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Research Interest

Impact of stress and reproduction on tau patogenicity
Neuroendocrine response to stress during lactation
Neuroprotection in the maternal brain
Olfaction and Renal malfunction

Most Recent Publications

1. Fernández C, Morales T*, Perspectives on Homeostasis of Lactation: Back to the Mother, Editorial, Molecular And Cellular Endocrinology, August 2023; 574(111979), 3 online

2. Muñoz-Mayorga D, Tovar A, Díaz-Muñoz M, Morales T*, Lactation attenuates pro-oxidant reactions in the maternal brain, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, April 2023; 565(111888), 8 online

3. Elvira C Arellanes-Licea, José Ávila-Mendoza, Elizabeth C Ramírez-Martínez, Eugenia Ramos, Nancy Uribe-González, Carlos Arámburo, Teresa Morales*, Maricela Luna*, Upregulation of GH but not IGF1 in the hippocampus of the lactating dam after kainic acid injury, Endocrine Connections, July 2018; 7, 258-267

4. Ilektra Anagnostou, Julio Reyes-Mendoza, Teresa Morales*, Glial cells as mediators of protective actions of prolactin (PRL) in the CNS, General And Comparative Endocrinology, June 2018; 265, 106-110

5. Luna-Illades C, Morales T*, Miranda-Anaya M, Decreased Food Anticipatory Activity of Obese Mice Relates to Hypothalamic c-Fos Expression., Physiology And Behavior, May 2017; 179, 9-15

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1. Fernández C, Morales T*, Perspectives on Homeostasis of Lactation: Back to the Mother, Editorial, Molecular And Cellular Endocrinology, August 2023; 574(111979), 3 online

2. Muñoz-Mayorga D, Tovar A, Díaz-Muñoz M, Morales T*, Lactation attenuates pro-oxidant reactions in the maternal brain, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, April 2023; 565(111888), 8 online

3. Elvira C Arellanes-Licea, José Ávila-Mendoza, Elizabeth C Ramírez-Martínez, Eugenia Ramos, Nancy Uribe-González, Carlos Arámburo, Teresa Morales*, Maricela Luna*, Upregulation of GH but not IGF1 in the hippocampus of the lactating dam after kainic acid injury, Endocrine Connections, July 2018; 7, 258-267

4. Ilektra Anagnostou, Julio Reyes-Mendoza, Teresa Morales*, Glial cells as mediators of protective actions of prolactin (PRL) in the CNS, General And Comparative Endocrinology, June 2018; 265, 106-110

5. Luna-Illades C, Morales T*, Miranda-Anaya M, Decreased Food Anticipatory Activity of Obese Mice Relates to Hypothalamic c-Fos Expression., Physiology And Behavior, May 2017; 179, 9-15

6. Teresa Morales, Recent findings on neuroprotection against excitotoxicity in the hippocampus of the female rat, Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, November 2011; 23(11), 994-1001 online

7. Viridiana Cerbantez-Bueno, Veronica Vinuela-Berni, Daniel Eduardo Munoz-Mayorga,Teresa Morales, Rebeca Corona, Prolactin promotes the recruitment of main olfactory bulb cells and enhances the behavioral exploration toward a socio-sexual stimulus in female mice, Hormones and Behavior, June 2024; 162

8. Viridiana Cerbantez-Bueno, Veronica Vinuela-Berni, Daniel Eduardo Munoz-Mayorga,Teresa Morales, Rebeca Corona, Prolactin promotes the recruitment of main olfactory bulb cells and enhances the behavioral exploration toward a socio-sexual stimulus in female mice, Hormones and Behavior, June 2024; 162

9. Cesar Huerta, Enrique Meza, Mario Daniel Caba-Flores, Teresa Morales, Raúl G. Paredes, Mario Caba., Activation of central but not the medial and cortical amygdala during anticipation for daily nursing in the rabbit., Brain Research, March 2023; 1809(148341), 8

10. Cesar Huerta, Raúl G. Paredes, Teresa Morales, Mario Daniel Caba-Flores, Enrique Meza, Mario Caba., Rabbits can be conditioned in a food-induced place preference paradigm., Brain Research, July 2022; 1781(147815)

11. Corona R, Ordaz B, Robles-Osorio L, Sabath E and Morales T*., Neuroimmunoendocrine Link Between Chronic Kidney Disease and Olfactory Deficits., Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, June 2022; 16(16:763986)

