata, Modalidad: Por proyecto de investigación, Maestria en Ciencias (Neurobiologia), Maestría, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2020-09-28, Rojas Piloni José Gerardo (Director)