12. Rebeca Corona, Benito Ordaz, Ludivina Robles-Osorio, Ernesto Sabath, Teresa Morales, Neuroimmunoendocrine Link between Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Olfactory Deficits, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, December 2021

13. Jayakumar P, Martínez-Moreno C, Lorenson M, Walker A, Morales T. , Prolactin attenuates neuroinflammation in LPS activated SIM-A9 microglial cells by inhibiting NF-κB pathways via ERK1/2., Cell and Molecular Neurobiology, June 2021, 16

14. Corona, R, Jayakumar P, Carbajo-Mata MA, Del Valle-Díaz MF, Luna-García LA, Morales T. , Sexually dimorphic effects of prolactin treatment on the onset of puberty and olfactory function in mice. , General And Comparative Endocrinology, February 2021; (113652)

15. Anagnostou I, Muñoz-Mayorga D, Morales T*., Prolactin neuroprotective action against excitotoxic insult in the hippocampus of male mice., Peptides, January 2021; 135(170425), 8

16. Mendoza-Reyes J, Morales T*., Prolactin treatment reduces kainic acid-induced gliosis in the hippocampus of ovariectomized female rats., Brain Research, November 2020; 1746(147014)

17. Muñoz-Mayorga D, Rissman R, Morales T*. , Reproductive status impact on tau phosphorylation induced by chronic stress., Neurobiology of Stress, November 2020; 13(100241)

18. Diniz, Giovanne; Battagello, Daniella; Cherubini, Pedro; Reyes-Mendoza, Julio Daniel; Luna, Cesar; Klein, Marianne; Motta-Teixeira, Livia; Sita, Luciane; Miranda-Anaya, Manuel; Morales, Teresa; Bittencourt, Jackson. , Melanin-concentrating hormone peptidergic system: comparative morphology between muroid species., Journal For Comparative Neurology, December 2019; 527, 2973-3001

19. Anagnostou I, Morales T*. , Fatherhood diminishes hippocampal damaging action of excitotoxic lesioning in mice., Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, November 2019; 31(10), 1-12

20. Robles-Osorio L, Corona R, Morales T, Sabath E., Enfermedad Renal Crónica y Olfato. , Nefrología, November 2019

21. Solís C, Morales T*. , Lactation diminishes lesion-induced permeability of tracers into the brain, Brain Research Bulletin, November 2019; 144, 92-100

22. Varman-Durairaj R, Macedo-Mendoza M, Labrada-Moncada FE, Morales T, Martínez-Torres A, Reyes-Haro D., Anorexia increases microglia density and cytokine expression in the hippocampus of young female rats., Behavioural Brain Research, May 2019; 363, 118-125

23. Muñoz-Mayorga D, Guerra-Araiza C, Torner L, Morales T*., Tau phosphorylation in the hippocampus of females: role of estrogens, progesterone and prolactin., Frontiers in Endocrinology, March 2018

24. Daniel Reyes-Haro, Francisco Emmanuel Labrada-Moncada, Janina Krüger, Teresa Morales, Ricardo Miledi and Ataúlfo Martínez-Torres., Anorexia reduces GFAP+ cell density in the rat hippocampus. , Neural Plasticity, September 2016; ID 2426413, 11

25. Reyes-Mendoza J, Morales T, Post-treatment with prolactin protects hippocampal CA1 neurons of the female rat against kainic acid-induced neurodegeneration., Neuroscience, May 2016; 328, 58-68

26. E. Vergara-Castañeda, D.R.Grattan, H.Pasantes-Morales, M. Pérez-Domínguez, E.A. Cabrera-Reyes, T. Morales, M. Cerbón, Prolactin mediates neuroprotection against excitotoxicity in primary cell cultures of hippocampal neurons via its receptor, Brain Research, February 2016; 1636, 193-199

27. Lorea-Hernández J.J., Morales T., Rivera-Angulo A.J., Alcántara-González D., Peña-Ortega F., Microglia modulates respiratory rhythm generation and autoresuscitation, Glia, January 2016; 64(4), 603-619

28. Steinmetz D, Ramos E, Campbell SN, Morales T, Rissman RA., Role of reproductive stage and modulation of stress-induced tau phosphorylation response in female rats. , Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, November 2015; 27, 827-834 online

29. Monasterio N, Vergara E, Morales T. , Hormonal influences on neuroimmune responses in the CNS of females. , Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, January 2014; 7, 110

30. Morales T, Lorenson M, Walker AM, Ramos E., Both prolactin (PRL) and a molecular mimic of phosphorylated PRL, S179D-PRL, protect the hippocampus of female rats against excitotoxicity., Neuroscience, January 2014; 258, 211-217

31. 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, June 2013; 248C, 552-561

32. Verónica Cabrera, Eugenia Ramos, Aliesha González-Arenas, Marco Cerbón, Ignacio Camacho, Teresa Morales, Lactation reduces glial activation induced by excitotoxicity in the rat hippocampus, Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, January 2013; 25(6), 519-527

33. Teresa Morales*. Marco Cerbón, Trophic actions of prolactin in the CNS, Advances in Neuroimmune Biology, April 2012; 3(1), 49-55

34. Monasterio, N, and Morales, T*, Nitric oxide has a role in attenuating the neuroendocrine response to anaphylactoid stress during lactation, Brain Research, November 2011; 1402, 54-66

35. Morales T, Hippocampus neuroprotection during lactation: a model to study neuroendocrine-immune interactions, Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, November 2010; 3, 170-174

36. Tejadilla, D., Cerbón, M., Morales, T., Prolactin prevents cell damage induced by excitotoxicity in the dorsal hippocampus of the female rat independently of ovarian hormones., Neuroscience, November 2010; 169, 1178-1185

37. Mena F, Navarro N, Castilla A, Morales T, Fiordelisio T, Cárabez A, Aguilar MA, and Huerta-Ocampo I, Prolactin released in vitro from the pituitary of lactating, pregnant, and steroid-treated female or male rats stimulates prolactin secretion from pituitary lactotrophs of male rats., Neuroendocrinology, January 2010; 91(1), 77-93

38. Cabrera V, Cantú D, Ramos E, Vanoye-Carlo A, Cerbón M, and Morales T, Lactation is a natural model of hippocampus neuroprotection against excitotoxicity. , Neuroscience Letters, November 2009; 461(2), 136-139

39. Vanoye-Carlo, A., Mendoza-Rodríguez, A., Morales, T., Langley, E., and Cerbón, M, ESTROGEN RECEPTORS INCREASED EXPRESSION DURING HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROPROTECTION IN LACTATING RATS., Journal Of Steroid Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, November 2009; 116(1-2), 1-7

40. Eugenia Ramos, Alejandra Castilla, Nilda Navarro, Nela Monasterio, Flavio Mena, Teresa Morales, SUCKLING-INDUCED INCREASE IN OXYTOCIN LEVEL IN LOWER SEGMENTS OF THE SPINAL CORD OF LACTATING RATS., Brain Research, November 2008; 1236(0), 85-92

41. Monasterio, N; Ramos, E; Morales T, CHANGES IN C-FOS AND NOS EXPRESSSION IN THE PVH OF LACTATING RATS IN RESPONSE TO EXCITOTOXICITY AND STRESS., Annals Of The New York Academy Of Science, November 2008; 1148, 161-164

42. Limei Zhang,* Vito S. Hernandez, Mauricio Medina-Pizarro, Pablo Valle-Leija, Arturo Vega-Gonzalez, and Teresa Morales, MATERNAL HYPERTHYROIDISM IN RATS IMPAIRS STRESS COPING OF ADULT OFFSPRING., Neuroscience Research, January 2008; 86(0), 1306-13015

43. Teresa Morales*, Leticia Aguilar, Maria Eugenia Ramos, Flavio Mena, Caurnel Morgan, C-FOS EXPRESSION INDUCED BY MILK INGESTION IN THE HINDBRAIN OF NEONATAL RATS., Brain Research, January 2008; 1241(0), 76-83

44. Vanoye-Carlo A, Morales T*, Aguilar E, Mendoza Rodríguez A, Cerbón MA., NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF LACTATION AGAINST KAINIC ACID TREATMENT IN THE DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS OF THE RAT., Hormones And Behavior, January 2008; 53(0), 112-123

45. Huerta-Ocampo, I., Fiordelisio, T., Díaz, N., Navarro, N., Castilla, A., Cárabez-Trejo, A., Aguilar, M.B., Morales, T., Hernández-Cruz, A., Mena, F., Vesicular release of prolactin from preformed prolactin granules is stimulated by soluble factor(s) from the anterior pituitary of lactating rats., Neuroendocrinology, June 2007; 85(0), 1-15

46. Arrieta I., Díaz-Ibañez L.B., Morales T., Moreno N., Cruz M.E., Cerbón M.A., PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR GENE AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN THE ANTERIOR PREOPTIC AREA AND HYPOTHALAMUS IN DEFEMINIZED RATS., Journal Of Neurobiology, January 2003; 56(0), 338-346

47. Morales T., Sawchenko P.E., BRAINSTEM PROLACTIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE NEURONS ARE SENSITIVE TO STRESS AND LACTATION., Journal Of Neuroscience, January 2003; 121(0), 771-778

48. QUIROZ, MARTINEZ I, QUIRARTE G, MORALES T, PRADOALCALA R, MEMORY CONSOLIDATION OF ENHACED INHIBITORY AVOIDANCE LEARNING DOES NOT REQUIRE DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS., Experimental Brain Research, January 2003; 221(0), 400-402

49. Marina N., Morales T., Díaz F., Mena F., SUCKLING-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF NEURAL C-FOS EXPRESSION AT LOWER THORACIC RAT SPINAL CORD SEGMENTS., Brain Research, January 2002; 954(0), 100-114

50. MORALES T, EL PEPTIDO LIBERADOR DE LA PROLACTINA (PRRP) LOCALIZACION ANATOMICA Y SUS IMPLICACIONES EN EL ESTRES., Archivos De Neurociencias, January 2002; 7(0), 38-42

51. Morales T., Shapiro E., Mena F., BETA-ADRENERGIC MECHANISMS MODULATE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS OF PROLACTIN ON MILK EJECTION., Physiology And Behavior, January 2001; 74(0), 119-126

52. Morales T., Shapiro E., Mena F., SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION OF THE MAMMARY GLANDS MODULATES SUCKLING-INDUCED REFLEX INHIBITION OF MILK EJECTION IN RATS., Physiology And Behavior, January 2001; 74(0), 37-43

53. Morales T., Hinima S., Sawchenko P.E., PROLACTIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE IS EXPRESSED IN AFFERENTS TO THE ENDOCRINE HYPOTHALAMUS, BUT NOT IN NEUROSECRETORY NEURONS., Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, January 2000; 12(0), 131-140

54. Aceves C., Rojas-H., Marina N., Morales M. T., Mena F., Mammary gland sympathetic innervation is a major component on type I deiodinase regulation, Endocrine, January 1999; 11(0), 115-121

55. Mena F., Aguayo D., Vigueras M., Quintanar A., Stephano A., Perera G., et al., EFFECT OF POSTERIOR PITUITARY LOBECTOMY UPON IN VIVO AND IN VITRO SECRETION OF PROLACTIN IN LACTATING RATS., Endocrine, January 1996; 3(0), 285-290

56. Mena F., Pacheco P., Morales M. T., CENTRAL EFFECTS OF CATECHOLAMINES UPON MAMMARY CONTRACTILITY IN RAT ARE NEURALLY MEDIATED., Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, January 1995; 61(0), 722-730

57. Morales M. T., Mena F., EFFECTS OF CENTRALLY ADMINISTERED PROLACTIN UPON MAMMARY CONTRACTILITY IN ANESTHETIZED LACTATING RATS., Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, January 1995; 62(0), 207-214

58. Mena F., Montiel J.L., Aguayo D., Morales M. T., Arámburo C., RECENT FINDINGS ON PROLACTIN TRANSFORMATION BY THE LACTATING RAT PITUITARY., Endocrine Regulations, January 1993; 27(0), 101-109

59. MENA F., HUMMELT G., AGUAYO D., CLAPP C., MARTINEZ DE LA ESCALERA G., MORALES M.T. , CHANGES IN MOLECULAR VARIANTS DURING IN VITRO TRANSFORMATION AND RELEASE OF PROLACTIN BY THE PITUITARY GLAND OF THE LACTATING RAT., Endocrinology, January 1992; 130(0), 3365-3377

60. MENA F., CLAPP C., AGUAYO D., MORALES M.T., MARTINEZ DE LA ESCALERA G., STIMULATORY AND INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF SUCKLING ON MILK SECRETION., Endocrine Regulations, January 1991; 25(0), 25-35

61. MENA F, CLAPP C. AGUAYO D, MORALES MT. GROSVENOR CE, MARTINEZ DE LA ESCALERA G., REGULATION OF PROLACTIN SECRETION BY DOPAMINE AND THYROTROPINRELEASING HORMONE IN LACTATING RAT ADENOHYPOPHYSESINFLUENCE OF INTRACELLULAR AGE OF THE HORMONE., Endocrinology, January 1989; 125(0), 1814-1820

62. MENA F., MARTINEZ DE LA ESCALERA G., CLAPP C., AGUAYO D., MORALES M.T., GROSVENOR C.E., INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF DOPAMINE AND LYSOSOMES IN THE IMPAIRMENT OF PROLACTIN TRANSFORMATION AND RELEASE IMPOSED BY LONG PERIODS OF NON-SUCKLING IN THE RAT., Acta Endocrinologica, January 1987; 114(0), 371-378

63. MARTINEZ DE LA ESCALERA G., CLAPP C., MORALES M.T., LORENSON M.Y., MENA F., REVERSAL BY THIOLS OF DOPAMINE-, STALK-MEDIAN EMINENCE- AND ZINC-INDUCED INHIBITION OF PROLACTIN TRANSFORMATION IN ADENOHYPOPHYSES OF LACTATING RATS., Endocrinology, January 1986; 118(0), 1803-1807

64. CLAPP C, MARTINEZ DE LA ESCALERA G, MORALES MT, SHYR SW, GROSVENOR CE, MENA F., RELEASE OF CATECHOLAMINES FOLLOWS SUCKLING OR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF MAMMARY NERVE IN LACTATING RATS., Endocrinology, January 1985; 117(0), 2498-2503

Most Recent Advised Theses

1. Julio Daniel Reyes Mendoza. (estudiante), Investigación sobre los mecanismos de protección de la prolactina ante el daño inducido por el ácido kaínico en el hipocampo. , Modalidad: Tesis, Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, UNAM., Doctorado, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Instituto de Neurobiología UNAM-Juriquilla, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2021-05-20, Morales Guzmán María Teresa (Director)

2. Daniel Muñoz Mayorga (estudiante), Análisis de la hiperfosforilación de la proteína tau en el hipocampo de ratas hembras expuestas a estrés crónico, Modalidad: Obtención de grado, Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, UNAM., Doctorado, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2020-10-29, Morales Guzmán María Teresa (Director)

3. Ilektra Anagnostou (estudiante), Neuroprotección del hipocampo de ratas macho: el efecto de paternidad y el tratamiento con prolactina, Modalidad: Obtención de grado, Doctorado en Ciencias Biomédicas, UNAM., Doctorado, INB, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2020-01-17, Morales Guzmán María Teresa (Director)

4. César Enrique Luna Illades (estudiante), Diferencias entre los ratones delgados y obesos Neotomodon alstoni en la expresión de c-fos en núcleos hipotalámicos, durante la sincronización de la actividad locomotriz por alimento., Modalidad: Por proyecto de investigación, Maestría en Ciencias (Neurobiología), UNAM., Maestría, INB, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2017-01-13, Morales Guzmán María Teresa (Director)

5. Nancy Karina Cabrera Serrano (estudiante), Neuroprotección en el hipocampo de la rata hembra, Modalidad: Tesis, Licenciatura en Psicología, Licenciatura, FES Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Fecha de presentación de examen: 2016-05-23, Morales Guzmán María Teresa (Director)

Most Recent Published Books

1. Esther Talavera y Teresa Morales , Introducción a la Inmunohistoquímica, Notas del curso. , , 1a, , México, January 2004

Most Recent Chapters in Books

1. Manzo-Denez J, Coria-Ávila G, Carrillo-Castilla P (Coordinadores), Modelos Animales: los animales que enseñan., , 1a, , México, ISBN: ISBN: 978-607-8716-48-7, September 2021

2. Pérez-Armendáriz, M, ED., Ciencia, Salud y Género, , 1ra., , México, June 2020

3. INB-UNAM, Libro conmemorativo del INB, , 1a, , México, December 2015

4. Teresa Morales, Eugenia Ramos, Adriana Mendoza-Rodríguez, Marco A. Cerbón , Procesos Fisiológicos, Conductuales y Toxicológicos de la Reproducción, , UAM-I, , México, September 2015

5. Hernández-González M, Caba Vinagre M., La familia Académica Beyer, , 1a, , México, ISBN: 978-607-742-242-6, September 2015